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Stevenson, Zollie, Jr.; Shetley, Pamela R. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
This article explores the application of Whitaker, King, and Vogel's (2004) best practices for the implementation of partnerships regarding school leadership preparation programs in 3 school district-university collaboratives located in urban settings with large minority student populations. The 3 partnerships studied include the Nashville…
Descriptors: School Districts, Partnerships in Education, Best Practices, Program Implementation
Harter, Christi – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
In order to improve the quality of technology instruction, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Business Department in the Spokane Public School district has aligned its Computer Applications (CA) course to the district's ninth-grade Springboard (Language Arts) curriculum, Algebra I curriculum, and the Culminating Project (senior project)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, State Standards, Educational Change, Vocational Education
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Bennedsen, J.; Rouvrais, S.; Roslöf, J.; Kontio, J.; Georgsson, F.; McCartan, C. D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
This article discusses the tension between quality assurance and quality enhancement in engineering education at a programme level. It acknowledges that accreditation has evolved for many years, but does not agilely support innovation or implement changes in educational programmes. Existing quality assurance systems, institutional collaboration…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Esselstein, Rachel – PRIMUS, 2013
A capstone project is required for every graduating student from California State University, Monterey Bay. Due to dramatic growth in the number of senior math majors as well as the extreme workload required of faculty advisers, our department developed a new model for the capstone which not only addressed workload issues but also improved the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Program Improvement
Hyland, Aine, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
The "Multiple Intelligences, Curriculum and Assessment Project" at University College Cork was a collaborative project carried out between 1995 and 1999. The key research question focused on whether Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences could be applied to, and enhance, aspects of curriculum and assessment at primary and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Action Research, Foreign Countries, Multiple Intelligences
Bakia, Marianne; Means, Barbara; Gallagher, Larry; Chen, Eva; Jones, Karla – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive information about educational technology practices related to the core objectives of the U.S. Department of Education's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. The EETT program is part of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB") and, like other elements…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Legislation, Program Administration, Technology Integration
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Yap, Christine; Ryan, Suzanne; Yong, Jackie – Accounting Education, 2014
Aligning curricula and assessment with the skills required by employers and, more recently, government standards is easier said than done. Through detailing a case study in failure to incorporate required graduate attributes into a postgraduate accounting programme, we explore the tensions among competing interests within Australian universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Alignment (Education), Commercialization
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Schneider, Emily – MDRC, 2011
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs--the courses that students without adequate academic preparation must take before they can enroll in courses for college credit. Emphasizing results…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Models, College Readiness, Evidence