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Pivot Learning Partners, 2012
Situated in the heart of the fertile San Joaquin Valley twenty miles north of Fresno, the city of Madera has a population of 56,710 people. Agriculture is the driving force behind the local economy; the area produces more than 100 crops including raisin grapes, almonds, figs, pistachios, alfalfa, corn, milk, cattle and poultry. The total value of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Program Improvement, Standardized Tests, Population Growth
Quebec Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching (Quebec). – 1997
In 1990, social science programs in Quebec's colleges in Canada were revised to standardize core courses and objectives across individual courses. Subsequently, the province's Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching undertook an evaluation of the revised program to determine its administration and effectiveness, as well as the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Beeson, P. A. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) is a 130-year-old independent girls' school in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Teaching students from ages 4 to 18, PLC has a reputation for academic excellence. Geography is a separate subject taught as a part of the core curriculum in the secondary school. The College, which uses principally Macintosh…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Information Systems, Technology Integration
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1994
During the 1993-94 program year, 75% of Arkansas' grade 7 through 12 students were enrolled in at least one vocational education (VE) course. Of those students, 52,847 were either academically disadvantaged, disabled, or limited English speaking. In addition, 15,940 and 8,008 students were enrolled in VE programs at Arkansas postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education)