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Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University (NJ1), 2010
The College Pathways series grew out of the findings in "Beating the Odds," a study of thirteen high-performing New York City high schools by Carol Ascher and Cindy Maguire for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Each of the schools admitted ninth-graders with high poverty rates and far-below-average reading and math scores but produced…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Effectiveness, Best Practices, College Preparation
Shank, Patricia A., Ed. – 1987
This packet, a product of the Advancing Educational Techniques (AET) Project, addresses the theme of empowerment on the part of those working with children who are differently able. The first section explores the concept of empowerment as addressed in current literature and includes an annotated bibliography. Other sections of the packet focus on:…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Lindquist, Mary Montgomery, Ed. – 1989
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) completed its fourth mathematics assessment during the 1985-86 school year and finished the analyses of the results in 1988. This monograph, prepared by an interpretive team of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, represents a comprehensive discussion of the results of the fourth…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These six conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on serving nontraditional students with deafness or hard of hearing. The first paper, "Helping Minority Individuals Navigate through Successful School and Work Transitions" (Glenn B. Anderson and Susan K. McGee),…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Development, College Students, Cultural Differences
Maruyama, Geoffrey; Moreno, Jose F.; Gudeman, Roxane Harvey; Marin, Patricia – 2000
This report contains three studies on diversity in college classrooms. Following a review of the historical background in the introduction, Part 1, "University Faculty Views about the Value of Diversity on Campus and in the Classroom," offers a discussion of various diversity issues, such as institutional and departmental values; effects…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, College Environment