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Resources for Welfare Decisions, 2002
Asset development is an emerging approach to promoting self-sufficiency for low-income workers. By promoting and rewarding savings, asset development strategies encourage individuals to set long-term economic goals. Asset development strategies can accomplish the following objectives: (1) give low-income workers the knowledge required to navigate…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Banking, Educational History, Educational Practices
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
Adopt-A-School programs are models of school-community involvement and cooperation in which businesses, organizations, and industries adopt schools and contribute funds, personnel, or expertise to those schools for programs, projects, and services. This bulletin highlights the Adopt-A-School program in the Oakland (California) Unified School…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship
Bookmark, 1992
This issue contains 21 articles discussing library-sponsored literacy programs, tutoring and programming techniques, and state and national efforts. The articles include: (1) "Beyond Decoding: Literacy and Libraries--Introduction" (Amy Spaulding); (2) "Libraries: Natural Centers for Literacy" (Jacqueline Cook); (3) "Kids…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students, Learning Resources Centers, Library Extension
Turner, Susan, Ed. – Voices Rising, 1990
A special issue of a journal devoted to women's literacy education contains the following articles: "Literacy: A Tool for Empowerment of Women?" (Agneta Lind); "Khulumani Makhosikazi: Women and Literacy...Some South African Women Speak" (Dawn Norton, Carola Steinberg); "Tomorrow Will Be Different: A Literacy Course for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Feminism, Foreign Countries
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Bhaerman, Robert D., Comp. – 1979
Resources to develop techniques and strategies for infusing career education into educational programs for exceptional children are examined in this paper. The first section, in question-and-answer format, deals with questions teachers have about career education infusion: definitions of terms, the significance of career education for handicapped…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Educational Programs, Educational Resources
Title IX Line, 1983
"Title IX Line" is a periodic publication of The Center for Sex Equity in Schools, a desegregation assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education pursuant to Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Each issue is devoted to a separate topic. This compilation of 9 sequential issues treats the follwoing themes: (1) vocational…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Education, Check Lists, Educational Administration
Hamilton, James B.; And Others – 1977
This report presents the design, procedures, and findings of the advanced testing of 100 modules in a set of performance-based vocational teacher education curricular materials. (The modules are based on 384 secondary/postsecondary level performance elements, including program, instructional, and other elements.) In the first of five sections the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Feedback, Inservice Teacher Education
Communique, 1982
Presented are summaries of two separate but closely-related conferences. The International Scientific Conference and Exhibit, organized to mark the 10th anniversary of the Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), was based on the theme "ecology in practice: establishing a scientific basis for land management." This summary includes: a 10…
Descriptors: Conferences, Conservation (Environment), Decision Making, Ecology
Schuman, Joan E.; And Others – 1979
This handbook, one of the Massachusetts Dissemination Project's "Resources for Schools" series, is a sampling of exemplary guidance and counseling programs in Massachusetts schools. It is designed as a practical tool for guidance personnel, teachers, administrators, and other school personnel concerned about strengthening pupil personnel…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Personnel, Guidance Programs
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
Numerous studies indicate that climate, the prevailing "feeling" of the environment, not only contributes to behavioral and situational outcomes, but that climate can be changed to help bring about the behaviors and outcomes desired. Researchers have identified characteristics of positive school climates and ways of determining the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Check Lists, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Templeman, David; And Others – Teaching Research Infant and Child Center Newsletter, 1983
The lead article in this issue describes procedures developed by a model program for the deinstitutionalization of deaf-blind children and youth. Procedures are discussed for: (1) selection of participants; (2) coordination and cooperation among agencies; (3) identification of community residences; (4) involvement of the local education agency;…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children
Miller, Norman N. – American Universities Field Staff Reports, 1979
Described is the history of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since its formation in 1972. Also included is an examination of UNEP's major programs and projects, and an assessment of the organization's problems and future prospects. The function of UNEP is to coordinate the management and assessment of the world's environment by…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Global Approach
Goetz, Kathy, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1993
This double-number newsletter issue makes the case for collaborations between families, schools, and communities as a stronger force for educating and enriching the lives of our children. It also highlights places where such partnerships are working. The newsletter includes the following articles (1) "Family Support and School-Linked…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Family Programs, Institutional Cooperation
Pannwitt, Barbara – Curriculum Report, 1990
The focus of this curriculum report is on the earth sciences in the K-12 curriculum. High technologies have combined to produce telecommunications, the newest aid and impetus to earth sciences education. Listed in this report are educational service organizations and individual schools that have this service. Included are the names, addresses, and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Hicks, Doin E., Ed.; And Others – Directions, 1982
The issue of "Directions" contains nine articles which focus on activities and approaches to career education for hearing impaired students. Articles include the following titles and authors: "Attitudes as Factors in Vocational Rehabilitation of Young Deaf Adults" (R. Sanderson); "Career Education--Getting Ready for Today's Job Market" (R.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Education, Career Exploration, Deafness
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