The purpose of this paper is to examine the remnants of desegregation curricular reforms in a small urban district. This study documents the affects of various policies that were implemented to create equity and equality in urban, multi-racial and socio-economically diverse classrooms. These reforms were created due to a court desegregation order…

Access to initial teacher education (ITE) across the United Kingdom continues to be significantly determined by selective entry requirements, based on prior academic qualifications. While a number of alternative routes to teacher education exist, several barriers to participation in higher education, including teacher education, still exist.…

Ohio substance abuse policies, discipline codes, and educational drug abuse prevention programs are reviewed. An effective substance abuse policy is an essential element in the school's efforts to deal with drug and alcohol use. In many U.S. schools, the use of alcohol and drugs interferes with the education process, and it appears that substance…

In 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry implemented a change in its method of determining prevailing wage and benefit rates, resulting in a reduction in the legally required prevailing rates in many construction trades in much of the state. This report analyzes data to determine if this change in fact lowered the cost of public…

The book is about policy in the area of early years services and that phrase may need some clarification. For the most part, therefore, this book deals with nursery schools and classes and with services provided by full day care nurseries, pre-schools, creches, childminders, after-school clubs and holiday play schemes. This book begins with…

Schematizes developments in quality assurance in higher education by introducing a phase model of the effects of internal and external dynamics. Offers a policy analysis of the model illustrated with the example of contrasting developments in higher education and environmental policy in the Netherlands. Explores challenges for quality assurance in…

Examined the enactment and early implementation of remedial education policies in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. Findings suggested that efforts to end or restrict remediation are driven largely by status attainment concerns--the desire by policy makers and administrators to create "competitive advantage" for certain public higher education…

Explains the current graduate medical education financing system and explores the impacts that various policy changes and legislation under consideration would have on residency programs and the health of already financially stressed teaching hospitals. (EV)

Offers a history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Racial Harassment Policy since its inception six years ago. The paper first details the milieu from which this measure emerged and then describes the university's effort to preserve it in the face of unfavorable judicial rulings. Seeks to provide insight into how one institution…

Discusses the U.S. federal government's policy of auctioning airwaves as a source of revenue. Highlights include a review of actions taken by the Federal Communications Commission in response to the policy; examination of effects on wireless telecommunication industries; discussion of the policy's economic consequences; and presentation of policy…

Presents two interviews in which university facilities managers discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing. Outsourcing is presented as one way to cut costs, but one expert warns that administrators may mistakenly use outsourcing as a temporary solution that entails few savings. Describes some of the reasons behind outsourcing and the challenges it…

Proposes a course of study that would have high school students study and practice a public policy analysis model used by public policy professionals. Elaborates on the meaning of and rationale for public policy analysis and presents a detailed conceptual framework. Argues that competence in this activity will strengthen popular sovereignty. (DSK)

Discusses utility of individual ability measures for diagnostic and treatment decisions with children and youth who are referred in educational settings due to learning and/or behavior problems. Concludes that utility of current individual measures of ability in school psychology is low for diagnostic and treatment decisions. (Author/JDM)

Due to increasing litigation, significant insight has been gained over the past several decades on the problem of suicide in jail and prison. Provides a brief overview of the progress in research, programming, and policy. Reviews the key areas of process research, risk assessment, and penological policy changes considered vital for the field's…

Analysis of Portuguese adult education policies from 1974-1999 showed that an early-70s radical period ended with establishment of capitalist neoliberal policies. There is a strong dichotomy between formal adult education and nonformal education offered by community organizations. Popular education is marginalized and the state's role in civil…