The fact sheets in this packet provide updated information about the following: (1) the Federal Adult Education and Literacy Program; (2) the major estimates and definitions of adult illiteracy in the United States; (3) volunteerism; (4) the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Clearinghouse; (5) literacy education for older adults; (6) adult…

Much can be learned from California's Puente Project Model that would help students' success in classrooms as well as in college in general, and in their daily lives. Puente, which means "bridge" in Spanish, began in 1982 at Chabot College in northern California and is now in 38 colleges and 19 high schools statewide. Originally designed…

This guide takes students through the process of seeking scholarship funds for study at colleges and universities in the provinces of eastern Canada, including Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec. The first several chapters cover the preparatory process, discussing how to win a scholarship, how to make the…

The development and use of Oregon's Proficiency-Based Admission Standards System (PASS) are described and results of some evaluations of the PASS system are presented. PASS is to be used for college entry in Oregon and is designed to promote the seamlessness of high school and college education by guaranteeing that students would have the…

This paper describes a school-university partnership program. The first section gives general background on teacher research and describes this project. The second part describes two cases, one a study of the loss of voice of female students in third grade mathematics and the second, the effect of positive discipline and a time-out room with…

A study was made of 10 practicum students in the College of Education at Louisiana Tech University and 7 cooperating teachers at a nearby middle school. The purpose of the study was to describe and analyze the practicum experience and its role in the preparation of middle school practicum students. Analysis of the study data yielded several…

"Adelante...con Ganas!" (Forward...with Enthusiasm) was a 3-year transitional bilingual program implemented at Burbank Middle School in the Houston Independent School District (Texas). The program consisted of three levels of bilingual instruction, from preliterate through intermediate, in which students were placed following state and…

This report identifies programs that have proven to be effective and programs that show potential for improving academic achievement among Latino youth in the elementary and middle grades. It targets programs specifically designed for this population and programs that have worked for all children and that have been disseminated for use with Latino…

This curriculum guide provides information on how a Texas high school for adolescents and adults (ages 15-21) with severe disabilities was able to coordinate the Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum with Dallas Public Schools district curricula and other best practices. Part 1 discusses why the LCCE curriculum has been adopted and the…

This student guide and accompanying teacher's guide are a product of the Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) curriculum development project at the University of Hawaii. In the teaching guide, the introduction gives a description of the underlying theory and practice in FAST and includes the FAST instructional model, descriptions of…

The first component of this three-part package is a student manual designed to be used independently in secondary health occupations programs or on-the-job training programs for dental assistants. The manual contains seven units that cover the following topics: introduction to dentistry; basic office procedures; infection control and occupational…

This book contains 30 chapters on the tech prep initiative in Texas: "The Identity of Tech Prep in Texas" (Tunstall); "A Snap-Shot of the Impact of the Tech Prep Initiative in the Governor's 24 Planning Regions" (Brown); "The Tech Prep Consortium Directors: The Architects for the Future of Texas" (Hensley et al.);…

This manual is designed to provide teachers with practical information to assist them as they implement the new science programs in their classrooms. A number of factors have influenced the development of the Alberta Senior High School Science Program. The Alberta Education policy paper, "Secondary Education in Alberta" (1985); the…

Words such as aims, goals, objectives, requirements, and outcomes have been used to define the role of education. As evident in the work of Dewey (1916), Walker and Soltis (1986), Sizer (1984), Goodlad (1984), Boyer (1983), Mager (1970), and Spady (1989), these terms are fuzzy and ill-defined. Throughout history, educators have identified various…

The Design Group for the New Designs for the Comprehensive High School project used their first meeting to deliberate and make a keystone decision about the purpose and desired outcomes of the comprehensive high school. From a working paper by Pearce et al. (1991), the Design Group reviewed the history and current practices of aims and objectives…