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Download full textNational School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
During the past ten years, many school districts have established alternative schools or programs for students who are seriously disruptive and academically unsuccessful. This bulletin describes five different types of alternative programs that have been effective in dealing with disruptive youth. They include the Tri-C Community Centered…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline Problems, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
ACCESS, 2000
This document consists of four consecutive issues of a newsletter presenting information on public policy and research of interest to school-based health centers (SBHCs) for children and youth. The spring 2000 issue explores why some SBHCs are closing and student support for SBHCs. The summer 2000 issue addresses the use of SBHCs in alternative…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Organizational Communication
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
In 1977, a Behavior Modification Clinic was established at William A. Wirt High School in Gary (Indiana) as an alternative to suspending disruptive youth. The clinic operates with two programs--a remedial academic instruction program in five basic subjects, and a counseling component in which all students are involved. The results of the clinic…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Counseling Services, Discipline Problems
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1980
The Regents Competency Testing Program has been designed to assure that all students develop adequate skills in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics before graduation from high school in New York. This bulletin provides information on two of the program's three basic elements that contribute to the accomplishment of this goal. First,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Handicap Identification
Jenkins, John M. – NASSP Curriculum Report, 1982
Continuous progress education (CP) provides for the individualization of all significant aspects of learning, including materials, content, objectives, methods, pacing, and student-teacher relationships. It is based on the proposition that no general prescriptions are equally appropriate for all students. A brief description of Hood River Valley…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Hazzard, George W. – 1979
Fifty-five of the projects sponsored as part of Project QUILL (Quality in Liberal Learning) are described. Funded by the Ford Foundation, Project QUILL was designed to support creative efforts on campuses that will enhance liberal education. The grants have been made to a wide range of public, private, two-, and four-year institutions. Grants for…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Faculty, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1983
The theme of this journal issue is "Institutional Renewal." Projects designed to address the issues of the 1980s at 18 colleges are described, and 15 definitions of institutional renewal are presented. Participating colleges were provided expert advice through the Association of American College's (AAC) Project Lodestar (renamed…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consultation Programs, Core Curriculum
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
Selected college and university programs established to assist adults in continuing their education, earning their degrees, and learning about whatever interests them are described, and an essay on lifelong learning is presented. In "Curriculum Development for Lifelong Learning," Charles S. Claxton describes how life cycle research,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy
Kraft, Richard J., Ed.; Sakofs, Mitchell, Ed. – 1985
This anthology of articles originally published in the "Journal of Experiential Education" is organized under the topics of historical, philosophical, and spiritual foundations; theory and practice; personal perspectives; book reviews; the future of experiential education; and international perspectives. The range of selected papers is…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Gamson, Zelda F., Ed. – The Forum for Liberal Education, 1980
This issue on liberal education contains two short articles on National Project IV and descriptions of liberal education offerings at colleges and universities in the United States. The articles by Richard Hendrix and Zelda F. Gamson discuss objectives of the project and its history. National Project IV, sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Curriculum, College Programs, Consortia
MINNE-WI TESOL Journal, 1997
The two volumes of the journal, jointly produced by the Minnesota and Wisconsin English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers' associations, include these articles: "'Iwareru and Meiwaku': A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and American Communicative Styles" (Masako Saito, James H. Robinson); ""Reading in the Elementary…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Traits, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
