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Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
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Stark, Rosalind – Journal of Home Economics, 1977
Describes features of the Arlington County (Virginia) Extended Day program, which has been in existence for nine years, is designed to provide after-school-hours day care for the elementary school children of working parents, and is in operation in 21 of Arlington's 25 elementary schools. (TA)
Descriptors: Day Care, Educational Finance, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
The hometown of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has created the Blacksburg Electronic Village, a community-based computer network linking businesses, schools, and individual community members. The university, telephone company, and town established the system collaboratively in 1992, and additional grants have come to the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Industry
Puyear, Don, Ed.; And Others – 1987
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) initiated the Marketing and Retention Recognition Program (MRRP) to identify and publicize innovative marketing and retention activities being implemented throughout the system. This report offers brief sketches of some of the exemplary projects identified by the MRRP. First, introductory material…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economic Development, High Schools
Puyear, Don, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Detailed descriptive information is provided on programs and activities identified by the Virginia Community College System's (VCCS) Marketing and Retention Recognition Program (MRRP), which was designed to identify and publicize innovative marketing and retention activities being implemented throughout the system. Following introductory material,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economic Development, High Schools
Christian, Donna; Mahrer, Cindy – 1992
The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1991
This issue of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Dear Andrei--Dear Patricia: International Education in English Composition I," by Robert Kilmer; (2) "The Cultivation of Critical Thinking: Some Tools and Techniques," by Russell Crescimanno; (3) "Assessment Partnership: A Model for Two-Year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accounting, Administrative Organization
Tidewater Community Coll., Portsmouth, VA. Virginia Beach Campus. – 1976
Designed for students participating in the cooperative education program at Tidewater Community College (Virginia Beach Campus), this handbook includes the following information and guidelines: the philosophy of the college and the broad objectives of its cooperative education program; specific student, employer, and college objectives; a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Buttram, Joan L.; Blair, Mark W. – 1977
A third-party evaluation was conducted of the first year of the Exploring Careers through Experiential Learning project (ExCEL). ExCEL is a planned adaptation of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory model (NWREL) to meet the needs of students in Prince William County, Virginia, and to assist high school students in successful transition to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Gregg, Soleil – 1993
Because increasing numbers of children come to school with problems caused by poverty, divorce, drug use, and teenage pregnancy, schools may no longer be able to limit themselves solely to academic roles. This brief argues that schools, families, and communities need to work together to help children overcome the challenges that they face. It also…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cooperative Programs