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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Innovative Programs"”.
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Understanding Incubator Farms: Innovative Programs in New Farmer Development
… beginning farmers and the creation of new programs to do so. Incubator farms are one such promising strategy. Incubator farms are organizations that address the obstacles faced by beginning farmers by offering some combination of farming education, hands-on training, and low-cost access to …
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Understanding Incubator Farms: Innovative Programs in New Farmer Development
… beginning farmers and the creation of new programs to do so. Incubator farms are one such promising strategy. Incubator farms are organizations that address the obstacles faced by beginning farmers by offering some combination of farming education, hands-on training, and low-cost access to …
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Training Musicians to Perform for and Work With Children: Case Studies of Innovative Programs at the Eastman School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and the New England Conservatory
… have shown an increasing interest in developing programs that bring students out of the practice room and into the community. Many music schools are considering new ways of attracting and educating their future audiences, as well as making sure that graduates of their school have a variety of …
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A case study evaluation of the individual or instructional leadership component of the Clinical Strand of the Illinois Administrators' academy during its first year of implementation, 1988-1989
… reform bill in 1985, resulting in many innovative programs to promote quality in education. One of these new programs, the Clinical Strand, the fourth component of the Administrators' Academy, provides participating principals a confidential, on-site assessment of their instructional …
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A therapeutic landscape created by the children's Comprehensive Health Investment Project of the Roanoke Valley
… communities around the country have developed innovative programs to meet the needs of disadvantaged infants and children. That need for coordinated health services exists among poor children in the Roanoke Valley. The local solution has developed since 1988 as the Children's Health Investment …
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Industrial arts curriculum project for the Thomas Butcher Children's School of Kansas Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas
This study was concerned with developing an innovative program for the Thomas Butcher Children's School of Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.A survey was made of the known innovative programs, with an in-depth comparison of similarities and dissimilarities of the three most notorious …
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THE BRAID OF TEACHING: Exploring the weave of elementary school contexts in an Appalachian school district
… inquiry raises questions about the impact of innovative programs, technology, the commodification of teachers’ time and space and the hierarchical distribution of power in schools on teachers’ work. It also reveals a lack of fit between the organization of schools and how they function. …
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Preparedness through partnership : integrating climate change and public health in the City of Boston
… nine other U.S. cities and counties' relevant or innovative programs, strategies, and experiences. Grounded in an institutional context through engagement with and observations of the City of Boston's interdepartmental extreme temperature planning process, the research draws lessons, illustrative …
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An Investigation of the FDA (Failure to Do Assignment) Program in Helping Middle School Students Complete School Assignments
… group studies is needed. Additional schools with innovative programs for monitoring procrastinating students need to be identified for comparative studies.
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Entrepreneurial transformation of the School of Education at one Midwestern public university: A case study
… sought to better understand the growth of the programs and services at the organization and how entrepreneurial concepts such as entrepreneurial behavior, culture, entrepreneurial products, creativity, innovations, and others play out in the chosen institution. Collected qualitative data were …
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The Impact of An Innovative Online Orientation Program on Graduation among Graduate Nursing Students: A Secondary Analysis
… Nurses (APRN) in the United States requires innovative programs to increase on-time graduation and decrease attrition. The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Online Orientation for Retention Excellence (MORE) Program is one such program. However, the program’s impact on on-time graduation and …
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Policies, programs, and services for nontraditional students at private, four year institutions in the southeastern United States
… population. A follow-up study examined in detail innovative programs at 18 institutions.
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Marvin S. Pittman: A Historical Inquiry of His Life, Legacy and Leadership
… educational leader. Pittman introduced new and innovative programs in education, including his zone plan for teacher training, and theories for the consolidation of schools. Pittman understood that education was the tool needed to give power back to the people, and to enable them to be …
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Home is where the heart is : trauma-informed practices, fraught transitions to housing, and radical hope among those fighting homelessness in Boston
… With admiration and hope, I note the innovative programs already in place in Boston and humbly suggest considerations for next steps. People who have been homeless have demonstrated resilience in the face of deep tragedy. When stably housed, society can benefit even more from their …
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Microcredit and Integrated Asset Building as a Social Approach to Poverty Reduction in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
… income-earing opportunities. Microcredit programs are of great interest to governments, non-governmental organization, and banks because of their potential for reducing poverty. Critics of the microcredit movement argue that microcredit does little besides replacing existing informal …
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A Case Study of How Modern Agricultural Education Programs May Be Designed to Support Innovative Agricultural Content
… industry. Determining how to bring cutting edge innovative content to the classroom is difficult and without a clear vision of what is relevant it is impossible. The purpose of this case study was to determine how modern agricultural education programs may be designed and developed to support …
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Study Abroad as a Multifaceted Approach to Supporting College Sophomores: Creating Optimal Environments to Promote Intercultural Maturity
… of institutional attention and thus have fewer programs directed at fostering their development. As a result, sophomores can find themselves negotiating developmental challenges with little support or guidance. In an effort to explore the efficacy of one approach to providing developmental …
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Effects of a Collaborative Care for Depression Intervention on Health Service Utilization and Depression Severity
… the Medicaid population. Collaborative care programs for depression are transforming primary care to increase access and coordinate physical and behavioral health services. Understanding the relationships between components of collaborative care programs, characteristics of participants, and …
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24x7 Make Mart : the future nexus of innovation
… synergy of conventional 7-Eleven strategies and innovative programs. The 24x7 Make Mart adopts the current distributed model of 7-Eleven and provides 3 layers of megafloors that can be programmed into different uses, including individual workstation, self-storage, event space, exhibition, …
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How States Developed Plans to Meet a Federal Mandate: Addressing the Challenges of the Child and Family Services Reviews
… and consequences of abuse and neglect, and innovative programs, services, and interventions designed to serve at-risk and maltreated children, youth, and their families. Less attention has been given to how state and local governments oversee the public child welfare system and respond to …
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