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Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
The military theme at Northeast Law, Public Service, and Military High School in Kansas City, Missouri, was evaluated during its second year of implementation (the 1990-91 school year). After a shaky start, the second year brought increased stability to the program. Program objectives were in place, and all military theme staff had been hired by…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Formative Evaluation, High Schools, Leadership Training
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This report addresses the results of an evaluation made of the first year of the implementation of a global studies theme at the Northeast Global Studies Middle Magnet School (Kansas City, Missouri). It is reported that ample evidence of the theme was seen throughout most of the school facilities, and observed in all of the social studies classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, International Studies
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This report presents the results of an achievement and enrollment study of the law and public service magnet program at the Northeast Law and Public Service Magnet High School (Kansas City, Missouri). Achievement test scores for students in the program were at or slightly above those of the district as a whole for the 1990-1991 year. It also was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Involvement, Enrollment, High Schools
Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
The third implementation year of foreign language magnet programs in two elementary schools in the school district of Kansas City, Missouri, is evaluated. The schools, New West and Melcher, each had site task forces to develop planning outlines, which emphasized the teaching of foreign language to students and the exposure of students to foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Enrollment, Evaluation Criteria
Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
A summative evaluation is presented of the 3 years of implementation of the Central Foreign Language Magnet School in Kansas City, Missouri. Two types of instruction are featured: language-only instruction and partial immersion instruction. All students in the program had daily language classes. The language-only students had their core courses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, French
Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
The results of the achievement and enrollment study are reported for six elementary foreign language magnet programs that were implemented as part of the desegregation plan in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition to the foundation curriculum, two goals are emphasized: teaching foreign language and exposing students to foreign cultures. Three strands…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Enrollment
