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Harvey, James; Rainey, Lydia – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2006
Bringing charters to scale remains a major challenge. To learn more about barriers to the expansion of high-quality public charter schools and how they might be removed, the National Charter School Research Project (NCSRP) at the University of Washington and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools convened a meeting of leaders from…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Educational Environment, Program Implementation
Glenzinski, Mary, Ed. – 1977
This book is a summary of papers presented at the Third National Conference on Catholic School Finance held in March, 1977. The topics discussed include the board's repsonsibility for finance, current trends, long-range planning, school reorganization, expansion and building of new schools, marketing, foundations, educational development, funding,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Budgeting, Catholic Schools, Conference Reports
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1982
This document contains presentations and a summary of ideas generated at a meeting of the Council for Cultural Co-operation to discuss the state of guidance and counseling services in adult education in Europe, particularly in Germany. According to the summary, the following themes emerged from the speeches and discussion of the conference: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Continuing Education, Counseling Services
East Central Network for Curriculum Coordination. Springfield, IL. – 1984
This publication contains the testimony of a hearing held to learn about the regional curriculum needs and priorities of individuals and groups from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The East Central Curriculum Coordination Center is described as the largest of the six curriculum…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
The six topics presented in this report which were addressed in seminars conducted at a conference, second in a series, focusing on developing the leadership potential of urban vocational education administrators. The six topics are (1) Educational Organizations in the Large Cities: The Challenge Ahead, (2) Achieving Urban Vocational Improvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators, Conference Reports
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
Pennsylvania State Council on Vocational Education, Harrisburg. – 1989
This report summarizes the views expressed by 25 speakers and in 13 written reports at the public meeting of the Pennsylvania Council on Vocational Education. Comments are summarized on the following 13 topics: school code regulations; technical institutes; consumer and homemaking education; business education; agriculture education; students with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships, Business Education, Competency Based Education
App, Anne H. – 1991
This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from a conference that addressed specific issues in the National Assessment of Vocational Education and in the 1990 Perkins Act that mandated the assessment. Introductory materials include a summary of consensus issues from the conference (David Boesel), welcoming remarks (Bruno Manno), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
App, Anne H., Comp. – 1991
This collection of 22 papers is organized by the five conference topics. "Part 1: Effects of the Perkins Act on Policy and Practice" contains five papers: "Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the 1990 Perkins Act on States and Localities" (Grubb); "Effects of the 1990…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education