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Download full textde Pietro, Leslie; Vukelich, Goranka – 1986
This paper reports on the High/Scope National Policy Conference, which was concerned with the process of designing good early childhood legislation and the political processes that enhance or impede legislative passage. Discussion began with an overview of the range of options facing policymakers as they attempt to design legislation or write…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Policy Formation, Politics of Education
Hayes, Bernard L., Ed.; Camperell, Kay, Ed. – 1989
Articles in this yearbook address the problems associated with how reading research informs practice. Articles, listed with their authors, are as follows: (1) "Reading Research into Policy and Practice: Practitioner's Viewpoint" (Deborah L. Thompson); (2) "Michigan's Reading Program: A Decade of Change" (Elaine M. Weber); (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedSeddon, Terri – Australian Journal of Education, 1990
A discussion of the issues addressed in a conference on the new eleventh and twelfth grade curriculum for Victoria (Australia) focuses on political aspects of curricular and educational change and policy formation. Implications for research on the social context within which educational policy is made are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
North Carolina Univ., Greensboro. School of Education. – 1988
On May 21 and 22, 1987, a conference on educational reform was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, attended by almost 200 North Carolina educational leaders and prominent newspaper editors, along with educational experts from outside the state. The conference consisted of six major presentations and four reaction panels, along with small group…
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, Conference Proceedings, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Stoloff, David L. – 1999
This presentation discusses the influence of the Connecticut Association of Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education (CACUTE) on state policy making. It provides a historical analysis of the CACUTE through an overview of the political and economic forces that have resulted in current teacher education policy in Connecticut. The presentation…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
Hernes, Gudmund – 2003
In June 2001, the International Institute for Educational Planning convened a policy forum on the organization, functioning, and effectiveness of national ministries of education. This book presents eight key papers from that forum. The forum discussed how differences in organizational structures and mechanisms affect adjustability and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Brown, David, Ed. – 1997
The purpose of this document is to help South African educational institutions adjust to a post-apartheid era, in which linguistic diversity is promoted and celebrated, by clarifying the emerging processes of language policy formulation and implementation. The new government decided against issuing a grand blueprint for a new national language…
Descriptors: African Languages, Apartheid, Bilingualism, Educational Policy
Western Washington Univ., Bellingham. National Rural Development Inst. – 1986
Texts of speeches delivered before general sessions and abstracts of papers presented in concurrent sessions are collected in this document which also contains the conference program, a directory of presenters, and the 13 conference cosponsors' recommendations for enhancing the quality of rural and small school education. The six addresses to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Parker, Leann, Ed. – 1978
Four papers resulting from the fifth of a series of conferences on bilingual education are presented. "Current Perspectives" (L. Leann Parker, Shirley Brice Heath) discusses the status of bilingual education policy and related issues, including the problems of definition and goals, assessing bilingual education's effectiveness, program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Children, Court Litigation, Curriculum Development
Pines, Marion; And Others – 1995
These proceedings contain papers from a symposium during which 33 practitioners from the fields of education and employment policy formation met to discuss the following topics: the political reality of a Republican majority in Congress and the trend toward increased reliance on block grants as a method of awarding federal funding; the economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Economic Climate, Educational Change
