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Direct linkWolf, Patrick J.; Harris, Douglas N.; Berends, Mark; Waddington, R. Joseph; Austin, Megan – Education Next, 2018
In the past few years, four states have established programs that provide public financial support to students who choose to attend a private school. These programs--a tax-credit-funded scholarship initiative in Florida and voucher programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio--offer a glimpse of what expansive statewide choice might look like. What…
Descriptors: School Choice, Financial Support, Resource Allocation, Private Schools
Price, Janet E. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1981
Examines the needs and objectives behind the expression "languages for special purposes," considering the problems faced by a language center that attempts to provide strictly specialized programs of instruction. Describes a method for the analysis of student needs as applied to the Department of Agriculture at the University of Newcastle. Societe…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Zelno, Robert P. – Currents, 1992
Recommendations for planning a successful training workshop for college alumni volunteers include assuring the association is organized and the program well timed; making sure everyone agrees to budget and/or financial commitments; using seasoned volunteers to conduct a feasibility study and determine training needs; making training enjoyable; and…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Administration, Financial Support
Peer reviewedBrown, Ann L. – Educational Researcher, 1994
Argues that designing aids and tools to perfect the mind is one of the primary goals of educational research. It discusses the need for appropriate theories to design instructional materials and methods and explains why school practices have not changed to reflect advances in the understanding of learning and development. (GLR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Peer reviewedAustin, Theresa; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Chronicles the steps taken in developing a curricular project to design, implement, and evaluate a simulation business course for beginners learning Japanese at the university level. The steps in developing the program, from the selection of materials to the evaluation of the entire project, are presented together with insights gained from the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design
Download full textGirard, Denis – 1996
A language education specialist who has studied elementary school second language programs, primarily in France but also in other European countries, outlines the factors he has found contributing to program success and makes recommendations for further development of second language education in Europe. Seven conditions for effective programs of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, FLES
