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Peer reviewedNeel, Richard S.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1997
Reviews examples of interventions and programs that address the first strategic target of the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Outlines a framework for improving the effectiveness of these programs and discusses implications for teacher educators, practitioners, researchers,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
Describes specific steps found to be effective in developing and implementing an outcomes system. Discusses ways to establish a foundation for such an effort, how to develop a model, considerations in data collection and reporting, and procedures for installing an outcomes system. Urges others to adopt outcome-focused education. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Data Collection, Educational Change
Download full textFurther Education Development Agency, London (England). – 2000
Britain's new Learning and Skills Bill focuses on learners', not providers', interests. The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) opens up funding for voluntary and community bodies, and organizations from outside education, and has a duty to encourage employers to participate in the provision of post-16 education and training. Local education…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Direct linkYohalem, Nicole; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2005
With high school reform now a front-burner issue, districts and communities cannot afford to have high school after-school on the back burner. In this commentary, we focus on how and why the high school reform and after-school movements need to be woven together to produce a solid system of learning opportunities and developmental supports…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Adolescents, High Schools, High School Students
Gemignani, Robert J. – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1994
Incarcerated youth should be afforded the opportunity to develop the advanced academic and vocational skills needed to be competitive in today's labor market. Correctional facility administrators regard education as the most important component of the rehabilitation process. Correctional facilities must therefore make education and training high…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Correctional Education, Education Work Relationship
Russell, Russ, Ed.; Neale, Michael, Ed. – 1983
A party of vocational educators from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe current experiments with the first year of apprenticeship training or, as it is called in Germany, the Berufsgrundbildungsjahr (BGJ). During its study, the visiting party focused its attention on the objectives, design,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies
