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Kali, Yael, Ed.; Linn, Marcia, Ed.; Roseman, Jo Ellen, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This edited collection synthesizes current research on the most promising methods and models for designing coherent science instruction. Arising from the National Science Foundation-funded Delineating and Evaluating Coherent Instructional Designs for Education (DECIDE) project, this volume combines the insights of researchers from two Centers for…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Science Education, Instructional Design
Adams, Jacob E., Jr., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
Education finance has emerged as one of the most pressing public policy issues of the new century. Americans spend more than $500 billion a year on elementary and secondary education, yet neither policy-makers nor practitioners seems to know how to align these resources with student learning goals. In fact, spending increases have outstripped…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement, Collective Bargaining
Jennings, John F., Ed. – 1995
The articles in this book examine the prominent elements of the Improving America's Schools Act, including the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). They describe how the large federal aid-to-education programs were brought into accord with the new agreement contained in Goals 2000. The book begins with a preface by…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives