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Zacchei, David A.; And Others – 1986
Written for both educators and business people, this document provides guidelines for business-education collaboration. The guide defines the characteristics of business-education partnerships that effectively promote school improvement and describes the stages a partnership undergoes as it progresses to a fully developed collaborative effort. The…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Resources
Martin, Sharon T.; And Others – 1981
Developed to assist interested sponsors in implementing apprenticeship-school linkage projects, this guide is intended to organize the collective experiences of those who have implemented the demonstration projects to highlight the day-to-day mechanics involved. Section 1 overviews apprenticeship-school linkage. In section 2 factors are described…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1986
This report discusses the situation--a 43 percent attrition rate in public schools--leading to the formation of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery (DPR) program, implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District in January 1985, and describes activities undertaken as part of the pilot program. The main body of the report, presented in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs

Bragg, Debra D.; Hamm, Russell E. – 1996
Based on an initial phase of a study conducted in 1993 that surveyed 1,200 two-year colleges to describe the scope and character of work-based learning programs already in existence, phase 2 sought a more in-depth understanding of selected exemplary work-based learning programs. Ten programs in eight two-year colleges were identified for further…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, College Programs, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1996
This packet provides an update on the federally funded School-to-Work Outreach Project. Copies are provided of the profiles describing these exemplary models/practices/strategies identified in Fall 1996: SCRIPT (South County Regional Interagency Postsecondary Transitions), Gilroy, California; The STRIVE Program, Roxbury, Massachusetts; Pathways to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Larson, Elizabeth Hunt – 1998
This report provides an update on Arizona's 10 regional partnerships under a school-to-work (STW) implementation grant from the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education. The report profiles the status of each of the 10 regional STW partnerships as of the midpoint of the state's third year (1997-98) of STW implementation. Profiles are provided in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Training
Ascension Parish School Board, Donaldsonville, LA. – 1984
This demonstration introduced microcomputers into St. Amant High School in Louisiana by instituting a word/information processing program. Microcomputers, printers, and necessary software were purchased, and the manufacturer's educational representative instructed the word/information processing teacher on the operation of the equipment. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1982
A 1-year Industry and Adult Education Partnership Project (July 1, 1981-June 30, 1982) was designed to implement the linkage of adult basic education programs with specific local business, industry, and/or community service organizations for the purpose of shared staffing, resources, programming, and/or public relations. Four model industry/adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
This first volume of the interim report on the Study of New Youth Initiatives in Apprenticeship presents a discussion of site visit findings and implementation issues related to the United States Department of Labor's Apprenticeship-School Linkage Demonstrations. (Volume 2, site visit reports, is available separately as CE 032 792.) Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program. – 1992
The National Workplace Literacy Program forges dynamic partnerships among businesses, workers, and educators facilitating the transition from yesterday's work environment to tomorrow's. The program's success is indicated by high retention rates, organizational acceptance, and intense grants competition. Valid and reliable measures are needed that…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
A study examined cooperative education programs identified as high quality to see if they could provide school-to-work linkages as do apprenticeship programs in countries such as Germany. Information for the study was obtained from a survey of state directors of cooperative education, who provided data on program participation and identified high…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
This second volume of the interim report provides detailed case study reports on each of the eight Youth Apprenticeship Projects. (Volume 1, an overview of data from the site visits, is available separately as CE 032 791.) Discussion areas covered in each site visit report are local context/operational environment, administrative information,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs
Models of Excellence: A Review of Ohio's Award-Winning Workplace Literacy Programs. 1996 Supplement.
Baechlin, Dan; Proper, Len – 1996
This document profiles Ohio's seven award-winning workplace literacy programs. The workplace literacy programs described are offered by a mix of urban and rural firms which employ between 85 and 2,323 individuals in a variety of sectors. The workplace literacy programs offered by the following firms are described: Cleveland Track Material; L.J.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
Colorado Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1992
The Colorado Workplace Learning Initiative was organized for the following purposes: (1) to design and implement a process for public/private partnerships to address workplace literacy; (2) to establish an effective method for curriculum adaptation and development based on specific workplace needs; (3) to provide accessible, relevant, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1986
This report describes 38 model school-business partnerships that are being conducted in South Carolina. The 38 reports were gathered from 24 school districts and 3 statewide projects. Criteria for selection were that the partnerships must be in some way exemplary of the program and the school district must have reported in some detail their…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship