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Download full textMatthews, Lowell, Jr. – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2020
Employers in today's global economy value a range of postsecondary credentials--industry-valued credentials, postsecondary certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees and advanced degrees-- because they can each signify whether an applicant has the skills employers need. While debates in the past have dwelled on college vs. career, today's…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), High School Students, College Preparation, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedKelly, Frank S. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2013
The paper explores important issues in today's education, not by analyses and statistics, but by projecting readers into the future and then asking them to look back on today's schools and to act like archaeologists--to surmise from all sorts of things they can observe, what was really important to us, what we really valued, how we treated kids,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings, Classroom Design
Direct linkSchachter, Ron – District Administration, 2008
The International Baccalaureate may sound like it involves some sort of foreign exchange and a college graduation ceremony, but the IB is actually a comprehensive, demanding, and increasingly popular diploma program for high school juniors and seniors, with a strong academic focus on the world around them. While the IB was created 40 years ago by…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High Schools, Multicultural Education, Secondary School Curriculum
Roza, Marguerite – Education Next, 2009
As the economic outlook continues to darken, school districts will be looking for ways to cut costs, and they will no doubt wrestle with some difficult issues. When does it make sense to keep classes small? When does it make sense to increase class sizes to cut costs? Such debates are often carried out in the absence of information about what…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Finance, School Districts, Federal Government
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2007
This publication brings together much of the information one might need to understand and discuss higher education issues. While this publication does not attempt to answer every question that may come up in discussions about higher education, it highlights the most often-asked questions about institutions, faculty, students, costs, budgets,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Universities, Community Colleges
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2005
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: School Buses, Fine Arts, Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement
