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Lindsay Jusino – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Introduction: The variability of nursing education quality and regulations between states raises questions about consistency of learner outcomes. The lack of standardization raises questions regarding its impact on new graduate nurses' transition to professional practice, their ability to provide safe patient care and the overall impact on public…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Public Health, State Regulation, Educational Legislation
John J. Gregg – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the past fifty years, governments across the world have experimented with a variety of market-based reforms to improve public service delivery. Market-based policies have been particularly influential in efforts to reform K-12 education governance in the United States. Prominent examples of these reforms include laws establishing public charter…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, State Regulation, Federal Regulation
Nate L. Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In his letter introducing the 2011 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, former President Barack Obama stated "we know that from the moment students enter a school, the most important factor in their success is not the color of their skin or the income of their parents--it is the teacher standing at the front of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Orientation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Robidas, Marian T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-446), educational leadership is now able to use the Response to Intervention (RtI) process for Specific Learning Disability (SLD) determination rather than the long-standing discrepancy model (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004).…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, State Regulation
Pelletier, Patricia C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In 2004, the State of Florida imposed the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (VPK). This legislation provides free prekindergarten services to all four-year-old children in the State of Florida (Agency for Workforce Innovation [AWI], 2005a). The legislation outlines the requirements of the VPK schools. This outline addresses specifications for…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Preschool Education, Teacher Qualifications, Bachelors Degrees
Dalton, Elizabeth Minchin – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Purpose: Consideration of assistive technology (AT) for special education students has been federally mandated since 1997. Since the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), rigorous evidence-based educational practices are also mandated. While national technology standards for teachers in general education exist to guide educational technology (ET),…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, State Standards, Educational Practices, Educational Technology