Many parent and family education programs lack a clearly articulated program theory that is solidly founded in the social science literature and used to guide rigorous evaluation. This article describes the program theory for Parents Forever, a divorce education program developed by the Minnesota Extension to serve divorcing parents. The Parents…

More than ever, people are seeking substance use disorder treatment during the adolescent and young adult stages of development. Developmentally, many of these young adults new to recovery are in the process of making career decisions that may require attendance at a college or university. However, the collegiate environment is not conducive to a…

Focuses on the project, "Authentic Pedagogy in the Social Studies"(APSS), that was designed to assist teachers in their work with the Minnesota High Standards. Addresses the agenda for the APSS seminars, the renewed sense of collegiality, and lessons learned. (CMK)

The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Department of Education joined forces to design and implement a course to prepare regular educators to work with handicapped children. The purposes of the course were to present a rationale and philosophy for integrating special needs children into mainstream settings and to offer a variety of…

Objectives of the Title IV Indian Education Program were designed to meet the educational needs of the Native American students within the public school as defined by Federal program regulations. During the 1976-77 school year, the Parent Committee hired a Home/School Coordinator, the only staff position in the program. The Coordinator was to…

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and…