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Krause, George A.; Lewis, David E.; Douglas, James W. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013
Governments make policy decisions in the same areas in quite different institutions. Some assign policymaking responsibility to institutions designed to be insulated from myopic partisan and electoral pressures and others do not. In this study, we claim that differences in political context and institutional design constrain the policy choices…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Politics, State Government, Income
Stauroswky, Ellen J.; Flowers, Courtney L.; Buzuvis, Erin; Darvin, Lindsey; Welch, Natalie – Women's Sports Foundation, 2022
June 23, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. This federal civil rights law has been credited with profoundly changing education in the United States by barring sex discrimination in the nation's schools. Title IX, along with other equity laws, helped to unlock access to educational and athletic opportunities, paving the way…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Sex Fairness, Gender Discrimination
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Yousefi, Zargham; Yousefy, Alireza; Keshtiaray, Narges – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The aim of this research is to criticize liberal humanism based on Islam viewpoint emphasizing Motahri's point of view. In this paper, the researchers tried to identify liberalism humanism factors with analytical look in order to present a new categorization called "main factor of liberal humanism". Then, each factor was studied and…
Descriptors: Humanism, Islam, Ideology, Classification
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Sang, Francis Kipkemboi; Kindiki, Jonah Nyaga; Sang, James K.; Rotich, Gladys Jematia; Kipruto, Keror – SAGE Open, 2015
The need for performance-based management in Kenya has brought in itself changes in the approach of management of institutions. Strategic planning is very crucial in realization of this important management outlook. The purpose of this study was to establish availability and the level of implementation of strategic plans in schools in Nandi…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Secondary Schools
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Rungfamai, Kreangchai – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
This specific case of Chulalongkorn University (CU), Thailand, is useful to readers who are interested in comparative aspect of the experiences of research universities in the South East Asian context. This paper aims to provide a description of the environments, changes, and university stakeholders' perceptions in terms of governance arrangements…
Descriptors: Governance, Research Universities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Canfield-Davis, Kathy; Gardiner, Mary E. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
The purpose of this research was to identify community leadership praxis of an activist for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender civil rights in community housing, employment and public accommodations. The qualitative single-case study included data from city council meetings, interviews with Tony Stewart, the community leader/activist, other…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Seidel, Steve – New Educator, 2014
Written for the general public, this article unpacks the "dialogue gap" in education and raises concerns about what can happen when groups dependent on one another are not talking. Part of the problem involves a matter of scale; policymakers rarely talk about children as individuals as opposed to as aggregates. The larger policy context…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Officials, Standardized Tests, Educational Assessment
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Noda, Ayaka; Kim, Mikyong Minsun – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This study aims to understand the perceived learning experiences and gains for Japanese government officials from US and Japanese graduate and professional schools, and how applicable their continuing professional education (CPE) is to professional performance. Interview participants were drawn from long-term overseas and domestic fellowship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Learning Experience, Education Work Relationship
Gallagher, Megan; Bogle, Mary – Urban Institute, 2014
Mayor-elect Bowser assumed control at a delicate juncture in the turbulent history of DC schools. In the 2008-09 school year, public school enrollment--in both traditional and charter schools--increased for the first time since the 1960s. In 2013-14, the District had the largest student body in over 25 years, and over the past 15 years, public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational Change, Achievement Gains
Reinoso, Victor; Roza, Marguerite – Edunomics Lab, 2014
The strength and effectiveness of the American public school system has risen to the top of our national agenda in a way not seen since the Cold War. In short, the civic health of communities, the states, and the nation is inextricably entwined with the capacity and the potency of public schools. In this brief, the authors argue that mayors, as…
Descriptors: Public Officials, City Government, Public Schools, Advocacy
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Cunningham, Deborah H.; Wyckoff, Jim – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Policy makers and researchers are intrigued with but also frequently frustrated by each other. Although these differences are understandable and predictable, it is clear that research on a variety of educational issues has been both influential and valuable in the development of policy and practice. There is much to suggest that researchers and…
Descriptors: Public Officials, Researchers, Cooperation, Interpersonal Relationship
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Li, Haiying; Graesser, Arthur C.; Conley, Mark; Cai, Zhiqiang; Pavlik, Philip I., Jr.; Pennebaker, James W. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
Formality has long been of interest in the study of discourse, with periodic discussions of the best measure of formality and the relationship between formality and text categories. In this research, we explored what features predict formality as humans perceive the construct. We categorized a corpus consisting of 1,158 discourse samples published…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, Speeches
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Gottau, Veronica; Moschetti, Mauro – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
In 1999, the Province of San Luis (Argentina) approved the creation of the so-called 'Escuelas Experimentales Autogestionadas' (SelfManaged Experimental Schools) inspired by the US charter schools, but with important differences. This article explores the circumstances under which the project was dismantled and abandoned prematurely. The study…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Advisory Committees
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Petrilli, Michael; Eberhardt, Tyson – Education Next, 2012
In the fourth and final year of the first term of the Obama administration, enough time has elapsed to provide an opportunity for at least an interim assessment. Senator Lamar Alexander has commented that he has "a lot of admiration" for Obama's education secretary, Arne Duncan, and "respect" for the president's "positions…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Presidents, Public Officials
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Liping, Chen – English Language Teaching, 2014
According to Halliday, it is language that enables human beings to form the impression of experience, which consists of "goings-on"--happening, doing, sensing, meaning and being and becoming, either internally and externally. This is the experiential metafunction. With the focus on Transitivity, a political discourse has been studied…
Descriptors: Speeches, War, Foreign Policy, Public Officials
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