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Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2021
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Molnar, Alex, Ed. – National Education Policy Center, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed virtual schooling to the forefront of the national educational landscape. Long-time proponents of this technology quickly positioned digital programs and platforms as the obvious solution for schools that had to close buildings to avoid transmitting the virus. The pandemic exacerbated a trend that NEPC virtual…
Descriptors: Virtual Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, State Legislation
Language Policy Processes and Consequences: Arizona Case Studies
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Moore, Sarah C. K., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
This book traces the recent socio-historical trajectory of educational language policy in Arizona, the state with the most restrictive English-only implementation in the United States. Chapters, each representing a case study of policy-making in the state, include: (1) SEI in Arizona: Bastion for States' Rights (Karen E. Lillie and Sarah Catherine…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language Planning, State Policy, English Only Movement
Charter Schools against the Odds: An Assessment of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education
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Hill, Paul T., Ed. – Hoover Institution Press, 2006
The expert contributors to this volume tell how state laws and policies have stacked the deck against charter schools by limiting the number of charter schools allowed in a state, forbidding for-profit firms from holding charters, forcing them to pay rent out of operating funds, and other ways. They explain how these policies can be amended to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Charter Schools, State Legislation, State Policy