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Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2021
This workbook is a companion to the "Community Math Night Facilitators' Toolkit. REL 2022-120" (ED615952), a comprehensive resource for elementary school educators to plan and implement a Community Math Night. A Community Math Night brings together educators, students, and their families to: (1) learn about, talk about, and have fun with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell; Lewis, Jennifer M.; Pogodzinski, Ben; Jones, Bobby Dorigo – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
In December 2014, the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren (CFDS) was formed to make sweeping educational reform recommendations regarding the provision and governance of public education in Detroit. Spearheaded by community organizations, labor unions, and business interests representing an array of stakeholders in the Detroit area,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Partnerships in Education, Public Education, Decision Making
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Gundersen, David E.; Jennings, Susan Evans; Dunn, Deborah; Fisher, Warren; Kouliavtsev, Mikhail; Rogers, Violet – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) describes their accreditation as the "hallmark of business education." According to information at BestBizSchools.com (n.d.), "AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Being AACSB accredited means a business…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Business Administration Education, Educational Quality, Professional Associations
Folinsbee, Sue – Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2007
This discussion paper is part of a larger Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL) project entitled "Linkages: Connecting Literacy and English as a Second Language" (ESL). The goal of the overall project is for MCL to work with national organizations that support the ESL/Settlement and literacy fields to identify common issues and concerns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Adult Literacy, Research
Chitayat, Deanna; And Others – 1979
Nine strategies for the dissemination of information on a pre-admission counseling program for mature women are evaluated for their effectiveness in achieving the implementation of the program at 39 colleges. A description of the program and its informative materials is followed by discussions of the methods of program research design, staff…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Educational Counseling, Educational Strategies, Formative Evaluation
Minnesota State Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul. – 1992
This report of Environmental Education Centers (EECs) presents recommendations development of long range plans for the development and program coordination of EECs in Minnesota. The plan focuses on identifying programming needs, geographic areas to locate facilities, and capital costs for development and creation of a phased-in implementation…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Facilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Strategies
Fraser, Esther; Mallek, Chris; Sigourney, Donna; Watland, Millie – 1999
This paper describes a program designed to increase student motivation to complete homework assignments. The targeted population consisted of 3rd, 4th, 9th, and 10th grade students attending schools in the Midwest. Analysis of probable cause data reveals that parental involvement can be insufficient and misdirected. Homework can lack relevance to…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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National Program for Secondary Credit Exchange and Accrual, Edinburg, TX. – 1994
This document is intended to be a resource for state, regional and local educators developing secondary credit exchange and accrual programs for migrant students. A brief discussion of migrant education programs and their work with secondary youth examines obstacles that migrant students face when attempting to complete their education. Document…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Strategies, Graduation Requirements
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1994
This booklet is designed to help parents, educators, and communities facilitate parent and family involvement in the education of their children. Eight chapters provide: (1) a discussion of the basics of parent involvement, including the benefits of parent involvement, elements common to successful parent involvement programs, and types of parent…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Mendoza, Yolanda – 1996
A practicum program was developed and implemented to increase parental involvement, teach parents how to help their children, reverse parents' and students' negative attitudes toward mathematics, and enhance mathematics performance of at-risk seventh-grade students. The objectives of the program were to increase parental involvement by 40 percent,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Grade 7
McWilliam, P. J.; And Others – 1996
This final report describes the Case Method of Instruction (CMI) Project, a project to develop, field test, and disseminate training materials to facilitate the use of the Case Method of Instruction by inservice and preservice instructors in developmental disabilities. CMI project activities focused on developing a collection of case stories and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities
Peace Corps, 2004
"Community Content-Based Instruction" grew out of several development initiatives and field needs. It began to take shape in a Gender and Public Health Education for Teachers Workshop and an In-Service Education Workshop for Volunteers and their counterparts, in the spring of 1996 in Eritrea. Since that time, the concept has been further…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Workshops, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Stayton, Vicki D., Ed.; Miller, Patricia S., Ed.; Dinnebeil, Laurie A., Ed. – 2003
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has developed recommended practices for the ECSE field in the area of personnel preparation. This book provides guidance to higher education faculty and professional development specialists on how these recommended practices can be implemented in preservice and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Check Lists, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities