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Jenkins, Della; Duffy, Mark – Research for Action, 2016
Community schools are receiving increased attention in Pennsylvania and across the country as policymakers and practitioners strive to address the effects of poverty on academic performance, and provide more comprehensive supports for traditionally-underserved populations. While many advocates and education leaders tout the promise of community…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Program Implementation
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
Blahus, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Using a case study design, with a phenomenological perspective, this research focused on a sample of primary classroom teachers (grades K-3rd grade) in south central Pennsylvania who are currently using and have been using Responsive Classroom® (RC) strategies for an extended period of time. Their perspectives provide insight into their use of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Phenomenology, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education
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Ragan, Lawrence C.; Bigatel, Paula Mae; Kennan, Shannon S.; Dillon, Janet May – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
This article describes the design and development of a professional development program based upon research on the competencies necessary for online teaching success conducted at Penn State University in 2009-2010. The article highlights how the results of this research are being aligned with various professional development courses comprising the…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, College Faculty, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Bierman, Karen L.; Sanford DeRousie, Rebecca M.; Heinrichs, Brenda; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Recent research has validated the power of evidence-based preschool interventions to improve teaching quality and promote child school readiness when implemented in the context of research trials. However, very rarely are follow-up assessments conducted with teachers in order to evaluate the maintenance of improved teaching…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Evidence, Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness
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Daniels, John L.; Wood, Sally L.; Kemnitzer, Susan C. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
Engineering education directly supports the nation's capacity for economic growth, infrastructure renewal, and security, as well as environmental and human health. Numerous reports have recommended federal support to advance our understanding of how students learn, how faculty teach, and how teaching and learning are assessed. The U.S. National…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Kecskemethy, Thomas A. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The Research Training Grant (RTG) program at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education aimed to create strong research training experiences for predissertation fellows through generous financial aid, mentored research apprenticeships, and cocurricular experiences. Collectively these offerings sought to…
Descriptors: Student Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Doctoral Programs
Evenbeck, Scott E.; Jackson, Barbara; Smith, Maggy; Ward, Dorothy – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Models, College Programs, Success, Institutional Characteristics
Patrick, Edward; And Others – 1982
Considerations in the design and implementation of the technical assistance (TA) system for supporting Pennsylvania's statewide school improvement initiative are analyzed. After a brief introduction, the authors describe the key features of the initiative, called Long-Range Planning for School Improvement (LRPSI). They briefly review recent…
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Belzer, Alisa; Drennon, Cassandra; Smith, Cristine – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001
In Chapter Five, Alisa Belzer, Cassandra Drennon and Cristine Smith provide an overview of the challenges facing state-level professional development systems. The authors begin the chapter with a brief history of professional development in adult basic education, noting shifts in the funding and priority of professional development in the field.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Professional Development, Profiles, State Programs
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education. – 2000
This document contains 22 brief summaries of the progress made by Pennsylvania Adult Education Section 353 Special Demonstration projects in meeting their goals and objectives. For each project, the following information is included: project director and number; purpose; impact; outcomes; conclusions and recommendations; project continuation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competence, Demonstration Programs
Boone, Harry N., Jr., Ed. – 2001
These proceedings contain eight papers presented at the meeting, each followed by a critique. Major areas studied are home schooling, incorporating agriscience and biotechnology in agricultural education, part-time employment by agricultural education teachers, 4-H, attitudes of Agricultural Science Institute participants, client satisfaction, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology
Askov, Eunice N.; Johnston, Jerome; Petty, Leslie I.; Young, Shannon J. – 2003
This monograph examines benefits, challenges, and methods of expanding access to adult literacy with online distance education (ODE). The following are among the topics discussed: (1) reasons for considering ODE (new technologies and delivery systems in education; ODE in higher education, business training, and adult basic education; state-level…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy