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Hyatt, David; Meraud, Julie – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
Successive republican governments in France have constructed a complex educational context, which is rhetorically committed to a myth of provision of educational equality of opportunity whilst in practical terms it is characterised by a system focused on the production and reproduction of elites. This article aims to consider the political drivers…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Cultural Context
Koppich, Julia; Humphrey, Daniel; Venezia, Andrea; Nodine, Thad; Jaeger, Laura – Education Insights Center, 2017
Over the next three years, the California State Board of Education (SBE) and the California Department of Education (CDE) will refine the college and career readiness (CCR) measures in the state's school accountability system. Determining which measures to use, given that they need to be robust, useful, equitable, and cost effective--and…
Descriptors: Measurement, Educational Indicators, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Dykman, Alyssa; Lopes, Lunna – Public Policy Institute of California, 2018
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey delivers objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. PPIC invites input, comments, and suggestions from policy and public opinion experts and from its own advisory committee, but survey methods, questions,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Paying for College, Public Opinion
Yahaya, Azlan R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study explored the problem the Malay identity and society in the discourse of Malay politics. The purpose of this study was to understand how the discourse of Islam "Hadhari" as spoken by prime minister and UMNO president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in the years 2004-2008 demonstrated the hegemony of his administration and party.…
Descriptors: Politics, Islam, Self Concept, Ideology
Petrilli, Mike J. – Policy Innovators in Education Network, 2012
Education spending cuts are upon us. After years of non-stop increases--national k-12 per-pupil spending is up by one-third in inflation-adjusted dollars since 1995--schools now face the near certainty of repeated annual budget cuts for the first time since the Great Depression. In some states and districts, reductions will be dramatic--well into…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Baby Boomers, Elementary Secondary Education, Budgets
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Rothman, Robert – State Education Standard, 2012
On June 2, 2010, a group of educators and public officials met at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, to unveil something new: a set of standards for English language arts and mathematics intended to be common for all states. These standards were meant to replace the standards states had developed on their own over the past two…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Public Officials, Language Arts
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Harvey, James – Educational Leadership, 2012
According to James Harvey, the scale of the 2011 effort to privatize public education through vouchers and charters is "staggering," representing the culmination of a 30-year assault on public service in general and public education in particular. At a time when states are staring into the abyss of bankruptcy, he notes, public funds intended for…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Service, Educational Vouchers, Public Education
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Lao, Rattana – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2014
Private tutoring in academic subjects, which is provided for a fee and which takes place outside standard school hours, has become a global phenomenon. It is also very visible in Thailand. This paper draws on qualitative method including documentary analyses and semi-structured interviews with Thai policy elites, to understand the Thai state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Grant, Carl A.; Floch Arcello, Anna; Konrad, Annika M.; Swenson, Mary C. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
This article uses Chicago public school closings as a case study for the rise of mayoral control and the decline of democratic participation -- two common responses to stiff competition from global markets -- in urban public schools in the United States. In response to the 2013 Chicago decision to close 50 schools and move 30,000 students, this…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, School Closing, Social Justice
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Al Hallami, Mariam; Brown, Chris – Issues in Educational Research, 2014
This paper examines the use of research and evidence in the formation of education policy within London local authorities. In particular it explores the policy processes in three local authorities, and observes the role of research and the interplay between research and policy within each. We begin the paper with a general overview of policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Officials, Policy Formation
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Byun, Kiyong; Jon, Jae-Eun; Kim, Dongbin – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the Korean government's policies for building world class universities (WCUs) and their implications for Korean higher education institutions. Primarily through an extensive literature review, but also through a discussion of field interviews and the experiences of one of the authors as a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Officials
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Bond, Nathan; Pope, Alexander – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
In this article, the author's share some ways that voters--and specifically educators--can advocate for their views on an ongoing basis and make those views known to the elected officials who make decisions that directly affect teachers. These policymakers generally are not educators by training and, consequently, lack the in-depth knowledge…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Teaching (Occupation), Voting, Teacher Attitudes
Hockenos, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Rarely do political scandal and academe collide so publicly as they have now, in Europe. In February, Germany's education minister stepped down after Heinrich Heine University, in Dusseldorf, revoked her doctorate because her thesis lifted passages from other sources without proper attribution. Her departure came after scandals over plagiarized…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Kamer, Selman Tunay – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
At the beginning of the 20th century, Tunali Hilmi Bey, who was not an educator, played an important part among the harsh debates on education surrounding Turkey. The current study analyzes Tunali Hilmi Bey's views on education that is a central point in his life and his sophisticated thoughts. Tunali Hilmi Bey launched a big effort to have social…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Turkish, Standards
Barrows, Samuel – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2015
Governments are increasingly publishing information about the performance of the services they provide, in part to help citizens hold their elected representatives accountable for government service outcomes. Yet there is little evidence concerning the influence of information about government service performance on voter behavior. This paper…
Descriptors: Voting, Educational Policy, Accountability, Public Officials
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