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Download full textAmbron, Sueann, Ed. – Learning Tomorrow. Journal of the Apple Education Advisory Council, 1988
This collection of papers includes both presentations at a two-day conference of the Education Advisory Council at Apple Computer which considered information and insights on the use of telecommunications and networking in education, and papers describing other telecommunications projects that have been identified since the council's meeting.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Community Update, 1996
This document consists of the 11 issues of the newsletter "Community Update" which were published between April 1995 and March 1996. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings, topics to be discussed in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Ljung, Bengt-Olov; Emanuelsson, Ingemar – School Research Newsletter, 1983
This newsletter describes a research design enabling descriptive, comparative, evaluative follow-up studies of individual development in social contexts related to schooling. In addition, it describes a research project focusing mainly on evaluative studies of the ability of the educational system to confer, on different individuals in various…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Community Update, 1995
This document consists of 11 issues of the newsletter, "Community Update," published between April 1994 and March 1995. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings; developments and issues relating to the Goals…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Community Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Community Update, 1997
This document consists of the 11 issues of the newsletter, "Community Update," which were published between April 1996 and March 1997. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings, topics to be discussed in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Shapiro, Barbara C. – Streamlined Seminar, 1995
The mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is to strengthen teaching in order to improve schools. There has been general agreement that a national certification system that could reliably identify teachers who meet high and rigorous standards would command the respect of the profession and public. The NBPTS has…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1988
The objectives of this seminar were to identify problems in evaluating literacy programs and to design a working strategy to confront them. Four presentations included national case studies from Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Central questions asked concerned who and what were evaluated and how were the results to be used. In Brazil,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Anstrom, Kris – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report summarizes the results and impact of Title I and Chapter I reforms. In 1992-93, elementary and secondary students (n=6,403,054) participated in Chapter I in the United States; 17 percent of this population was limited English proficient (LEP). Although the program has helped many, educators and researchers have questioned the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Riis, Ulla – School Research Newsletter, 1986
This report on current research at Sweden's University of Linkoping on the dynamics of technical progress, social change, and continuous educational reform focuses on the four major sub-studies that, with a number of more limited surveys, make up the project on Technology and Science in School and Society: Education, Training, Subsequent Training.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Byers, Anne – Rural Clearinghouse Digest, 1996
Rural areas lag behind urban areas in access to information technologies. Public institutions play a critical role in extending the benefits of information technologies to those who would not otherwise have access. The most successful rural telecommunications plans address barriers to use, such as unawareness of the benefits, technophobia, the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
AMERICA 2000, 1993
This document consists of all 44 issues of this brief newsletter issued from its inception September 1, 1991 through its final issue, January 11, 1993. This newsletter provides information and support to groups in the AMERICA 2000 program (i.e., a program in which local groups encourage the adoption of the six National Education Goals, develop a…
Descriptors: Community Action, Corporate Support, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Kindler, Anneka L. – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report discusses demographic characteristics of migrant students in the United States, their educational needs, the features of federally-funded programs under the Migrant Education Program (MEP) legislation reform, and suggestions for enhancing current migrant student performance. The MEP was established in 1966 and reauthorized in 1994. It…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Mobility, Federal Legislation
Selected Readings on School Reform, 1999
This compilation of reprinted journal and newspaper articles covers the following topics: (1) The Front Lines; (2) Federal Policy; (3) Charter Schools; (4) School Choice; (5) Standards, Tests, and Accountability; (6) Teacher Quality; (7) Curriculum and Content; (8) Higher Education; and (9) Grab Bag. Each section is preceded by commentaries on…
Descriptors: Certification, Charter Schools, College Preparation, Competency Based Education
Coley, Richard J., Ed. – ETS Policy Notes, 1990
Three articles on current research in testing are presented. The first article, "Testing in the Schools", discusses the role of testing in educational reform. In the 1980s, the overwhelming purpose of state standardized testing has become promoting accountability in areas of: (1) monitoring; (2) gatekeeping; (3) remediation; and (4)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Educational Assessment
Hinzen, Heribert, Ed. – Adult Education and Development, 2002
This document contains 19 papers on adult education and development worldwide. The following papers are included: "Editorial" (Heribert Hinzen); "Lifelong Learning in Europe: Moving towards EFA (Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All) Goals and the CONFINTEA V Agenda" (Sofia Conference on Adult Education);…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
