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Lessons Learned from a Summer Melt Prevention Program
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Tacket, Wendy L.; Pasatta, Kelley; Pauken, Evan – Journal of College Access, 2018
The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University explained, "Across the country, 10- 40% of seemingly college-intending students, particularly those from low-income backgrounds, fail to enroll in college the fall after graduation. This phenomenon is known as "summer melt" (Castleman, Page, and Snowdon, 2013). In order…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, At Risk Students, College Attendance, Low Income Groups
The School-Based Activities Model: A Promising Alternative to Professional Development Schools
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Lachance, Andrea M.; Benton, Cynthia J.; Klein, Beth Shiner – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
Partnerships, especially the Professional Development School (PDS) model, between institutions of higher education (IHE) and public schools (PS), have become, if not commonplace, a successful model for teacher education. PDS teacher education projects in which preservice teachers and higher education faculty participate in school-based instruction…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Schools of Education, Professional Development Schools
Improving Student Achievement through Partnerships.
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
These three papers address educational improvement through partnerships between institutions of higher education and elementary/secondary schools. In the first paper, "Partnerships for America's Children," Kati Perry Haycock challenges educators in elementary/secondary schools and in higher education to use partnerships to create a continuum for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, Change Strategies
Communication at the Local Level: Building a Consortium in South Florida
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Valley-Gray, Sarah; Poland, Scott; Marocco, Lauren; Majorossy, Catherine; Cash, Ralph E. – Communique, 2009
School psychologists make a difference in the lives of children by supporting their academic and social-emotional needs. However, psychologists are often so busy with work and isolated in their schools that they fail to recognize the expertise of their colleagues and how collaboration can strengthen their outcomes. By nurturing longstanding…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Consortia, Mental Health Programs, Counseling Techniques
Making a Cyber Literacy Connection from the Storage Room to the College Room
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Boxie, Paula – Reading Horizons, 2004
What roles can colleges and universities play in serving the many young adults whom our public school systems fail? This article sheds light on how one university was able to make a literacy connection with students attending an Alternative High School (AHS). This connection enabled AHS students and teacher candidates to effectively carry out a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Schools, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy Education
Information Technology Assessment: A Foundation for School and Academic Library Collaboration
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Seymour, Celene – Knowledge Quest, 2007
While the promotion of literacy is a fundamental mission for all librarians, over the past decades the definition has expanded and, paradoxically, fragmented into various multiliteracies, such as computer literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, and so forth. From these, a broader concept of student competencies, one that includes both…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Research Skills, Media Literacy