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Williams, Thomas L. – 1999
This resource book describes a wide variety of programs designed to help at-risk students. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction and Background"; (2) "Program, Instructional, and Curricular Initiatives"; (3) "Comprehensive School-Improvement Initiatives"; (4) "Teacher Training and Professional Development Initiatives"; (5)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
US Department of Education, 2011
This paper provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law. It includes information as well on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important resources for education. Each entry, which gives a brief overview of a program or resource, is listed…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1996
IMPACT II is a program for professional development of teachers in the Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown (Ohio) areas that assists educational reform by providing innovative teacher-developed curriculum ideas, teacher-to-teacher networks, teacher recognition, and discretionary funds for teachers. IMPACT II…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Washington Univ., Seattle. Center for Educational Renewal. – 1993
The National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) has established partner schools in 13 states as part of the Professional Development School (PDS) approach simultaneously to renew schools and teacher education through cooperative programs between institutions of higher education and local school districts. Joint responsibility, on the part of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Directories, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Abdal-Haqq, Ismat, Comp. – 1992
This directory includes profiles on 80 individual professional development schools (PDSs) in 19 states; the profiles outline program characteristics and provide location and contact information. The data on each school were gathered by a survey conducted by the Clinical Schools Clearinghouse beginning in the fall of 1991. Findings from the survey…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Principles
South Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and School Leadership, Rock Hill. – 1993
This resource guide provides information on education reform issues and on programs, projects, and models that are attempting to improve public schooling. Section 1, "The Fundamentals of Restructuring," summarizes the major characteristics of restructuring and includes references to the views of influential educators and agencies on the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College School Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
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Abdal-Haqq, Ismat, Comp. – 1995
Profiles of 66 partnerships that have developed and implemented professional development school (PDS) programs at 301 preK-12 schools are included in this directory. The profiles include information, which was collected during a national survey, on the following program features: school, college, and teachers union partners; level of faculty…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Research