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Stark Education Partnership, 2018
This white paper presents a selection of model schools who all have, to some degree, fostered deeper learning. Schools were selected by internet search, or through references in "deeper learning" reports and documents. It should be noted that information in these reviews is based on information from school web-sites, in some cases the…
Descriptors: Models, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Web Sites
Moore, Linden A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In September of 2007, the Michigan Department of Education introduced a program referred to as seat time waivers to a few school districts in Michigan to pilot. During the 2009-2010 school year, 999 students were on seat time waivers with a total of 5070 classes taken by these students. While the number of online learners continues to grow…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Administration, Metacognition, Self Management
Brictson, Paula – 1979
The goal of the Michigan plan for school staff development is to clearly describe a comprehensive approach to staff development. The plan relies on two basic assumptions. The first is that local school staff should be involved in the planning process. The second is that the state has a unique and specific role to play in facilitating quality…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Descriptions, Staff Development
Peters, Randal E.; Svedkauskaite, Asta – Learning Point Associates, 2008
The major purpose of this descriptive report is to provide an overview of the structure, capacity, and roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) across five states--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin--in the Great Lakes region, within the context of the broader statewide systems of support for educational improvement and progress.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, State Departments of Education, School Districts
Trezise, Robert L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Discusses Michigan's state-supported programs for the gifted. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Program Descriptions
Cantoni, Mary – 1977
While most information dissemination activity in education is taking place at the national level within systems that emphasize documents, such as ERIC, the most important developments for individual teachers should take place at the state and local levels. SEEKER III, a local automated system in Michigan, is tied in with the Michigan Department of…
Descriptors: Automation, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Systems
Smith, Julian W. – 1970
Since outdoor education has already become an integral part of the curriculum of schools in Michigan, this booklet has been prepared both to assist schools planning to initiate outdoor education programs and to recommend improvements in existing programs. Included in the document are the history and development of outdoor education; the basic…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Conservation Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Environmental Education