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Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators, 2007
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Making a Game of Math: AAE Affiliate Motivates…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Games, United States History, Competition
Byrd, Sheila – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
For many people committed to strong academic standards, the "advanced" high school courses offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement program and, increasingly, the Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) represent the curricular gold standard for secondary education. Admissions directors and…
Descriptors: English Literature, English Instruction, World History, High Schools
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Greene, G. Kennedy; Huerta, Luis A.; Richards, Craig – Journal of Education Finance, 2007
Most research on the association between school resources and student outcomes has concentrated on finances as measured in dollars. This study takes a fresh look at the issue by focusing on the allocation of real resources, defined as the personnel and materiel used to increase student learning, which are more relevant measures of a school's…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Administrators, State Boards of Education
Flewelling, Janet – 1991
The process used for evaluating computer software before it reaches the market may not be reliable or appropriate for the end user. School boards often develop their own evaluation procedures for teachers, but they may also be too technical, too long, or irrelevant to the teacher's purposes, and they may be too general for the discipline area in…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Kurk, Gayle – 1993
Annual high school media center expenditures in Georgia were analyzed to determine what portions of the budget were being spent on print, non-print, and technology resources by high school media specialists. A 5-part 13-item questionnaire was developed as a data-gathering instrument. The questionnaire was distributed to all high school media…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgets, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Todaro, Julie B. – 1993
The essential elements of personnel management are outlined. Personnel management may be called by various names and may be practiced by various levels of management, but in any case it is one of the most important elements of a management position. While sample forms generally relate to Texas community colleges and libraries, the guide is written…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Evaluation Methods
Kuipers, Barbara J. – 1995
It is found that quality American Indian books are crucial in the educational development of American Indian students. This book aims to help public and school library professionals to develop competence in selecting quality nonfiction materials of reference value for young American Indian readers and for all young people interested in American…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indian Education, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
Leitman, Robert; And Others – NACME Research Letter, 1995
A survey was undertaken in an effort to understand the basis on which some children choose mathematics and science courses and others opt out. Interviews were conducted in classrooms with 2,500 public school students in grades 5 through 11, and 1,000 telephone interviews were conducted with parents. The survey found that most students make…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Course Selection (Students), Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Sampson, James P., Jr.; And Others – 1994
This document consists of nine separate unannotated bibliographies on the subject of "Computer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG)" systems: (1) "Research and Evaluation" contains 176 references (1971-1994) covering investigations of how one or more CACG systems have met the needs of various populations. The remaining eight…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, Career Planning
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1994
This document contains guidelines and support materials to assist potential purchasers of computer-based adult literacy (CBAL) systems as they consider which specific system to purchase. Included in the document are the following: guidelines and evaluation criteria (written in question form) pertaining to seven areas affecting the purchasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Daniel, Eileen – 1994
This project examines the technological resources and their organization in the Education Resource Centre of the Faculty of Education at York University (Ontario). Research was conducted at four education resources centers in other Faculties of Education and in six resource and computer centers of various types in schools. Analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Technology, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Irby, Beverly J., Ed.; Brown, Genevieve, Ed. – 1995
This book contains 32 chapters in two sections as follows: "The Politics of Sex as a Category of Analysis in the History of Educational Administration" (J. Blount); "Women Leaders in Education: Who Are They and How Do They Compare?" (S. Gupton and G. Appelt Slick); "Fe/Male Leadership: The Role of Communication" (R.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Coperthwaite, Corby A.; Knight, William E. – 1995
This study investigated the ability of student inputs, student involvements, and college environments to predict seven groups of academic majors. The research was conducted using a sample of college sophomores extracted from High School and Beyond 1982 follow-up cohort, N=43,614 (weighted). Among the findings of the hierarchical discriminant…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Sophomores, Course Selection (Students), Decision Making
Wang, Yu-mei – 1996
This case study involved designing an electronic-based environment to explore the effectiveness of electronic mail (e-mail) as a writing tool for dialogue journaling. The setting for this study was an intermediate-level reading and writing class in the American English Institute Program on the campus of a large public university. Over a period of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dialog Journals, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language)
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