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Yettick, Holly; Lloyd, Sterling; Harwin, Alexandra; Osher, Michael – Editorial Projects in Education, 2017
K-12 educators comprise a large and influential presence in American politics. Not only do they vote in significant numbers, but they also, at least in theory, possess the power to shape a new generation of young voters, not least by encouraging informed civic participation. When it comes to myriad issues related directly to education, their views…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gilster, Megan E. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Does participating in neighborhood-focused activism confer different benefits than volunteering? The engagement of community members in neighborhood civic life has been identified as an important component of safe and healthy communities. Research on community engagement has encompassed voluntary associations, volunteering, as well as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Neighborhoods, Comparative Analysis, Activism
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Bryson, Colin – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2013
A major proportion of teaching in UK universities is undertaken by a diverse and large group of sessional staff, in common with many HE systems around the world. This articles reviews efforts over the last decade to support and develop such staff and to improve their situation. Improvement in this area is very slow. The article concludes by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty
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Majee, Wilson; Maltsberger, Beverly A. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The study reported here is an evaluation of the public value of a regional public policy engagement program. Data were obtained through surveys and document analysis. The study observed peer-learning and networking opportunities as some of the most impactful elements of GNWD at the Capitol in creating public value. Building coalitions of interest…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Community Programs
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Jahng, Kyung Eun – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2013
This article brings to light discourses that constituted the education of Asian-American children in California in the second half of the nineteenth century. Guided by Foucaultian ideas and critical race theory, I analyze California public school laws, speeches of a governor-elect and a superintendent, and a report of the board of supervisors,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Discourse Analysis, Educational History, Critical Theory
Griffin, Jim – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2013
"Viewpoint" is a series of articles written by leaders in charter school authorizing and the education reform movement. The series is meant to foster thoughtful discussion and idea exchange on current topics and emerging trends in the sector. This paper examines the various policy and implementation levers available to inject affirmative…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
This study examined the effectiveness of an intervention designed to reduce rates of chronic student absenteeism in New York City public schools. The study authors reported that schools participating in the intervention experienced greater reductions in rates of student chronic absenteeism than the comparison schools. Students who attended the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Intervention
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Moraes, Valéria Vieira; Borges-Andrade, Jairo Eduardo – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace learning among municipal officers in the high-learning-demanding organizational context of their work practice in the first year of mandate. Design/methodology/approach: A before-and-after quasi-experimental design was used to assess the effect of time of work practice on learning work…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Municipalities, Local Government, Government Employees
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Jones, Ken – Education Inquiry, 2014
The Conservative-led Coalition government in Britain is strongly committed to a programme of austerity. In the short term, this is a programme which makes more difficult the country's exit from a period of recession and slow growth; in the longer term, it threatens cuts and privatisation which call into question the welfare state. Yet,…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Educational Policy, Program Development, Foreign Countries
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Stokes, Alison; Roberts, Carolyn; Crowley, Kate; McEwen, Lindsey – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2015
Devastating floods in 2007 across western England resulted in legislative changes which have placed increased responsibility on local government for managing and mitigating local flood risk. For these changes to be effective, professional stakeholders need to understand fundamental concepts in flood science of which they may have no prior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, Local Government, Researchers
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Mansell, Warwick – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
This paper considers the public debate surrounding assessment in English education and presents evidence of the misuse of public data from national tests. Statistics generated by pupil assessments in schools and colleges in England are argued to be subject to misinterpretation by the media and policy makers. The discourse tends either to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Interpretation, Mass Media Effects, Politics of Education
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Levine, Michael H.; Vaala, Sarah E. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Research about emerging best practices in the learning sciences points to the potential of deploying digital games as one possible solution to the twin challenges of weak student engagement and the need for more robust achievement in literacy, science, technology, and math. This chapter reviews key cross-cutting themes in this special volume,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Games, Educational Change, Best Practices
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O'Boyle, Ernest, Jr.; Aguinis, Herman – Personnel Psychology, 2012
We revisit a long-held assumption in human resource management, organizational behavior, and industrial and organizational psychology that individual performance follows a Gaussian (normal) distribution. We conducted 5 studies involving 198 samples including 633,263 researchers, entertainers, politicians, and amateur and professional athletes.…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Athletes, Measurement, Human Resources
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Gray, Ann Marie; Neill, Gail – Youth & Society, 2011
International evidence has increasingly highlighted the necessity to understand the impact of conflict on the lives of girls and women and the importance of addressing gender equality as part of peace processes. This article argues that women, and especially young women, have been left out of much of the conflict discourse within Northern Ireland…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Females, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Turgeon, Brenda – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
This article examines the gap between a federally-mandated wellness policy and its practice in U.S. schools. To address the problem of childhood obesity, the United States government requires school districts to develop a District Wellness Policy (DWP) that promotes a healthy school environment, healthy food choices, nutrition education, and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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