The Fresno-Long Beach Learning Partnership is a collaboration that aims to improve student outcomes, accelerate achievement for all students, and close achievement gaps by capitalizing on shared systemic capacity-building across two high-need districts. The Partnership is a joint effort of the third- and fourth-largest districts in California to…

Performance review, as used in one school district, is a disciplined communication process that relies heavily on interviews. In this process people in the organization cooperatively express their hopes and aspirations for a stated period and rationalize them within the context of the overall goals of the corporation. Available from Pergamon Press…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is the first interstate compact for education in the United States. This annual report describes the foundation and activities of the SREB, which deals with education at all levels, from prekindergarten through college. SREB maintains an extensive database about education in all 16 member states. Staff…

This report offers a broad outline of the educational programs and supportive services provided by District 24 in Queens, New York. Goals are presented for (1) the district as a whole; (2) the major curriculum areas (reading, mathematics, corrective mathematics, bilingual education, English as a second language, social studies, and education of…

This report provides an overview of the Department of Education's (ED) progress toward four main goals: (1) help all children reach challenging academic standards so they are prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment; (2) build a solid foundation for learning for all children; (3) ensure access to…

This publication highlights the current activities of participants in the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) in their support of national urban education goals. In the fall of 1990, the National Urban Education Task Force, which was appointed by the CGCS, presented sample strategies for achieving the national urban education goals to…

The University of North Carolina (UNC) Mathematics and Science Education Network (MSEN) Pre-College program is designed to increase the number of historically underrepresented students--minorities and females--who have sufficient interest and preparation to pursue mathematics and science fields at the university level, and to move into careers in…

The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six-volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…

Though extensive research has been conducted to measure educational outcomes in terms of quantity and cost, there has been little discussion or analysis of educational quality and its measurement. Quality may be defined in terms of whether a service or product meets or exceeds prespecified standards and can be measured in relation to defined…

This study, a synthesis of 51 published prescriptive essays and program reports from 1978 to 1997, follows the development of honors programs in comprehensive community colleges. Despite arguments that programs of this sort betray the institution's democratic imperative by implying academic elitism, diverting needed funds from…