NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 2,161 to 2,175 of 16,727 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
van der Ploeg, Arie; Wan, Yinmei; Garcia, Alicia N.; Wraight, Sara; Burke, Matthew; Norbury, Heather; Gerdeman, R. Dean – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2012
Like other states across the country, the seven states in the Midwest Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) have been striving to meet the performance targets established under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Riley, Benjamin – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
Nearly everyone in the education community agrees that the time has come to end, or seriously repair, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB); however, the process of doing so has become drawn out and contentious. With Congress not moving quickly enough to reauthorize the law, President Obama has announced a way to help states get around NCLB's…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Academic Standards
Delisle, Jason; Cohen, Jennifer – New America Foundation, 2012
Congress completed the fiscal year 2012 appropriations process on December 17th, 2011, finalizing annual funding for federal education programs through September 30, 2012 at $68.1 billion, down $233 million from the prior year. It is the first year since 2007 that Congress did not increase total appropriations for education programs. This issue…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Severns, Maggie – New America Foundation, 2012
Head Start, the federal government's pre-K program, is at a crossroads. The program has been used as an anti-poverty measure by the government for over 45 years. It has grown significantly since its inception and provided many children with a valuable, high-quality early education, and in FY2012 served more than 960,000 children under 5 on a $7.9…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth
McShane, Michael Q.; Lautzenheiser, Daniel; Deane, KC; Kimmel, Allison – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
Although education policy has seen much change and activity in the last four years, newly elected and veteran leaders will encounter three key trends following the 2012 election: the federal government's lack of K-12 funding now that the stimulus dollars of the last few years have dried up; a split in the Republican Party concerning education…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Change Strategies
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended ("Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2012
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the "Rehabilitation Act"), provides the statutory authority for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency, and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Programs
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
James M. Fadool, an associate professor of biology at Florida State University, got a federal grant of more than $300,000 to study eye defects using zebra-fish. Some of that money went to pay another researcher, $1,536 biweekly, to assist with the research and manage the lab where the fish were kept. But an audit by the Office of Inspector General…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Grants, Research Administration
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Villa, Valentine M.; Wallace, Steven P.; Bagdasaryan, Sofya; Aranda, Maria P. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: As the Baby-Boom generation enters the ranks of the elderly adults over the next 4 decades, the United States will witness an unprecedented growth in racial/ethnic diversity among the older adult population. Hispanics will comprise 20% of the next generation of older adults, representing the largest minority population aged 65 years and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Mexican Americans, Economically Disadvantaged, Health
McNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2012
Almost two years into the federal Race to the Top program, states are spending their shares of the $4 billion prize at a snail's pace--a reflection of the challenges the 12 winners face as they try to get ambitious education improvement plans off the ground. Through the end of March, the 11 states and the District of Columbia had spent just 14…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Incentive Grants
James D. J. Baker III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Fifty percent of all students who enroll in college depart before earning their degree; this proportion is even higher among minorities during the first year of college (Tinto, 2006). Minorities have typically had fewer opportunities to gain a college education. Once enrolled in college, minorities have generally found it more difficult to succeed…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, College Preparation, School Holding Power
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Perrin, James M. – Future of Children, 2012
Much attention has aided measurement and improvement in the quality of health care during the past two decades, with new ways to define and measure quality, recognition that doing so can identify strategies to enhance care, and systematic efforts by both government and private insurers to apply these principles. In this article, James Perrin…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Quality of Life, Diseases, Health Insurance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gawlik, Marytza A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The author examined how local charter school educators respond to the accountability measures being imposed on them. Encouraged by early indications of increased test scores, state and federal policymakers continue to support accountability as an effective means to improve schools. Surprisingly, there has been little research on local educators'…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, State Standards, Accountability, Educational Change
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  141  |  142  |  143  |  144  |  145  |  146  |  147  |  148  |  149  |  ...  |  1116