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Moore, Linden A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In September of 2007, the Michigan Department of Education introduced a program referred to as seat time waivers to a few school districts in Michigan to pilot. During the 2009-2010 school year, 999 students were on seat time waivers with a total of 5070 classes taken by these students. While the number of online learners continues to grow…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Administration, Metacognition, Self Management
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Mitchell, Martin; McCall, Herman J. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2007
Starr Commonwealth has served troubled children and youth and their families for nearly a century. Starr's Montcalm Schools operate from campuses in Michigan and Ohio, enrolling students referred by families and educational consultants. The Montcalm Outdoor Challenge Program is a key part of Starr's network of nonprofit alternative education and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Behavior Problems
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1974
This booklet is the second in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1977
This booklet is the fourth in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Services. – 1974
This four-part paper on competency-based teacher education (CBTE) in Michigan contains the following sections: (a) the development of CBTE in Michigan, consisting of a chronology of events dating from 1971, and a listing of CBTE grants programs in 1974; (b) a survey of CBTE programs in Michigan, including an overview of the programs and status…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Definitions, Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment
Kugler, Marianne Russell – North Central Association Quarterly, 1978
Discusses the results of the Flint, Michigan Board of Education's decision to include extensive development of alternative programs as part of the Quality Education/Desegregation Plan developed for the Flint schools. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Attitudes
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1975
This booklet is the third in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation
Nelson, Jeffrey B. – American Education, 1978
The HIT (High Intensity Tutoring) program in two middle schools in Highland Park, Michigan, helps younger students come up to grade level in math and reading with special tutoring by older students, most of whom formerly needed tutoring themselves. (MF)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Helping Relationship, Inner City, Low Achievement
Toft, Robert J. – 1974
College IV is a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts, state supported college which does not possess a schedule of classes, a time base, a grading system, or a course structure. Utilizing a curriculum matrix of auto-instructional learning packages called modules, College IV is entirely self-paced. The curriculum is all "on-line," and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Classes (Groups of Students), College Instruction