[EDEQUITY] Exemplary and Promising Gender Equity Programs

From: Sundra.Flansburg, (sflansburg@edc.org)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 17:20:13 EDT


The U.S. Department of Education's Gender Equity Expert Panel Exemplary and
Promising Gender Equity Programs 2000

The U.S. Department of Education's Gender Equity Expert Panel was developed
to identify promising and exemplary programs that promote gender equity in
and through education. The 11 Exemplary and Promising programs recommended
by the Gender Equity Panel are an important set of resources for educators
and other community leaders who want to use programs that have evidence
that they can increase gender equity. This print and online publication
provides
reviews of 1 exemplary and 10 promising gender equity programs in career
education, mathematics/ science/ technology, prevention of sexual and
racial harassment, and teacher education.

The introductory sections of this report describe the U.S. Department of
Education's Expert Panel System, the Gender Equity Expert Panel review
process, and the four criteria categories and subcategories used to
evaluate these gender equity programs.

Descriptions of each program contain:
           * Contact information including Web Sites
           * Program focus and target populations
           * Cost and Additional resources
           * Review Summaries where the Panel members discuss:
                     - Evidence of Effectiveness including a chart with
claims and supporting evidence
           - Quality
           - Usefulness/Replicability
           - Educational Significance

The full text of this publication ORAD 2001-1000 is available online in
Word or PDF format at <http://www.ed.gov>. Go to the home page topic index
under:Expert Panels/Gender Equity Expert Panel or Women's Education.

To order free print copies call toll free (877) 4ED-PUBS (877-433-7827) or
go to www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.



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