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An Evaluation Of The 1990-1991 Hart County Preschool Program, Rhonda Bowman
An Evaluation Of The 1990-1991 Hart County Preschool Program, Rhonda Bowman
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In the 1990-91 school year. Kentucky's public schools received a mandate to begin a preschool program to aid children who were at risk of school failure. Children to be served were three-and four-year-olds qualifying for free lunch or having handicaps.
This study is an evaluation of the preschool program in Hart County Kentucky. Two concerns were identified. These concerns were: (1) identifying teacher and parental perceptions of the program and (2) measuring student academic gains. The results of the evaluation indicate that teachers and parents have a positive attitude about the preschool program. Students participating in the program showed greater …
Reasons For Pupil Drop-Outs In Mclean County Schools, Chloe Blanchard
Reasons For Pupil Drop-Outs In Mclean County Schools, Chloe Blanchard
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In the papers, educationaljournals and occasionally in farm magazines and other periodicals we read of the unsatisfactory school conditions prevalent in the state of Kentucky.
As a citizen, student, teacher and would-be educator in this beautiful state, it appears desirable to determine to some degree whether or not inadequate school programs exist in Kentucky and if so to locate some of the factors determining them. Obviously the field is too broad to be covered in a single investigation.
This particular study has been concentrated in one small county of the state. As it proceeded, broader and broader avenues for investigation …
The Reorganization Of Hopkins County Schools, John Adams
The Reorganization Of Hopkins County Schools, John Adams
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Purpose of the study - Educators and lay citizens alike, in the main, want the schools to extend their services so as to meet all the educational needs of the youth. Surveys of the schools in the Hopkins County District in recent years have convincingly revealed that these services are not being rendered. At the suggestion of the Hopkins County School Superintendent H.W. Wilkey, and others this study is being made.
This is an intensive study of the schools of Hopkins County as they exist today, with suggestions for a plan of reorganization to bring them to the point of …
The Development And Growth Of Community Schools In Hopkins County, Compton C. Crowe
The Development And Growth Of Community Schools In Hopkins County, Compton C. Crowe
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
For several years many of the leading educators of the different states and the leading schools of higher education have been studying and advocating the community school idea. There have been many community schools established with various plans and ideas installed. Some are more advanced than others, but all are established with a long time plan in view. Many conferences have been held, and experts have been consultants and co-ordinators, and several visits have been made within the community to see at first hand the workability of school and its affect upon the lives of the children and citizens of …
Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher
Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
To promote or not to promote has long been a question in the minds of both administrators and teachers; however, the segregated problem of promotion and non-promotion did not receive much attention until about fifteen years ago. In the past decade and a half much time and careful, thoughtful study have been devoted to this problem by leading educators.