This report is based on a 1988 site visit to the Northeast Educational Services Cooperative (NESC) in South Dakota. The visit's purpose was to provide consultation and recommendations regarding residential options to support children with severe disabilities who typically have been placed in out-of-district residential placements. Background…

A framework for New York communities interested in establishing drug-free school zones is provided in this guidebook. Chapters 1-4 present background information to familiarize the reader with drug-free school zones, relevant alcohol and drug abuse policies and concepts, and school/community partnerships. Chapters 5 and 6 offer guidelines for the…

The Alabama Aviation and Technical College, working with representatives of the aviation industry, the military, the Alabama Department of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration, developed a training program for aviation maintenance technicians. The program also aimed to emphasize and expand opportunities for minorities, females, and…

A project was conducted to develop activities leading to the coordination of regional vocational-technical education and training programs with data-based labor market needs in East Texas. An existing group, the Technology Partnership Organization, became the work force planning agency for the area. During the project, the following objectives…

A study assessed the role of program coordination in enhancing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program effectiveness and efficiency. Information was collected through a review of more than 100 reports on JTPA coordination, telephone interviews with staff from 60 JTPA coordination projects, and case studies of nine of the coordination projects.…

With America's technical base eroding to those countries with more desire and ingenuity, a concerted effort must be made to encourage the brightest, most talented individuals to take on the most demanding and technical challenges that lie ahead; but this is not happening to any great extent. As the horizon is scanned for help in the nation's…

Promoting social change is the goal of the seven community case studies reported in this book. Each study is a "natural experiment" that involved long-term research, close collaboration between researchers and the host community, and the application of research methods and findings to social change goals within the community. The following reports…

This report documents and evaluates the activities of the Urban Mathematics Collaborative (UMC) project during the 1987-88 school year. UMC seeks to improve mathematics education in inner-city schools and identify new models for the professional development of mathematics teachers by supporting collaboration among mathematics teachers and…

This report documents and evaluates the activities of the Urban Mathematics Collaborative (UMC) project during the 1989-90 school year. UMC seeks to improve mathematics education in inner-city schools and identify new models for the professional development of mathematics teachers by supporting collaboration among mathematics teachers and…

Ontario Universities' current and planned involvement with distance delivery of university level educational opportunities was reviewed. Additional considerations were: the feasibility of a cooperative approach to distance education, the organizational approach to expanding cooperation among the universities and between the universities and…

This handbook contains broad guidelines for increasing cooperation among business, industry, labor, governmental agencies, professionals, parents, students, and educators through the creation of business/industry/education partnerships. The material is designed primarily to provide a framework for building or improving such partnerships or…

With the increased percentage of older adults in the population, demand for professionals and paraprofessionals who possess both technical disciplinary competence and the experiential training necessary to work with older adults has increased. A program at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, allows students preparing for a career…

A study examined the amount and types of cooperation that are occurring between vocational agriculture teachers and county extension agents in North Carolina. The research sample consisted of 194 (49.74 percent) of the state's vocational agriculture teachers and 80 (80 percent) of the state's county extension chairpersons. Sixty-eight percent of…

Because schools are often the biggest employers in rural areas, it may make sense for rural schools to initiate economic development partnerships with the community, rather than wait for business to take the initiative, as is more commonly the case with urban school-business partnerships. This booklet reports findings of a national research…

This document describes viable options to enable the State of Connecticut to provide integrated and quality education, in response to a 1988 report that presented broad-based recommendations for overcoming racial inequalities in contiguous school districts. The initial report, dramatizing the increasing racial and economic isolation in the state's…