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Andia B. Eisman; Jeffrey Martin; Rebecca E. Hasson; Amy M. Kilbourne – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Comprehensive health education in schools can effectively prevent drug use and related outcomes, but successful implementation remains challenging. Contextual determinants, including intervention-setting compatibility, focus on the intervention, available resources, and leadership support, influence implementation success. This study…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drug Use, Drug Education
National Comprehensive Center, 2022
The Accelerated Learning Work Group's introductory Guide to Accelerated Learning offers descriptions, resources, and examples of state education agencies implementing Accelerated Learning into their programs. It also answers questions, such as: (1) How should Accelerated Learning be implemented?; (2) How are educators best supported during…
Descriptors: Guides, Acceleration (Education), Student Needs, Student Diversity
Phelan, Julia; Egger, Jeffrey; Kim, Junok; Choi, Kilchan; Keum, Eunhee; Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2021
The National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) is a nonprofit organization committed to improving educational outcomes that traces its roots back to the early 1990s. NMSI's College Readiness Program (CRP) is a long-standing program with the goal of promoting STEM education in high schools to improve students' preparation for college. The three-year…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Evaluation, STEM Education
Nyhan, Paul – New America, 2014
Early education has been a growing priority for the Obama administration, and its competitive funding is spurring innovation in this field around the country. In 2013, early education journalist Paul Nyhan, author of this report, conducted case studies of four competitive grant programs that are triggering changes in early education: "Race to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Competition, Federal Programs
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Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, Michael – Distance Education, 2012
Like many universities worldwide, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has joined the open educational resources (OER) movement, making a selection of teaching and learning materials available through its OER directory, UCT OpenContent. However, persuading and then supporting busy academics to share their teaching materials as OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Graduate Students, Student Role
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Zinser, Richard W. – 1997
This guide was developed to provide assistance in developing and implementing school-to-work programs for the plastics industry throughout the state of Michigan. It is a resource for plastics companies, school districts, community colleges, business development organizations, local governments, work force development boards, or any group…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Integrated Curriculum
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Dept. of Distributive Education. – 1981
As part of the Cooperative Vocational Professional Development and Training Project, this handbook has been developed to help vocational cooperative education coordinators in Michigan to cope with new and expanding work programs in the community, and new and expanding federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Following an introduction to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship