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Direct linkDriscoll, David P. – Journal of Education, 2004
The future of public education changed forever in the United States when "A Nation at Risk" was published in 1983. This report warned educators from coast to coast that America was on the brink of losing its top-ranked position internationally because "others" were "matching and surpassing their educational…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Education, Accountability, State Programs
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2004
Depending on who's talking, the Bush administration's signature education law either imposes an onerous financial burden on schools or provides enough aid for states and schools to administer it. This article discusses the study released by the Ohio Department of Education estimating that the state will spend about $1.5 billion a year to meet the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Cost Effectiveness, School Law, National Standards
Download full textGrossman, Tabitha – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
The long-term health of each state's economy rests on the state's ability to educate and eventually employ citizens who contribute to its economy by filling jobs in a variety of sectors. With the globalization of the economy and shifts in supply and demand for a wide variety of occupations, students in public schools need effective teachers and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Human Capital, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Improvement
Duke, Amy-Ellen – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2008
Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the College Opportunity and Affordability Act in a vote of 354-58. This legislation, H.R. 4137, moves Congress one step closer to the long-awaited reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which governs federal student financial aid and other programs that promote access for low-income…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
Haddad, Sergio – Convergence, 2006
This article discusses youth and adult education in a twofold perspective: that of a human right and that of human development. The first perspective is related to the concept of rights and the second perspective is related to the guarantee or negation of the right to development. In this article, the author discusses the universality of rights…
Descriptors: State Action, Civil Rights, Adult Education, Individual Development
Steinberg, Adria; Almeida, Cheryl A. – Jobs for the Future, 2008
An increasing number of state leaders have begun to grapple with one of the significant challenges of K-12 reform: how to substantially increase the percentage of young people graduating from high school while also continuing to bring academic standards into alignment with the skills and knowledge required for success in higher education and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Action, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate Subcommittee on School Safety. – 1993
This document contains the testimony and materials presented at the California State Senate Subcommittee on School Safety hearing held at California State University, Northridge, on November 15, 1993. The purpose of the hearing was to examine different school safety programs and hear witnesses' recommendations to stop violence in the schools.…
Descriptors: Crime, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
As part of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Congress approved a new startup grant program to promote creation and development of charter schools. This report describes how a sample of 41 charter schools used the startup funds they received for the 1996-1997 school year. From fiscal years 1995 through…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Center for Policy Research in Education. – 1989
In 1986, the Center for Policy Research in Education began a 5-year study of the implementation and effects of state education reforms in six states chosen for their diverse approaches: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. This issue contains material from an earlier CPRE report providing an interim assessment of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Ceperley, Patricia; Simon, Karen – 1994
Because of continued concern about school violence, this policy brief examines the trends in school violence in the context of social violence, describes efforts to make schools safe, and reports efforts to curb violence in the four-state Appalachian region (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia). Perceptions of the extent of school…
Descriptors: Crime, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
Cleary, Jim; And Others – 1991
This report analyzes the base salary trends of Minnesota's school teachers over the past two decades. At the statewide level, the report examines teacher salary trends both in nominal dollars and after statistically controlling for price inflation, increasing teacher training and experience, and increasing urbanization of the work force. Salary…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, State Action, Teacher Salaries
Parks, Barbara; Omilian, Susan – 1989
The first part of this five-part report on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Connecticut defines the public health challenge presented by AIDS and describes the roles of community-based AIDS organizations, the Connecticut state government, and the Governor's Human Services Cabinet in addressing that challenge. Part II, "The AIDS…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Government Role, Public Health, State Action
VandeCreek, Leon – 1986
This paper is concerned with the problem that elderly persons do not seek or receive mental health services as frequently as their numbers or the incidence of mental health problems would indicate is appropriate. The report focuses on the identification of innovative mental health service delivery programs which have been designed to reach and to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs, Models
Furlong, Partick J.; And Others – 1987
These lectures, presented in observance of the U.S. Constitution bicentennial celebration, consider selected constitutionally significant law cases that occurred in Indiana. These cases are representative of U.S. constitutional development and of the relationship of Indiana to the U.S. Constitution. Patrick Furlong, in "The South Bend…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Laws, Local Issues
