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Download full textArrowsmith, Heather E.; Houchens, Gary W.; Crossbourne-Richards, Trudy-Ann; Redifer, Jenni L.; Norman, Antony D.; Zhang, Jie – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
In 2012, the United States Department of Education announced the Race to the Top-District grants. One joint award was made to two large educational cooperatives in the same state that together represented 111 mostly rural schools in 22 districts. One of the grant's identified four essential projects was the implementation of personalized learning.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Smith, Nelson – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
What happens when policymakers create statewide school districts to turn around their worst-performing public schools? In Louisiana and Tennessee, Recovery School Districts (RSDs) have made modest-to-strong progress for kids and serve as national models for what the future of education governance might hold. In the Great Lakes State, the story is…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, School Turnaround
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2015
This Annual Plan presents the major initiatives and priorities the U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) intends to undertake to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to America's taxpayers and students. The Department continues to face significant challenges in FY 2016 that impact its…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Strategic Planning, Compliance (Legal), Financial Audits
Bruner, Charles; Discher, Anne – Child and Family Policy Center, 2013
Iowa established the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SVPP) in 2007. It has grown to be the largest--although not the only--public preschool program in the state. It is available without regard to family income. Iowa also supports preschool for low-income children through its Shared Visions program and Early Childhood Iowa, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Competency Based Education, Access to Education, Public Schools
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
Reported here are the continuing hearings on H.R. 15 (a bill to extend for five years certain elementary and secondary education programs and the Adult Education Act) which examine the accomplishments and problems of the Adult Education Act since it was last amended in 1976. One-half of the content consists of the testimony, statements, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
This document contains testimony, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials submitted during two days of hearings held in September, 1977. Under consideration was a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state educational agencies to establish basic standards of educational proficiency applicable…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
