The development and delivery of child care services in Canada has never been without controversy. This case study examines the development of the child care system in Alberta, Canada, showing how the role of the government proceeded through four distinct phases, each determining a different outcome for child care stakeholders. Power mechanisms and…

In November 2002, the Institute for the Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Education at AEL gathered education practitioners to help shepherd new assessments from the research laboratory to the classroom. Approximately 60 teachers and administrators attended the conference. The discussion focused on the possibility of aggregating formative…

This study examined Alabama and Tennessee state education report card data for 1998 through 2003. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were measurable differences in reported accountability indicators between districts that elected and those that appointed superintendents. The study also examined trends in attrition and hiring…

This paper examines what it calls the "theoretically methodological starting points" of educational reform within the larger context of social change. It states that educational reforms can appear as a result of radical social changes, that educational reforms are the operationalization and institutionalization of social transformation.…

This guide is intended to help people in the nursing profession, especially deans at schools of nursing, to effectively influence public policy at the federal level. Introductory material identifies key Senate and House committees and stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining a relationship with one's representatives in the Congress.…

The projected increase in adult population will require changes in the educational structure of society. Revenue sharing will make politicians increasingly responsive to local adult education needs. (MS)

Questions current reports on air pollution control, and advocates reduction in the size and weight of automobiles to curb pollutant emissions. (CC)

Discusses the impact of a state's political system on its institutions of higher education. (Author)

Observation of several community-school groups in Boston has led the authors to conclude that most of these groups are small, weak, and vulnerable to internal disruption; their impact on the substance of education has been thus far slight. (DM)

Contends that the primary question in busing of school children is the neighborhood school and whether it should be continued, returned, or discarded. (DM)

Curriculum change has rarely been examined as a political process of interaction, influence, and the use of social power for realigning community values. (Author)

In spite of legislative and political problems, it is documented that in major cities which have partially or wholly desegregated an encouraging picture is emerging. (DM)

Chairman of the House Special Subcommittee on Education sees in continued campus disruption the loss of public and private funds that higher education cannot afford. Adapted from address to Higher Education Group of Washington, June 9, 1970. (IR)

Major changes in secondary civic education have been proposed in part as a response to the recent enfranchisement of 18-20 year olds, but the greatest impetus has been the recognition of inadequacies in existing programs. (Author)