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Davidson, Mary E. – 1991
This document presents the formal response to the 1989-90 Annual Desegregation Review Part II of the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools. The Commission found that although progress was made toward goals for the school system, more progress is needed. The Commission made the following recommendations: (1) include summary-form numerical data…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Davidson, Mary E. – 1991
This document presents the formal response to the Chicago (Illinois) Board of Education's annual review of desegregation efforts for 1988-89, which addresses strategies to relieve overcrowding. The Commission found that the document is substantial and detailed in nearly all respects, overcrowded schools should stop permitting students who are…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Attendance Patterns, Class Size
Bove, Penny; And Others – 1993
This paper discusses the development of an equity board that grew out of an ad hoc gender issues committee at Walsh College in Ohio. The document discusses the history and background of the equity board. The original committee members expanded their focus to produce a discrimination policy. This policy was designed to fulfill two major purposes:…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Biracial Committees, Equal Education, Equal Protection
Weston, Susan Perkins – 1993
This document for school-council members in Kentucky provides guidelines for school-based decision making (SBDM). In 1990, the Kentucky State legislature passed the Education Reform Act (KERA), which mandated SBDM in Kentucky schools and recommended the formation of school councils composed of the principal, three teachers, and two parents. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Decentralization, Decision Making
Fuentes, Edward J.; Stratoudakis, Carol Jay – 1992
This document summarizes the media's reaction to the release of the 1991 "National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners," and public response to the National Education Goals Panel's (NEGP's) call for specific feedback on its work. Results will be used by the NEGP to improve the format and content of future reports.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Winter, Gene M.; Fadale, LaVerna M. – 1991
The Two-Year College Development Center, in cooperation with the New York State Education Department and seven community colleges in the Mid-Hudson Region of New York State conducted a 2-year project to determine the outcomes of selected occupational technical programs and feasible ways to measure them. The project operated as a consortium with…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Committees, Community Colleges
Shimoni, Rena; Ferguson, Barbara – 1990
This paper analyzes the concept of parent involvement in the early childhood literature, and discusses the applicability of this information to the day care context. A review of the literature suggests three main goals of parent involvement programs: (1) parent education; (2) the right of parents to influence programs that affect their children;…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family School Relationship
Edwards, Linda R. – 1991
Literature concerning microcomputer usage in business education programs within secondary schools, teachers' attitudes toward microcomputer use in the classroom, and employment needs of the business community in computer and related occupations was examined. By comparing microcomputer use and employment needs, the study attempted to determine…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Toews, Jim; Barker, Diane Murray – 1985
After describing the programs and staff at Ian Bazalgette Junior High School in Calgary, Canada, this document reviews the problems at the school in 1979 that led to the implementation of the Effective Schools Program. A review of literature related to effective schools precedes an explanation of seven school effectiveness factors adopted by the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Committees, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Johnson, Ian M. – 1980
Based on discussions with librarians, library personnel managers, and instructors involved in junior college library technician programs in eight cities, this report of a September 1980 study tour describes the training of library technicians in the United States. Sections cover aims of the study tour; planning the tour; the organization of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Advisory Committees, Associate Degrees, Career Guidance
Miller, Scott E. – 1984
A brief overview of the recommendations of the National Commission on Student Financial Assistance is presented. The Commission was asked to answer 24 congressionally determined questions, and to report its findings on each within 2 years. Major findings and recommendations are presented concerning: satisfactory academic progress, the in-school…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Advisory Committees, Federal Aid
Cutts, Pat Achey, Ed. – 1982
This guide was developed to serve as a catalyst in the design of long-range school district plans for the integration of computers into the curriculum and to assist districts in creating and controlling the direction they pursue in regard to instructional uses of the microcomputer. It raises questions, presents alternatives, and offers an…
Descriptors: Committees, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Hjelm, Howard F.; Sherman, Marian B. – 1968
The structure and functions of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education are discussed. The National Laboratory was designed to assume a leadership role by actually conducting a coordinated research and development (R&D) program and by continuously analyzing the field to identify problem areas and solutions. The National Laboratory…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Clearinghouses, Coordination, Early Childhood Education
Latta, E. Michael – 1987
Only time will tell whether state and local policy makers in North Carolina will decide to implement some or all of the 25 recommendations for vocational education made in "Vocational Education Study: Final Report," released in November 1986 by the Research Triangle Institute. If their reaction is similar to that for previously made…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Arapahoe Community Coll., Littleton, CO. – 1989
This report describes the work of a college-wide committee on enrollment management appointed in the spring of 1988 at Arapahoe Community College (ACC), in Colorado, to investigate causes of student attrition. Chapter 1 lists the main points considered by the committee in their research, including a definition of student persistence, the…
Descriptors: Committees, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Program Development
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