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Gittell, Marilyn J., Ed. – 1998
This book brings together ideas and strategies of prominent advocates of school reform. Discussing their experiences, especially in urban schools, in forming coalitions, framing court cases, and dealing with state politics in New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky, and Washington, the contributors to this collection explore what…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1978
This anthology of articles investigates and analyzes problems related to declining enrollment with emphasis on the state of New Jersey. It is intended to provide assistance to local New Jersey school districts in managing and preparing for enrollment decline. The first chapter provides an overview of declining enrollments in New Jersey and touches…
Descriptors: Costs, Declining Enrollment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Moore, Jamillah; Teng, Allen – 1998
A hearing was planned by the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach to consider the role of the Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) in the admission of students to California's public universities. The hearing was intended to provide a serious discussion of the merits and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Lane, Margaret T., Comp. – 1985
The "Documents on Documents Collection" consists of documents produced by a variety of organizations in the course of administering state document depository programs. This collection, which contains 166 documents gathered between 1980 and 1983, originated as a resource for administrators of such depository programs and for those…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collections
Lane, Margaret T., Comp. – 1984
The "Documents on Documents Collection" consists of documents produced by a variety of organizations in the course of administering state document depository programs. This collection, which contains 387 documents gathered between 1973 and 1979, originated as a resource for administrators of such depository programs and for those…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collections
Lane, Margaret T., Comp.; Goldsmith, Jan, Comp.; Kram, Lauri, Comp. – 1996
This collection of approximately 200 documents gathered during 1984-95 consists of materials used in the administration of state documents depository programs, including: (1) bibliographies; (2) commentaries and letters; (3) depository contracts; (4) forms and form letters; (5) labels; (6) legislation and legal materials; (7) mailing lists; (8)…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collections
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, Providence. – 2003
Noting that childhood lead poisoning is one of the most common preventable pediatric health problems, this report examines lead poisoning as a health problem to which infants and young children are most susceptible and as a housing problem directly related to a shortage of safe, affordable housing. The report details screening rates in Rhode…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Children, Housing
Hoge, John D., Ed.; Blum, Ann, Ed. – 1991
The lessons in this volume, written by experienced Georgia teachers with backgrounds in law-related education, were designed for teachers new to this area of the social studies curriculum. The lessons, which are organized by grade level, include the following information: author, time required, concepts/vocabulary, main ideas, instructional…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional Law, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials
Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1993
This publication contains testimony, given by personnel at the Center for the Study of Educational Finance, initially intended for legislators at the federal and state levels to help them deal with public policy matters in K-12 finance. The first document is testimony given before the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources,…
Descriptors: Costs, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Quality Education for Minorities Network, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Brownbag Discussion Series of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is a two-way forum designed to give members of the QEM Network's "January 15th Group" (the founding members of the discussion series) and other individuals interested in education, information on, and an opportunity to give feedback about, educational…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1991
This collection of reports highlights the status of educational telecommunications in 13 western states during 1991. Topics addressed include distance education initiatives in Alaska; activities by members of the Arizona Education Telecommunications Cooperative, including colleges, public schools, and government agencies; groups active in the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Univ., Sacramento. – 1996
The LegiSchool Project of the California State Legislature and California State University conducts televised Town Meetings to provide a forum for dialogue about problems of interest in California education. This collection contains background readings and materials for the fifth of these Town Meetings, to be titled "Segregated Schools:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Education, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Carlson, Ken, Comp. – 1984
This document contains appendices and supplementary materials to Ken Carlson's paper on a Jew Jersey teacher certification proposal. The following appendices are presented: (A) "An Alternative Route to Teacher Selection and Professional Quality Assurance: An Analysis of Initial Certification" (Saul Cooperman); (B) a letter to the members…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Higher Education
Guskey, Thomas R., Ed. – 1994
The perspectives in these essays present an examination of the Kentucky educational reform effort, with an examination of its rationale, various facets, and the reactions to its implementation. The ambitious assessment system includes multiple-choice and open-ended items, performance tasks, and portfolio assessments. The following are included:…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Jennings, Edward T., Jr., Ed.; Zank, Neal S., Ed. – 1993
The 16 chapters in this book are intended to stimulate thinking about approaches to dealing with the substance of public assistance policy as it bears on coordination issues, organizational arrangements for policy development and delivery, and processes for building linkages between disparate but related programs. Part I, an introduction, contains…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Services
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