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Education Northwest (NJ1), 2010
Founded in 1966 as the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Education Northwest works alongside educators, administrators, policymakers, and community members to transform teaching and learning. In the Northwest, educational priorities remain focused on closing the achievement gap. Through analysis of client requests, student assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Ethnicity, Rural Schools, Family Income
Northon, Cherie – 2003
Teaching secondary students the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) results in a variety of benefits. Conventional secondary educational programs are enhanced, and high school students are provided an opportunity to experience a rapidly expanding field as they plan for college and their professional future. For such projects, stipends…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Higher Education, Program Implementation, School Community Relationship
Smiley, Richard H. – 1984
A program evaluation assessed the implementation of the Alaska Department of Education's State Plan for Career Education, 1978-1983. Focus was on the degree to which the state plan objectives involving curriculum change, career counseling, special groups, business and industry, home and family, and inservice education were completed. Activities…
Descriptors: Career Education, Gifted, Needs Assessment, Objectives
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Div. of Adult and Vocational Education. – 1986
This document is designed to provide practical suggestions to help Alaska's teachers and administrators plan, initiate, operate, and evaluate cooperative vocational education (co-op) and on-the-job training (OJT) at the secondary level. Section 1 states the purposes of co-op and OJT programs and what such programs provide. Section 2 gives a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs
Fenton, Ray; Nancarrow, Douglas – 1986
Failure to take into account the need to train teachers to deal with prejudicial statements and negative racial attitudes contributed to the failure of a 2-week unit on Alaska Native Land Claims designed for inclusion in an 11th grade American Government course in the Anchorage (Alaska) School District. The unit--recommended by a parent group and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Communication Skills, Cultural Education
Cropley, Russell, Ed.; Doherty, Susan Sloan, Ed. – 1989
This handbook clarifies the elements of a vocational education program and provides direction to help the administrators of Alaska's vocational programs to plan and implement high quality programs. The handbook provides information on the regulations and standards for vocational programs. The handbook is organized in three parts. Part 1 provides…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content