The CollegeKeys Compact[TM] is a national call to action to school districts, colleges and universities, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to identify, share and expand programs and practices that address the needs and challenges of low-income students and help them get ready for, get into and get through college. The College…

In response to a need for communication among people who want to improve the teaching of psychology, this compendium describes almost 600 innovative undergraduate teaching methods, courses, and programs in psychology. It is intended to be functionally descriptive, not evaluative. Two salient trends identified during the compilation are (1) the…

This publication describes award winning IMPACT II projects developed by teachers in the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools in 1991. IMPACT II is a teacher program that assists educational reform by providing innovative teacher-developed curriculum ideas, teacher-to-teacher networks, professional development, teacher recognition, and…

In this paper, principals and other persons of innovating middle schools, junior high schools, and senior high schools associated with the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling describe the most interesting features of their schools and respond to a features checklist. They provide the names of contact persons in…

Material for this directory was gathered from two questionnaires distributed to independent elementary and secondary schools affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools. More than 250 schools responded. Four areas of inquiry were covered. The first concerned new organizational structures instituted in schools. Special emphasis…

Presented are brief descriptions of the winning entries in this magazine's contest for existing programs to serve as prototypes for wide-scale use in elementary schools of the 1980s. Top prizes went to computer literacy, energy education, and nutrition projects. Twenty runners-up are also described. Project addresses are included. (SJL)

This report contains profiles of the 145 schools in Utah that continued to receive funding as second- or third-year Centennial Schools during 1998-99. First enacted into law by the 1993 Legislature, the Centennial Schools Program has developed into a catalyst for change involving over 300 schools in 35 of the state's 40 school districts. The…

Since 1981, the Arizona Department of Education has coordinated the identification and dissemination of innovative programs and practices. A committee reviewed hundreds of submissions during the past 3 years and selected over 200 entries published in this catalogue as the best. Quality programs are broad in scope, time, and number of people…

As a result of an earlier project conducted by the Council of Chief State School Officer's Project on Humanities and the Schools, 76 programs in the humanities were identified for their efforts to improve the teaching of humanities between 1972 and 1983. From these projects, 20 exemplary projects were selected for inclusion in this catalog. The…

In 1987, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association first published a resource directory of outstanding programs and services offered by the state's community colleges. This document presents a 1998 update to the directory, presenting information on 55 programs nominated by 35 colleges. The program descriptions provide the state…

Descriptions are provided of the six programs selected as award-winning innovations on the basis of universal application and potential for greatest impact for the improvement of continuing education. Each description contains this information: program name, name of principal person, name and institution to whom award would be made, source of…

Second in an annual series, this volume presents brief descriptions of a number of outstanding community college instructional programs identified by the National Council of Instructional Administrators (NCIA). Each description includes the address and telephone number of the college in which the program operates, and the names of the college…

Third in an annual series, this volume presents brief descriptions of a number of outstanding community college instructional programs identified by the National Council of Instructional Administrators (NCIA). Each description includes the address and telephone number of the college in which the program operates, and the names of the college…

This directory describes 53 innovative and alternative school programs throughout Canada. Each school or program is examined separately in a one- or two-page entry, which briefly discusses the objectives and focus of the program and lists one or more persons who can be contacted for additional information. Schools are grouped by province and are…

This is a handbook and guide for nontraditional higher education. Part one is an operational guide for the development, organization, implementation and evaluation of an alternative resource center for the facilitation of nontraditional learning within higher education. Part two is a comprehensive resource guide to alternative education programs…