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Thompson, Rhodda – 1992
A study of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) showed that the RRB was only a microcosm of the problem of unprepared workers being experienced by employers nationwide. Implementing basic skills programs was found to be crucial because corporations and government agencies, like the RRB, found the labor pool to be poorly educated. Research on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Job Performance
Download full textMendoza, Yolanda – 1996
A practicum program was developed and implemented to increase parental involvement, teach parents how to help their children, reverse parents' and students' negative attitudes toward mathematics, and enhance mathematics performance of at-risk seventh-grade students. The objectives of the program were to increase parental involvement by 40 percent,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Grade 7
