Recommended by the U.S. Department of Education
Learning to Learn is an Exemplary Program, part of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Diffusion Network.
The following paragraphs have been excerpted from the U.S. Department of Education’s website pages on Educational Programs That Work.*
The National Diffusion Network
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Diffusion Network (NDN) established a rigorous procedure for validating the effectiveness of educational programs.Learning To Learn: Improving Academic Performance Across the Curriculum [was] approved by [the D.O.E.'s Joint Dissemination Review Panel], JDRP, on the basis of both students’ significantly higher grade point averages and their retention through graduation… Materials are now available at the high school and junior high school levels. Anticipated results are increased retention through graduation; improved grades in courses across the curriculum; improved scores on standardized reading and math tests; improved scores on citywide and statewide achievement tests. *
Developed NEA’s Building Thinking Skills program
The authors of LTL were commissioned to develop a multi-media thinking skills program for the National Education Association.
Developed interactive video course for IBM
As part of its Quality initiative, IBM contracted with Learning to Learn, Inc. to develop a Learning to Learn interactive video course for use by their employees world-wide.
Full text may be found at the following URLs:
http://ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptwfore.html
http://ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptwques.html
http://ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw14/eptw14h.html