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Beach, Paul; Boone, Katrina; Squire, Juliet – Bellwether Education Partners, 2022
As schools across the country closed in March 2020 at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not clear how long in-person education would be disrupted. The abrupt transition to remote learning was particularly challenging for districts in rural communities, many of which have long lacked reliable access to high-speed internet and…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, Philanthropic Foundations
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Erin C. Yang; Robby Divine; Christine S. Kang; Sidney Chan; Elijah Arenas; Zoe Subol; Peter Tinker; Hayden Manninen; Alicia Feichtenbiner; Talal Mustafa; Julia Hallowell; Isiac Orr; Hugh Haddox; Brian Koepnick; Jacob O'Connor; Ian C. Haydon; Karla-Luise Herpoldt; Kandise Van Wormer; Celine Abell; David Baker; Alena Khmelinskaia; Neil P. King – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experiences can improve student success in graduate education and STEM careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate researchers at our institution and many others lost their work-study research positions due to interruption of in-person research activities. This imposed a financial burden on the students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Palazzolo, Alyssa; Shahbazi, Sara; Salinitri, Geri – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
Researchers explored how a joint research initiative, focusing on the tenets of teacher mentorship, impacted Associate Teachers (ATs) and Faculty Advisors (FAs) in developing relationships and fulfilling their roles to effectively mentor pre-service teacher candidates. Participants in the study included elementary and secondary ATs and university…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Hayakawa, Momoko; Ou, Suh-Ruu; Mondi, Christina F.; Englund, Michelle M.; Candee, Allyson J.; Smerillo, Nicole E. – Child Development, 2017
We describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive preschool to third grade prevention program for the goals of sustaining services at a large scale. The Midwest Child-Parent Center (CPC) Expansion is a multilevel collaborative school reform model designed to improve school achievement and parental involvement from ages…
Descriptors: Scaling, Sustainability, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Ullman, Ellen – Community College Journal, 2014
Lynette Brown-Snow, vice president of marketing and government relations for the Community College of Philadelphia, is one of several community college leaders across the country who have taken up one of the challenges proffered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in its 2012 report, "Reclaiming the American Dream:…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Two Year Colleges, Leaders
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Pai, Grace – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2013
This paper presents a vertical case study of the history of universalizing education in postcolonial Sierra Leone from the early 1950s to 1990 to highlight how there has never been a universal conception of universal education. In order to unite a nation behind a universal ideal of schooling, education needed to be adapted to different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Rural Areas, African Culture
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Täljedal, Inge-Bert – Education Inquiry, 2011
From 2000 to 2009 Umeå University had a genuine faculty board for teacher education that was responsible for both first-cycle teaching and research training. The board itself was an innovation in the Swedish high school system and introduced a new practice-oriented subject for the doctoral degree, "pedagogiskt arbete" ("Educational…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Universities, Foreign Countries, Research Training
Kigotho, Wachira – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
This article talks about serious financial problems faced by the African Virtual University, the continent's largest online institution, forcing it to accelerate a major restructuring. The university was established in 1997 by the World Bank as a link between foreign and African institutions, and has been impeded by insufficient funds. As a…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Financial Problems, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
McCormick, Alexander C.; Staklis, Sandra – 2003
This study examined the addition and expansion of graduate programs at primarily undergraduate colleges. The primary approach of the study was quantitative, consisting of descriptive and multivariate analysis of master's degree programs at colleges that were classified in 1994 as Baccalaureate Colleges. Data came from the 1994 and 2000 Carnegie…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Graduate Study, Program Development
Watson, John; Gemin, Butch – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2009
In at least 44 states across the country, students are logging in to learn at all times of the day and night--accessing courses they might otherwise be unable to take, interacting with students they might otherwise never know, and working with highly qualified teachers they otherwise could not access. In these and countless other ways, online…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Change, Barriers, Policy Analysis
Achieve, Inc., 2009
To give states the information they need to sustain hard-fought education reform effectively, Achieve conducted research on state education reforms that have been sustained successfully for over a decade or more. Funded by the GE Foundation, Achieve hopes this work will help other state leaders, wherever they may be on their road to reform,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Sustainability, Educational Strategies
Achieve, Inc., 2009
To give states the information they need to sustain hard-fought education reform policy changes effectively, Achieve conducted research on state education reforms that have been sustained successfully for over a decade or more. Funded by the GE Foundation, Achieve hopes this work will help other state leaders, wherever they may be on their road to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Sustainability, Educational Strategies
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Chapey, Geraldine D.; Chapey, Geraldine M. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
The New York State Regents Action Plan dramatically changes educational reform initiatives by requiring districts to sign a written contract specifying criteria for program, performance and fiscal accountability. Districts are required at the end of the school year to provide a written explanation as to whether or not the goals were achieved. On…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Governing Boards, Trustees, State Policy
Achieve, Inc., 2009
To give states the information they need to sustain hard-fought education reform effectively, Achieve conducted research on state education reforms that have been sustained successfully for over a decade or more. Funded by the GE Foundation, Achieve hopes this work will help other state leaders, wherever they may be on their road to reform,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Sustainability, Educational Strategies
Achieve, Inc., 2009
To give states the information they need to sustain hard-fought education reform effectively, Achieve conducted research on state education reforms that have been sustained successfully for over a decade or more. Funded by the GE Foundation, Achieve hopes this work will help other state leaders, wherever they may be on their road to reform,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Change, Case Studies
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