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Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2005
Several years after the passage of NCLB, there are persistently low-performing schools in every state that face increasingly strong consequences for failing to improve student achievement sufficiently. Schools failing to make AYP for five consecutive years must engage in restructuring to improve student learning. Districts have several options for…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Regulation
Sedere, Upali M. – Online Submission, 2005
This paper outlines the issues relating to teacher education and teacher supply in Malawi. Malawi has a severe shortage of teachers. Over the years, particularly since EFA the student numbers has gone up yet the teacher supply has not followed the increased student numbers. This paper outlines the broader picture as a basis for further…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Position Papers
Kahn, Alfred J.; Kamerman, Sheila B. – 1994
This collection of six case studies is a by-product of a European-focused study that sought to understand the policies focused on children from birth to age 3, whether directly affecting the children or reaching them indirectly through their parents. The study examined the social infrastructure in which the specific "under-3" policies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
Berlin, Gordon L. – 2002
To inform policymakers as they deliberate over the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reauthorization, this guide reviews what states have done with the flexibility afforded them by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The first section examines how states have shaped their welfare reform strategies…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Innovation, Participation
Gale, Peter – 1998
This paper examines the discourse on Aboriginal higher education in Australia from the 1960s through the 1990s through an analysis of educational reports and government policy documents on tertiary education. Early in this period, the focus was on education as "welfare," but the emphasis shifted towards equity in higher education policy during the…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Education, Acculturation, Educational History
Fincher, Cameron – 1999
This documents consists of two monographs, first published in 1973 and 1975, which examine the purpose and functions of institutional policy in dealing with the problems and issues affecting higher education. Their focus is conceptual, and the discussion looks to the philosophical, historical, and sociocultural underpinnings of institutional…
Descriptors: Administration, Agenda Setting, Decision Making, Governance
Blau, David; Tekin, Erdal – 2001
This paper provides an early analysis of child care subsidies under welfare reform. The paper reviews the literature on child care subsidies and discusses the potential for such subsidies to be an effective part of the effort to make low-income families economically self-sufficient. The paper then uses data from the National Survey of America's…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics, Financial Support

Goedegebuure, Leo; Van Vught, Frans – Higher Education, 1996
The history of comparative higher education for purposes of policy analysis is chronicled from its origins in comparative political science and public administration. Methodology is discussed, and some recent studies are examined. It is concluded that comparative higher education has not gone far beyond the descriptive stage, and must take…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Trends

Hartle, Terry W. – Educational Record, 1996
This article examines major issues in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act noting key features of the last (1992) reauthorization and current issues such as the rising cost of college, college outcomes assessment, eligibility of students in remedial courses for federal student financial aid, accreditation, and the future of the student…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Opuda, Michael J. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
The No Child Left Behind Act reflects a decision by Congress that federal money not be squandered searching for local solutions, but that scientifically based research be utilized to ensure that every student meets academic standards. The school improvement process requires that local stakeholders cooperatively plan an improvement process, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Policy

Ingram, William G.; Tollefson, Terrence A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1996
Describes a study of the location of decision-making authority in state community colleges at the college or governance board level. Examines differences in authority for academic, personnel, and administrative matters. Suggests that decision-making authority generally rested at the local level, although personnel decisions were more likely to be…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making

Barnett, W. Steven – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Analyzes public interest in early childhood care and education (ECCE) policy. Chronicles federal policy in this area from the mid-1960s to the present, with particular attention to changes in the amount of funding and its allocation. Argues that ECCE policy is inadequately funded, fragmented, and internally inconsistent, and provides alternative…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy

Frieden, Bernard J. – Urban Affairs Review, 1995
Highlights a comparison of a 30-year legacy of urban policy making with 25 years of policy making on environmental problems to demonstrate how weak policy development has been in dealing with the urban crisis. Several principles designed to guide future urban policies are discussed. (GR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Employment Opportunities, Inner City

Bowden, Rachel; Watson, David – Journal of Education Policy, 1999
During the 18 years of the last Conservative government, a stratified British higher education yielded to dramatic expansion, increased participation, and elimination of the "binary line." The economic imperative offers only a partial explanation for Conservatives' rapid and astonishing changes of policy. Contains 54 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Conservatism, Economic Factors

Bauer, Johannes M. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Discusses universal service policies in the European Union. Topics include information access; the demise of the public service model; the effects of competition on universal service; financing; national implementation of member states; programs for schools and libraries; and pertinent Web sites on European universal service policy. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support