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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Education Response Centre. – 1991
The problems facing students and families in Alberta, Canada, have been recognized as community problems that require community solutions. Interagency collaboration has become a necessity indicative of the changing times and the global focus on integration rather than isolation. Interagency collaboration is an arrangement in which agencies work…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems
Download full textJ W K International Corp., Annandale, VA. – 1980
A growing concern among parents and educators about the increasing incidence of school suspensions led to an exploratory study of the impact of in-school alternatives to out-of-school suspension. This third volume presents research material and instruments used in the second phase of the study, including a brief survey that replaced the initial…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, In School Suspension
Lancaster, Sean; Mellard, Daryl; Hoffman, Lesa – 2001
During the spring of 1999, visits to nine community colleges in three states were conducted to ascertain the status of students with disabilities in post-secondary education. Through a series of interviews, questionnaires, and panel discussions, administrators, faculty members, staff, and students of these colleges provided information on various…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Colleges
Berry, Gwen; Mellard, Daryl – 2002
From the fall of 1998 through fall of 1999, visits to 9 community colleges in 3 states were conducted to investigate current practices regarding students with disabilities. Approximately 1 year later, 6 additional community colleges were visited in the same 3 states and similar data were collected. Through a series of interviews, questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Preparation
College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready
Direct linkConley, David T. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Although more and more students have the test scores and transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once they get there. These students are surprised to find that college coursework demands so much more of them than high school. For the first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively, document assertions, solve…
Descriptors: Second Languages, High Schools, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
PDF pending restorationPetty, Paul – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program for increasing student engagement and retention through the use of authentic assessment and cooperative groups. The targeted population consisted of one sixth grade class in an elementary school and two ninth grade classes in a high school located in different communities in the far…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Attendance
