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Garberoglio, Carrie Lou; Guerra, Diego H.; Sanders, Genelle T.; Cawthon, Stephanie W. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2020
This study relied upon the lived experiences of deaf communities to develop community-driven solutions for eliminating employment and educational attainment gaps within deaf communities. "Community conversations," a community-based participatory research model, was used to engage a broad cross-section of deaf community members and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment
Landa, Cady – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2017
This self-assessment tool was developed for those who wish to embark on state-wide governmental systems change to improve high school transition and employment outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Its purpose is to aid in the development of a work plan that is based on a review of the state…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Youth, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability
Mishook, Jacob – Voices in Urban Education, 2013
Over the last decade, a growing consensus has developed that for our nation's students to succeed in twenty-first-century economic and civic life, high school graduation is no longer sufficient. Labor-market analyses have shown that high-wage positions increasingly require postsecondary education and training, and students must now graduate…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Capacity Building, Educational Indicators, Systems Development
Foley, Ellen; Mishook, Jacob; Lee, Jaein – Voices in Urban Education, 2013
Despite some cuts to the nation's oldest Federal College Access Programs, known as the TRIO programs (e.g., Upward Bound), new education policies have emphasized college and career readiness. In 2010, Congress approved the College Access Challenge Grant Program, which aims to increase the number of low-income students who are ready for college.…
Descriptors: School Districts, Government Role, Program Development, College Readiness
Sirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
School-to-Work Perspectives: Strategies, Practices and Resources To Include Youth with Disabilities in School-to-Work Systems, 1997
This publication is comprised of two brief guides, both of which offer strategies, practices, and resources for including students with disabilities in school-to-work systems. The first focuses on how to include students with disabilities in accountability systems. Strategies are offered to help: (1) view standards from the perspectives of all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Change Strategies, Disabilities
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Johnson, David R.; Guy, Barbara – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Identifies lessons learned from the State Systems Change Initiative on Transition for Youth with Disabilities, such as: (1) the need for such initiatives to recognize political, economic, and social factors; (2) the need for systems change to be a dynamic and continuous improvement process; and (3) the value of using federal legislative mandates…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
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Halpern, Andrew S.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
The Community Transition Team Model guides the process of systematic program change in secondary special education and transition programs in Oregon. The model uses a management-by-objectives paradigm for implementing its principles, which include local control, a developmental perspective on change, a focus on program capacity, and networking…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Disabilities
Everson, Jane M. – 1993
This book is intended to assist school administrators, special education teachers, rehabilitation administrators and counselors, case managers, other employment and community living providers, and parents to understand the developing and changing programs at the local community level which provide transitional services for young people with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Disabilities
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Johnson, David R.; Halloran, William H. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Describes the policy context and current status of the State Systems Change Initiative on Transition for Youth with Disabilities. This federal initiative has helped states to improve school-to-work transition services under one-time five-year grants undertaken as cooperative efforts between state education and vocational rehabilitation (or other)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
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Cobb, Brian; Johnson, David R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Considers how the State Systems Change granting process has emerged as way to promote systemic educational reform. It identifies similarities and differences among three major systems change initiatives in special education (i.e., transition), vocational education (i.e., school-to-work), and general education (i.e., Goals 2000). (DB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Kohler, Paula D.; Rusch, Frank R. – 1994
This paper presents an overview of a three-phase investigation that featured: (1) an analysis of Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services demonstration projects focused on employment; (2) consensus development with respect to specific employment-related outcomes and activities; and (3) the identification of employment-related…
Descriptors: Activities, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2009
As the focus on school improvement at a state education agency moves from mostly a compliance approach to playing a greater role in capacity building, the agency's leadership needs to rethink student and learning supports. That is the focus of this report. Given that almost half of the chief state school officers have assumed their position in the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Change, State Departments of Education, Leadership Responsibility
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 1999
This directory is one of five which together describe almost 1200 discretionary grants and contracts currently supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs under the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This section of the directory covers grants and contracts in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Contracts, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Tashie, Carol; And Others – 1993
The 5-year New Hampshire Statewide Systems Change Project has provided training and technical assistance to educators, families, and communities to effectively implement the full inclusion of students with disabilities in New Hampshire schools and communities. This guide was developed to disseminate successful strategies for starting the process…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
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