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Jenkins, Judy; Pfeifer, R. Scott – Principal Leadership, 2012
Today's reform landscape transcends instructional leadership and data-based decision-making skills. This is not to say that those behaviors are not essential to a principal's success, but they no longer suffice. Principals do not need to be curriculum experts, but they do need to lead their schools with full knowledge of the Common Core State…
Descriptors: Expertise, State Standards, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Herrmann, Douglas; Raybeck, Douglas; Wilson, Roland – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Last summer Congress passed the new GI Bill, and the president signed it into law. Americans can take great pride in such a program, one that helps veterans attend college after they return home. However, few are aware that many of those veterans will also encounter a variety of non-financial problems that require substantial adjustment as they…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Veterans, Veterans Education
Bortolussi, Victoria – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
Educational practices focus on institutional structure, be it high school or college. No matter how closely the career education with business and industry, that is not enough. The career path for the student should begin in high school and seamlessly continue through college. In this article, the author discusses how this could become possible.…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Transitional Programs, Community Colleges, High Schools
Riley, Richard W. – 2000
This document comprises the remarks of Richard Riley, the U.S. Secretary of Education, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2000 for his annual "Back-to-School" speech. Presented in four parts, the speech focuses on important transitions through children's education. Part 1 maintains that it is imperative that a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Hunter, Mary Stuart – New Directions for Student Services, 2006
Attention to the origins, history, and evolution of the First-Year Experience (FYE) movement in American higher education can inform institutional practices aimed at enhancing transition experiences of students.
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, Educational History, College Freshmen
Bruder, Mary Beth; Chandler, Lynette K. – 1993
This paper lists practices recommended by the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood concerning the process of transition in early intervention and early childhood special education programs for infants and young children with special needs and their families. An introductory section defines transition, offers examples of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Assessment
Billman, Jean – 1988
Using tests that are neither reliable nor valid, school districts are currently categorizing large numbers of children as unready for entrance into kindergarten and first grade. Parents are being asked to wait a year before sending their children to public school classes or to place them in a pre-kindergarten class. Other children complete…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten
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Eisenman, Laura T. – Exceptionality, 2003
Discussion of school-to-work (STW) transitions for youth with mild disabilities first summarizes current research and models of practice on STW transition in special education, then identifies implicit yet infrequently named theories in research and practice, makes connections to STW theories outside special education, and suggests how emerging…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, High Schools, Mild Disabilities
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Meisels, Samuel J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Recent emphases on school readiness and standardized testing have resulted in educational practices with negative consequences for children. These practices include a higher school entry age, grade retention, transition programs, and the practice of enrolling children in kindergarten when they are six, rather than five, years old. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Enrollment
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Schriner, Kay Fletcher; Bellini, James L. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
This article presents a conceptual model for analyzing the process of implementing policies for school-to-work transition of individuals with disabilities. The model identifies explicit and implicit directives, describes policies and practices, contrasts practices with policy directives, assesses quality of local implementation, and identifies…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
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Harvey, Michael W. – Preventing School Failure, 2001
An introduction to this theme issue on special education transition policy and practice summarizes articles and notes a focus on the importance of transitional services in the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Emphasis is on practical information based on research, legislative development, and empirical evidence to support best…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
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Greene, Gary; Albright, Leonard – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1995
The editors of this journal comment on an article by John Johnson and Frank Rusch (EC 606 176), which reported that few of the recommended "best practices" in transitional services are actually supported by empirical data. The editorial urges greater empirical investigation in the field of career development, especially research on "best…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Robinson, Greg A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
Twenty-two authors contributed chapters to this collection of best practices in the education of students with mental disabilities. Section One, "Critical Issues for Consideration," contains six papers: "'New' EMRs" (Donald MacMillan); "Curricular Orientations" (James Patton and Edward Polloway); "Applying Curriculum for the Instruction of Life…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Course Content, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Div. of Special Services and Professional Programs. – 1987
These proceedings are the outcome of a 2-day conference involving education, health, and human service providers who work with children and youth with handicapping conditions across Washington State. The conference's purpose was to bring representatives from interagency teams together to exchange information about how the interagency teams…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Smith, Ester Gottlieb – 1993
This report examines family and community experiences in transition from school to post-school life for students receiving special education services. It presents the vision of transition planning in Texas, the state of practice as reflected in a study of 27 students, and conclusions and recommendations. The transition planning vision calls for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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