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Klatt, Malgorzata; Polesel, John – Australian Journal of Education, 2013
Education policy-making in Australia remains one of the most complex of government's responsibilities, affecting a broad spectrum of social and political advancements of national and international importance. The advancement of education policy has been accepted as a key factor in achieving the labour productivity and innovation capacity that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Tefs, Michael; Telfer, Deborah M. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2013
"Moving Your Numbers", a technical assistance and dissemination initiative begun in 2010 by the National Center on Educational Outcomes, described the work of 10 school districts that were using assessment and accountability to increase performance for students with disabilities as part of their overall district reform and improvement…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Assessment, Accountability, Disabilities
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Hipsky, Shellie; Scigliano, Deborah; Parker, David – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2013
Due to the closing of the GM Manufacturing Plants, Grand Rapids, Michigan area experienced an extreme loss of jobs, which led to low-socioeconomic hardships such as "food insecurity" that was witnessed in the needs of the many students who attend the Grand Rapid Public Schools. This case provides insight into how educational leader…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Hunger, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
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Mufuka, Kenneth Nyamayaro; Tauya, Thelma – African Educational Research Journal, 2013
Since 1990, the Zimbabwe government has struggled with the devastating effects of HIV-Aids pandemic. By cooperating with the US government and world non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as the United States AID (USAID), United Nations Aids Fund (UNAIDS), United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), Families with Aids Care Trust (Fact) and faith…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Incidence, Misconceptions, Nongovernmental Organizations
Wilson, Sheena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental study was to determine if and to what extent a difference existed in the percentage of African American students, percentage of economically disadvantaged students, and students' attendance rate in elementary schools that made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and those that did not make AYP in one…
Descriptors: African American Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
Thomson, David L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods study explored whether teachers who have experienced the new Massachusetts evaluation system as a member of three pilot or early adopter districts perceive it as a valuable process. The Race to the Top federal grant process required states to redesign evaluation systems that fostered effective teaching and included student…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Federal Legislation
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2013
From 2001-2002 to 2011-2012, the total amount of federal financial aid awarded to students under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) jumped from $72.3 billion to an estimated $173.8 billion, a 10-year increase of 140 percent. For 2011-2012, the Title IV programs accounted for 71 percent of the $245 billion in total financial aid received by…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2013
The Federal Pell Grant End-of-Year Report presents primary aspects of Federal Pell Grant Program activity for the 2012-2013 award year. This presentation is a compilation of quantitative program data assembled to offer insights into the changes to the Title IV applicant universe and the Federal Pell Grant Program. The Federal Pell Grant…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Federal Programs, Annual Reports
Reform Support Network, 2013
This publication highlights Rhode Island's EdStat, a system of performance management that has enabled the Rhode Island Department of Education to monitor the progress of its participating LEAs and its own offices on Race to the Top implementation and outcomes.
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
About 16 percent of veterans use the GI Bill to attend private institutions, roughly the same proportion as students generally. But at the most highly selective colleges, veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill barely fill a single classroom--38 at Penn, 22 at Cornell, and at Princeton, just one. The sparse numbers do not go unnoticed, veterans say.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Veterans, War
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Jacoby, Jennifer Wallace; Lesaux, Nonie K. – Early Education and Development, 2014
A study was conducted in a large Head Start organization that serves large numbers of Latino children in order to empirically describe the nature and quality of the classroom language learning environment. By observing 147 literacy-based lessons in 6 classrooms and surveying 167 teachers throughout the organization, we investigated the amount of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups
Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center, 2014
In February 2014, the Tennessee State Board of Education (SBE) requested that the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC) provide assistance to the SBE's Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee. The SBE requested additional information on the use and effectiveness of market-based teacher compensation and market-based incentives by…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Incentives, STEM Education
McKibben, Bryce; La Rocque, Matthew; Cochrane, Debbie – Association of Community College Trustees, 2014
Student loan default, defined as federal loan borrowers' failure to make any payments for at least 270 days, is an issue of increasing importance to community colleges and their students. This report takes a unique look at student loan default at nine community colleges across the nation, and how those colleges are working to help students avoid…
Descriptors: Loan Default, Loan Repayment, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Faucetta, Kristen; Michalopoulos, Charles; Portilla, Ximena A.; Qiang, Ashley; Lee, Helen; Millenky, Megan; Somers, Marie-Andrée – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
In 2010, Congress authorized the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program by enacting section 511 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 711, which also appropriated funding for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Subsequently enacted laws extended funding for the program through fiscal year 2022. The program is…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Mothers, Infants, Federal Programs
White, Chaunté; Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to hasten the country's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the U.S. higher education system to ensure equitable access and attainment for all adults is more important than ever. Most student parents are mothers, students of color, adult and working learners, students with low incomes, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Parents
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