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Mustafawi, Eiman; Shaaban, Kassim – Language Policy, 2019
The State of Qatar, in cooperation with the RAND Corporation, launched in 2002 an ambitious educational reform and development plan, "Education for a New Era," which included, among other things, the instating of English as the medium of instruction (EMI) in mathematics, science, and technology in the K-12 system. From the start, the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Mambetaliev, Askar – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study was to find the main factors that guide language policies and discover correlations between top-down and bottom-up ideologies in the context of Hungary and Kyrgyzstan. To accomplish this, the study created a database of relevant official documents, photos of linguistic landscapes and qualitative data. The study analyzed…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Databases, Photography, Correlation
US House of Representatives, 2018
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss the effectiveness of early childhood education programs. During the hearing, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified on their new report which finds the federal government provides…
Descriptors: Hearings, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Accountability
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Glushchenko, I. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The article analyzes the constituent steps and measures of the Soviet campaign to eradicate illiteracy among adults in the 1920s-30s. A comparison of educational and ideological aspects of this campaign demonstrates how closely they were interrelated and how they facilitated the creation of new patterns of cultural behavior. The author shows that…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Guidelines, Alphabets
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Finn, Mike – London Review of Education, 2015
This article traces continuity and change in the governance of British education through the comparison of two ministers, Anthony Crosland and Michael Gove. Taking Maurice Kogan's seminal "The Politics of Education" as the point of departure, the article highlights the role of political ideology in large-scale educational change, taking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Governance, Educational Change
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Appiagyei-Atua, Kwadwo; Beiter, Klaus; Karran, Terence – Higher Education Review, 2015
Although the cradle of university education is traced to Africa, modern university education in Africa emanated from European systems which set the tone for their replication on the continent through colonialism. For ideological and other reasons, African universities were subjected to significant violations of their institutional autonomy after…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, College Administration, Political Attitudes
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Pense, Seburn L.; Freeburg, Beth Winfrey; Clemons, Christopher A. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
The purpose of this study was to describe the voices heard, positions portrayed, and frames of newspaper messages regarding the implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The dataset contained 69 articles from 38 community newspapers in 24 states (n = 62) and from three national newspapers (n = 7). Researchers identified five voices…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Common Core State Standards, Content Analysis, Newspapers
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Abbott, Ian – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2015
Set against a period of rapid change, education has grown in political importance and policy development has moved from the local authority to central government with a key role being played by the Secretary of State. Based on a series of semi-structured interviews, with 10 politicians who have served as Secretary of State for Education, this…
Descriptors: Public Officials, Educational Change, Semi Structured Interviews, Administrator Attitudes
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Hopfenbeck, Therese N.; Görgen, Kristine – European Journal of Education, 2017
Using the PISA 2015 releases in Norway and England, this article explores how PISA has been presented in the media and how the policy level has responded to the results. England will be used as an example for comparison. The article presents early media responses from the 20 most circulated daily newspapers in the two countries and discusses them…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
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Peterson, Amelia; Mehta, Jal David – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The past decade has seen increasing interest from U.S. policymakers and think tanks in looking across countries for educational reform strategies. At the same time, due to differences across content and culture, many researchers are skeptical of this practice of 'policy-borrowing.' This research examines the emergence of a new form,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies
Nasrullah – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The roles of educational, political, and community leaders in the decentralization of education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan were explored in this phenomenological research. Examined were leaders' perceptions and understandings of decentralization and its effects on teacher instructional practices, process of student learning,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrative Organization, Capacity Building, Foreign Countries
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Matsepe, Mokone W. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
This paper is premised on the thesis that there is importance and necessity of involving high school students in school governance in Lesotho as well as consideration of cultural values' impact on this issue. The possibilities and limits of involving the high school students in school governance in Lesotho are examined. There are two opposing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Participation, Democracy
DiSalvio, Philip – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
"New Directions for Higher Education" examines emerging issues, trends, and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs, and practices. In this article, DiSalvio inteviews Jamie P. Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, about Lumina's commitment to enrolling and graduating more students from college, and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Higher Education, Enrollment, Educational Attainment
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El-Khawas, Elaine – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
This article considers the overall success of the quality movement in the context of questions about the political status and role of quality assurance agencies. These agencies have gained a significant degree of legitimacy and respect among major stakeholders but the political reality is that their long-term sustainability depends on whether…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Agencies
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Conaway, Carrie L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Policy briefs written by academics--the kind typically published in "Education Finance and Policy"--should be a crucial source of information for policy makers. Yet too frequently these briefs fail to garner the consideration they deserve. Their authors are too focused on the potential objections of their fellow academics, who are…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Difficulty Level
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