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Download full textFoldesy, Eunice; Foldesy, George – 1988
Four surveys of attitudes toward vocational education were conducted in three school districts in Nevada in 1988 to derive information for use in strengthening vocational education programs. The surveys were completed by 331 parents, 1,454 students, 154 vocational teachers, and 29 administrators. More than 85 percent of students and a smaller…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
Connors, Lori J. – 1994
This report examines the effectiveness of elementary school-based family literacy programs and describes the first year evaluation of a middle-school-based family literacy program in Baltimore, Maryland. In section one it reviews the literature on adult education and early childhood intervention and proposes a hypothesis of the broad pathways by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Cooperation
Westberry, Lee – 2001
Overcoming parents' negative stereotypes of career and technical education (CTE) is the goal of the Business and Education Symposium (BES) at Stratford High School, Goose Creek, South Carolina. The BES program has these four main goals: (1) educate parents about the changing demands of the workforce, so as to affect student course selection; (2)…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Education, Conferences, Education Work Relationship
Eddy, Edward D., Ed.; And Others – 1993
The Providence Blueprint for Education study (PROBE) gathered as much information as possible about the status of Providence (Rhode Island) schools, collecting data from parents, teachers, the government, school administrators, and the public to paint a broad picture of the schools and areas for improvement. Information was collected from the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agenda Setting, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Attitudes
Arkansas Univ., Pine Bluff. – 1980
This report presents needs assessment data gathered for a Teacher Corps project in Pine Bluff School District (Arkansas). Subjective and objective data were collected from students, parents, and school personnel at five elementary and secondary schools, and from education majors and faculty at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Diagnostic Teaching, Education Majors
Nanaimo School District #68 (British Columbia). – 1994
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs in the Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) public schools. An introductory section gives background information on the history of ESL programs in the district, the origins and design of the study, and four principles (utility, feasibility,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Educational Attitudes, Educational History
