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Hoyle, Tena Bostrom – American School Health Association (NJ3), 2007
The Mariner Model provides a step-by-step systems-building process and tool by which schools, school districts, and communities can develop capacity and create an infrastructure that supports continuous improvement in health-promoting environments for children. The Mariner Model follows a public health program planning development model that is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Learning Readiness, Health Programs, Public Health
Zeeh, Thecla – Northian, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, American Indians, Children
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Neel, 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
Plan for Social Excellence, Inc., Mt. Kisco, NY. – 1996
The Westchester Initiative for Homeless Children is an effort of the Plan for Social Excellence, Inc., to improve education. This report updates a 1993 report that studied the limited successes and ongoing challenges of educating homeless children in Westchester County (New York). This update examines changes in educational policy since the first…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Thurlow, 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
Wang, Margaret C. – 1996
The design and implementation of a broad-based intervention program for students at risk of school failure are described, and implications are drawn for efforts to improve the education of at risk children. The Learning City Program uses state-of-the-art research to create a facilitating environment in which the continuous development of children…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment
Logue, Mary Ellin – 1995
Even Start is a family literacy and support program for families with young children. This paper focuses on the impact and potential of transitions for children and adults as Even Start helps them move across settings. Such transitions occur daily, such as from home to day care to work, or occur over time, such as a transition to formal schooling.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Change, Change Strategies