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State Standard-Setting Processes in Brief. State Academic Standards: Standard-Setting Processes
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Thomsen, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States, 2014
Concerns about academic standards, whether created by states from scratch or adopted by states under the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) banner, have drawn widespread media attention and are at the top of many state policymakers' priority lists. Recently, a number of legislatures have required additional steps, such as waiting periods for…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Debate, State Legislation
Replication of a Caregiver Information Program in Virginia: Diverse Lessons from Rural Coalfield Communities to the Washington Suburbs.
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Travis, Shirley S. – Educational Gerontology, 1993
Replication in Virginia of Missouri's Volunteer Information Provider Program (to help rural families with caregiving) had mixed results, suggesting that the program should be revised before transfer to different populations. Length of training and volunteer time commitment were also barriers. (SK)
Descriptors: Extension Education, Family Caregivers, Information Sources, Rural Areas
Exemplary Vocational Guidance Projects in Virginia. 1980-81 Project Abstracts.
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Div. of Vocational-Technical Education. – 1981
This document contains abstracts from 28 exemplary vocational guidance and counseling projects funded in Virginia during the 1980-81 school year. Of the projects included, nine are designed to increase vocational guidance and counseling for adults, ten are developed to increase vocational guidance and counseling services for handicapped persons,…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Resource Identification Workshops and Forum for Resource Sharing, 1979. A Report to the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia.
Brown, Gloria Terwilliger – 1979
This report describes a series of workshops and a forum held to identify and assess existing collections in Northern Virginia institutions (libraries, universities, agencies, etc.) in the following subject areas: non-print materials, children's literature, consumer education, health sciences, library and information science, local history and…
Descriptors: Information Services, Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Making the Connection--A High-Speed Internet Link for Rural Schools.
Wenrich, John – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
The rural Southwest Virginia Governor's School (SWVGS) has spent the last two years developing a high-speed regional Internet access model (known as FutureNET) that provides a mix of connection methods for appropriate and affordable educational access to worldwide Internet resources. Discussion includes hurdles to Internet connection, equipment,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Educational Equipment, Educational Resources
The Achiever. Volume 5, Number 3
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Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2006
"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders from the Office of Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education (ED). Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) Budget Proposal Advances NCLB, Introduces…
Descriptors: Budgets, Competition, Federal Legislation, Web Sites