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Kauffman, Dorothy; And Others – 1994
This book highlights information from a project that focused on where and how content-based English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction has been implemented in pre-K through Grade 12 classrooms in public schools across the United States. A database was constructed of 3,000 public schools that have content-ESL programs. Descriptions of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Hadderman, Margaret – 1998
This "ERIC Digest" considers the U.S. charter-school movement, which has produced about 800 schools in half the states and enrolls over 100,000 students. Charter schools reflect founders' varied philosophies and commit to achieve certain educational outcomes within a certain period, in exchange for waiving many restrictive regulations.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Rebell, Michael; Block, Arthur – 1983
This paper provides an overview of the legal standards for faculty integration and an analysis, based on case study research in four cities, of the issues that have arisen in the implementation of these standards by the Federal Office for Civil Rights. Part I reviews the major legal issues and puts them into a historical perspective. Part II…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Bhaerman, Robert D. – 1982
This paper reviews three aspects of career education-private sector collaboration: (1) the general and specific approaches that have been utilized during the past 10 years by the career education movement and the private sector in developing career education collaboration in the private sector; (2) the major results of these activities, focusing…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Career Education, Educational Cooperation
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1992
Tech prep is an educational initiative that promotes increased cooperation between local educational agencies and postsecondary institutions. Its intent is to improve the quality of instruction and employment potential of students, particularly those enrolled in general or vocational education. Tech prep's strength lies in the partnership…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Educational Mobility, Educational Planning
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2002
Federal funding from the School to Work Opportunities Act (STOWA) has ended. There is no doubt that state policy to advance activities started under STOWA will be a major factor in the sustainability of School to Work. Already some states have taken the initiative for bringing higher standards to education by offering incentives for businesses to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Standards, Attendance