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Morelock, Kristy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2012
Finding the best way for students to learn and achieve success is of utmost importance to the State of Illinois and the nation as a whole. College and career success is critical to the national and state economy. Career and technical education (CTE) has been central to this call for greater college completion, and the credentials that CTE provides…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Program Development, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education
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Cosner, Shelby; Tozer, Steve; Smylie, Mark – Planning and Changing, 2012
This article describes the process of replacing a modest Master's level school leader preparation program with an innovative Ed.D. program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The new doctoral program is intensive, highly selective, intellectually rigorous, and field-based. The authors provide side-by-side comparisons of the difference…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Doctoral Programs, Instructional Leadership, Total Quality Management
Sturgis, Chris; Patrick, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2010
This exploration into competency-based innovation at the school, district, and state levels suggests that competency-based pathways are a re-engineering of this nation's education system around learning--a re-engineering designed for success in which failure is no longer viable. This discussion draws on interviews and site visits with innovators…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competence, Educational Innovation, Interviews
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1994
A project was conducted to improve the productivity and efficiency of 10 manufacturers by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs, and to improve the capability of educational programs to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing industry by developing an evaluation manual for basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines