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Davis, Cecille – School Arts, 1976
Article described Project "Turn-On," which took place at the Cloisters in New York City, designed to introduce children and teachers in District 6 in upper Manhattan to the beautiful and unusual "neighborhood" museum that became the focal point for active learning in many areas. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities, Museums
LOHMAN, MAURICE A. – 1967
IN THE PROJECT EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT, THE SCHOOL DAY WAS EXTENDED 2 HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, TO OFFER REMEDIAL AND TUTORIAL HELP IN READING, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TYPING. ITS SPECIAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INCLUDED ACTIVITIES IN THE ARTS, HOME ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, AND LANGUAGE ARTS. A TRIP…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, After School Programs, Art Activities, Dance
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La Valley, Josanne – Music Educators Journal, 1977
In 1975, under the auspices of the Manhattan School of Music, an opera for children project was initiated at Public School 75 in New York City. Its aim was to acquaint the public school's faculty, parents, and students with the technical and performance aspects of opera production. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Illustrations, Music Education, Musical Composition
Schaffer, Nancy K. – Notes from Workshop Center for Open Education, 1976
The development of a muralmaking project during a three-week summer institute in open education in Manhattan is described. Photographs and videotape provide a record to share with teachers and schools who wish to use muralmaking as a curriculum element. Preparation is recounted; participants' logs and community reactions are quoted. (AJ)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Community Relations, Demonstration Programs, Open Education
Killacky, Jim; And Others – 1979
University for Man (UFM) has developed into a major national organization, impacting the worlds of lifelong learning, alternative education, and rural and community resource development. It was founded in 1968 when Manhattan, Kansas, residents secured several hundred dollars from the Kansas State University student government to organize seven…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
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Flugman, Bert – Social Policy, 1986
Discusses the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) in Manhattan as a representative research and development center in a collaborative role with the New York City Schools. Presents its role as educational problem solver for immediate solutions rather than for interesting findings. Provides examples of three on-going problem solving…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Higher Education, Problem Solving
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Finkel, Doris – Nature Study, 1994
Describes a five-month study unit for eight to nine-year olds that integrates the Native Peoples of Manhattan, New York, into social studies, science, the arts, and literature. The unit includes the area's environment; the area's people; a harvest festival; tribal legends and traditions; literature to expand student's work; and science class…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Ecology, Environmental Education
1978
The papers in this volume were prepared as part of an evaluation of the effects of the strict 1973 New York State drug laws. The first paper explores the effects of the laws on heroin use. It analyzes the trends of various indicators of heroin use in New York State over a period of several years. In order to isolate movements unique to New York,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Crime, Criminal Law, Drug Abuse
Clark, Noreen M.; And Others – 1974
The program of consumer education for Comprehensive Health Planning was developed to assist consumers to assume leadership roles in community decision-making with regard to health services. This paper presents a description of a project that was developed to train leaders for the program. The project consisted of special, advanced training…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Consumer Education, Health Programs, Leadership Training
Colon, Maria, Comp.; And Others – 1986
A class project undertaken in an English-as-a-Second-Language class is described and presented. Students participating in the project were union employees in a Manhattan electronics factory, and most were native Spanish speakers. The project's objective was to produce an illustrated book and tapes to document work and union experience in the…
Descriptors: Electronics Industry, English (Second Language), Inplant Programs, Interviews
Sher, Lawrence; Wilkinson, Patricia – 1996
The Mathematics Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) (New York) has been actively involved since 1988 in a serious and successful program to improve instruction, understanding, and retention for women and minority students in calculus courses. One result of this work has been students creating calculus animations using…
Descriptors: Animation, Calculators, Calculus, Educational Change
King, Donald N.; Fess, Frederick E. – J Coll Stud Personnel, 1969
This paper is the report of a study conducted under NDEA and NIMH grants at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Services
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In its second year of operation, Project PROBE (Professions Oriented Bilingual Education) experienced difficulty in meeting some of its instructional objectives. The project had sought to provide instructional and supportive services to 200 Spanish-speaking students from Latin America at Louis D. Brandeis High School (Manhattan, New York) and to…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Chinese
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Chahine, Zeinab; van Straaten, Justine; Williams-Isom, Anne – Child Welfare, 2005
The New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) instituted a neighborhood-based services system through the realignment of all foster care, preventive, and protective services along community district lines. ACS, with its community partners, also formed neighborhood-based networks to improve service coordination and collaboration…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Welfare
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
The Association of American Colleges' (AAC) Project Lodestar is addressed in an article and descriptions of the pilot phase of the project at 13 institutions. In "Project Lodestar: Realistically Assessing the Future," Peggy Brown provides an overview of the project, which is designed to help colleges and universities in assessment of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Church Related Colleges
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