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DeFord, Diane – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2012
This brief by the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse is about reaching for the stars--stories of vision and commitment from educators in small and large schools. Everyone knows of people who are held up as "visionaries" throughout history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Susan Anthony, or John Dewey, to name a few. The…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Work Experience Programs, Literacy, Coaching (Performance)
Training Agency, London (England). – 1988
In this report on cooperation between British vocational and technical education and local business and industry, the chapter titles and their authors are as follows: "The Challenge of School/Industry Cooperation" (John Waddington); "Work Experience in Norfolk" (Jim Cross); "Industry Links throughout the Curriculum in…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document contains summaries of presentations and discussions from five seminars on building a connective system between school and work that took place during Fall 1991, with more than 125 participants. The report is organized to provide both the background materials and the presentations from each session of the seminal series. Each section…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1979
This collection of eight papers reflects Dutch experiences on topics of common interest and concern in the education of less able 16 to 19 year olds throughout the European economic community. "An Outline of the Dutch System of Education" (Philippa Andrews and Colin Turner) provides a basic background to Dutch education, concentrating…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Mortimore, Jo, Ed. – 1984
This publication traces developments in the use of profiles produced over the last two years and attempts to face some difficult and controversial issues raised repeatedly in any consideration of profiling. The introduction addresses assessment issues. Section 2 discusses the technical issues surrounding profiles, or records of achievement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 1999
This document profiles nine youth programs, illustrating concepts, strategies, and lessons available to communities as they start to form an integrated network of essential services designed to prepare out-of-school youth for success in the job market of the 21st century. "Introduction" (Marion Pines) lists considerations when planning a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Counseling Services, Delivery Systems
Stenstrom, Marja-Leena, Ed.; Lasonen, Johanna, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 24 papers examining strategies for reforming initial vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. The following papers are included: "Reassessing VET Reform Strategies in a New Context: Implementation of the SPES-NET (Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies by Horizontal and Vertical Networking) Project"…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agency Cooperation, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)