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Eckhoff, Angela – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The role of the visual arts in early childhood education has long been recognised and valued as an essential component of the curriculum. The project featured in this writing stems from a collaborative relationship forged between a non-profit, community-based early education centre and community arts centre. As a result of this collaborative…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Early Childhood Education, Artists, Young Children
Hill, Edward E.; Eyres, John G. – 1977
This report describes the Experimental Schools Project (ESP) conducted by the Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, Washington, under funding from the National Institute of Education. The ESP was a five-year program designed to provide the optimum learning environment for each student. Each of the district's 13 schools attempted, through…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
Crossland, Fred E., Comp. – 1974
In August 1970 the Ford Foundation announced the establishment of a Venture Fund grant program to help strengthen and to encourage innovation in undergraduate education throughout the country. Criteria for selection were: (1) evidence of creative programs in the past, (2) the quality of current educational programs and leadership, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Grants
Campbell, Robert A. – 1968
To prepare vocational-technical teachers to work with dropout-prone youths in laboratories within the school and to discover how successful a special vocational-technical program would be in assisting those students with special needs, 24 dropout-prone occupational exploration students were chosen to participate in a 6-week summer experimental…
Descriptors: Blacks, Dropout Prevention, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1988
The Issues and Values Project was designed as a pilot program to develop and implement a law-related education curriculum for New York City (New York) private and public school 12th grade students. This booklet describes the curriculum project's: (1) purpose, background, objectives, and evaluation; (2) program implementation; and (3) student…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Experimental Curriculum
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Walter, Kate – 1995
This report describes the first 3 years of three Excellent Beginnings projects from 1991 to 1994 funded by the Plan for Social Excellence, a private nonprofit foundation that creates or supports innovative pilot projects in education. Programs that are flexible and responsible to needs of individuals and communities, rather than system-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation