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US Department of Education, 2011
The first-ever U. S. Department of Education summit on sustainability, "Sustainability Education Summit: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy," was held on Sept. 20-21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The Sustainability Education Summit (the Summit) brought together leaders from higher education, business and industry, labor,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Research Reports
El Dorado County Board of Education, Placerville, CA. – 1970
To increase the efficiency of human and financial resource allocations, the El Dorado County, California, Office of Education initiated a planning, programing, budgeting system (PPBS). This document is a progress report on the effectiveness of the system after one year of operation. It contains (1) a statement on goals, (2) charts of the program…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Objectives, Educational Responsibility, Planning
Nagle, John M.; And Others – 1976
The School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an overall design for districtwide program assessment and development. It is both a way of interrelating planning and evaluation of individual programs and a way of comparing the outcomes of all district programs with the district's community-defined educational goals. Component…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
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Levinson, Richard M. – Teaching Sociology, 1979
Describes a comparative health care systems program based in London which combines seminars, clinical site visits, and participant observation. Objective is for students to view health care systems through a sociological perspective using experiential learning and systems analysis. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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Holzner, Burkart; Salmon-Cox, Leslie – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1977
Characterizes attempts to provide a research and development base for education in the United States on the basis of organizational development in the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center. Article reprint may be ordered from the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
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Whitehouse, Kendall – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
Most large enterprises now have some type of portal to organize their internal information services. Few, however, have the long history of the SPIKE project at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Originally developed during the 1994-1995 school year, SPIKE was an intranet information portal before the term "information…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Information Systems, Internet, Information Services
Nagle, John M.; Walker, Harold E. – 1975
Made up of five components, the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an approach to program planning and evaluation applicable to all instructional and noninstructional programs and activities. As such, it focuses on outcomes, processes, and inputs in a continuous cycle of planning, evaluation, and replanning. As well…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Ancillary Services, Budgeting, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1971
The six elements of Michigan's educational system analysis are presented. General objectives of the 1971-72 assessment program are to provide: 1) state level public information; 2) information to local school systems; 3) information to students and parents; 4) information regarding the process of education. 1971-72 changes in substantive and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs