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Hales, Brent D. – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2009
The Mid-South Region of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi as a long history of pervasive poverty and educational underachievement. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2008), the poverty level of residents in the Mid-South Region is higher than the national average. Consequently, many of the region's best and brightest students of all…
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Brain Drain, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is a nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with Mississippi and 15 other member states to improve education at every level--from pre-K to postdoctoral study--through many effective programs and initiatives. SREB's "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education, which call for the region…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Nonprofit Organizations
York, Kennith; And Others – 1976
Emphasizing the role of evaluation in program development, this publication describes the Mississippi Choctaw Bilingual Education Program (BECOM), its philosophy, goals, objectives, and proposed evaluation plan. Major components of this K-3 program are identified as: (1) Instruction; (2) Curriculum and Materials Development; (3) Management; (4)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Rothschild, Mary Aickin – History of Education Quarterly, 1982
In 1964-65, Freedom Schools, staffed mostly by northern volunteers, were established for 11th grade Black students in Mississippi. The major goals of the summer schools were to give Blacks a broad intellectual and academic experience and to form a basis for statewide student action. (RM)
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Core Curriculum, Educational Objectives
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Milligan, Angela – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1976
Ways in which the Health Education Consortium has determined and is meeting the continuing education and inservice education needs of hospital personnel in Northwest Mississippi are described. (MS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Cartwright, Laura W. – 1981
This directory is one of a series of publications developed by the Comprehensive Vocational Teacher Education Program for the Mississippi ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) Region to provide vocational educators with information for personal and professional development. The directory provides Mississippi vocational educators with a listing of…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, National Organizations, Organizational Objectives, Organizations (Groups)
York, Ken; Scott, J. Robert – 1976
Data for this 1975-76 annual evaluation report on the Bilingual Education for Choctaws of Mississippi (BECOM) project are drawn from the Evaluation Design for 1975-76 and from formal and informal assessments. The first chapter of this report provides an overview of the setting in which the BECOM program operates (located on the Mississippi Choctaw…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports
Stahl, Robert J. – 1977
The report contains the results of a survey of precollege psychology in Mississippi carried out between October 1975 and March 1976. The purpose of the survey was to obtain a profile of major psychology activities--separate psychology courses, objectives, textbooks, approaches, and teaching methods. A questionnaire was mailed to 388 Mississippi…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives