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Gregory, Ann; Graham, Jim D. – American School Board Journal, 1984
Describes a program promoting academic achievement through quiz competitions between schools in Virginia. Includes descriptions of other programs promoting academic achievement. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Scholarship, School Community Relationship
Download full textAlabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education Services. – 1987
This guide is intended to serve as a source of information pertaining to educational provisions for handicapped and disadvantaged students enrolled in vocational education programs in Alabama. The following topics are discussed: legislation (the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Carl Perkins Act, and Alabama…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Davis, Jean Cary; Dickens, Ben – 1986
This guide is intended to assist instructors and administrators in improving the vocational education of special needs students by providing supplemental services that have been authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Discussed in a section on the implications of the act for disadvantaged and handicapped students are…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Correctional Education, Counseling Techniques
Parks, Marie A.; And Others – 1987
A study examined the characteristics of effective secondary vocational education programs for a variety of special needs populations (disabled, disadvantaged, and limited English proficient individuals; single parents; and persons enrolled in programs to eliminate sex bias and sex stereotyping). The following eight states were studied: California,…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMerseth, Katherine K. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Describes a Harvard University program where midcareer professionals are being retrained as high school mathematics and science teachers. Factors contributing to the program's success include changing demographics/requirements in secondary schools and participant's desire to share their science knowledge with young people. The program's links to…
Descriptors: Career Change, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers
