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Download full textMinnesota Department of Education, 2016
In 2013, the Minnesota Legislature appropriated $1.763M for Fiscal Year 2014 to create a statewide system for special education paperwork. In 2014, the Legislature greatly expanded the requirements of the system but did not appropriate additional resources to maintain ongoing operation of the system. The 2014 legislation codified the system in…
Descriptors: Special Education, Individualized Education Programs, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Hetherington, Monica; Featherstone, Gill; Bielby, Gill; Passy, Rowena – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2009
The purpose of this report is to disseminate the findings from an analysis of the proposals submitted by English councils under the Sustainable Communities Act for England 2007 (SCA), conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in August/September 2009, as requested by the Local Government Association (LGA). It aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Government, Sustainable Development, Program Proposals
Foehrenbach, Josie – 1988
"Learnfare" is a term applied to the mandating of school attendance for teen parents and/or school age dependent children in households receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits as a condition of continued eligibility. This idea emanates from policymakers' concern about high truancy and dropout rates generally,…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Early Parenthood, Program Proposals, Social Services
Roth, Robert A. – 1983
Proposals for reform in teacher education from major organizations are reviewed, summarized, and compared in this document. Concise analyses are presented of: (1) The Need for Quality (Southern Regional Education Board, 1981); (2) "Educating a Profession: Profile of a Beginning Teacher" (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Higher Education
Lips, Dan – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2005
Baltimore City's public school system is in crisis. Academically, the school system fails on any number of measures. The city's graduation rate is barely above 50 percent and students continually lag well behind state averages on standardized tests. Adding to these problems is the school system's current fiscal crisis, created by years of fiscal…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Program Proposals
