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Mark Anthony Conlon – Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 2023
Conversations about controversial political issues within the public-school classroom are necessary for the whole development of students as they prepare to participate fully in democracy, part of their role as conscious social reproducers of the American political regime. Effective educators train students to critically understand and analyze…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Research in Higher Education, 2021
Florida passed legislation in 2013 that exempted many students from developmental education, and required colleges to implement new instructional modalities for optional developmental education courses. This paper uses an economic model of remediation to examine how changes in college course taking before and after the reform altered costs to…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Equal Education, Costs, Developmental Studies Programs
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Hott, Brittany L.; Jones, Beth Ashby; Randolph, Kathleen M.; Kuntz, Emily; McKenna, John W.; Brigham, Frederick J. – Journal of Special Education, 2021
Students who are eligible for special education and related services are entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), which is delineated by the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine 133 IEPs from seven rural districts that were interested in evaluating their compliance with state…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Public Education
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Holquist, Samantha E.; Walls, Jeff – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: Increasingly, K-12 students are seeking to influence educational policies that directly affect their lives. As student intervention in policy increases, it is important to understand the composition of these groups and how they seek to exercise power and influence over policymakers. Purpose: This study sought to examine how two…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Students, Activism, Student Participation
Squire, Juliet – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2021
In this report, the author explains the small-schools environment in New York City. Prior to the pandemic, the Big Apple had a small but growing microschool and learning pod community. New York City's frequent school closures throughout 2020 and 2021 caused many families to look more closely at these education options. New York State's stifling…
Descriptors: Small Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Education Commission of the States, 2021
Across all 50 states, there are different ways in which states allocate K-12 and special education funding to districts. Education Commission of the States has collected information on states' primary funding models, base per-student funding amounts, student attendance count methods, and funding for special education, English language learners,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Policy, Educational Policy, State Legislation
Varona, Alina – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In California, dual enrollment refers to any high school student who enrolls in two systems at the same time, most commonly a community college and a high school--this student is thus concurrently enrolled in both high school and college. Students may receive credit from both systems for select courses. California Assembly Bill 288 (AB 288)…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, High School Students, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Whitney Renee Weirick – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The primary goal of this study was to explore how educational interpreter supervisors defined, experienced and approached their work in K-12 schools in the United States of America. A secondary goal was to examine how they interpreted, navigated and enacted educational and interpreting policy in their jobs as supervisors. A comparative case study…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Accountability, Professionalism, Comparative Analysis
Tara Kristoff – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Understanding how Illinois school district leaders craft acceleration policy and procedures in compliance with the Accelerated Placement Act has not been studied yet. The Accelerated Placement Act was adopted into law by former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on August 25, 2017. The Accelerated Placement Act had a mandatory implementation date for…
Descriptors: School Districts, State Legislation, Public Schools, Phenomenology
Angela M. Polczynski – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Rooted in learning theory and developmental psychology, the field of developmental education is concerned with addressing underprepared students' needs for growth. Much of this development relates to college readiness, thus students considered underprepared for college-level coursework are referred to developmental education coursework in subjects…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, College Readiness, Educational Legislation
Liz Chi Ani – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Twenty percent of occupational therapists are employed in schools nationwide. Despite years of service since the Brown vs. U.S. Board of Education Law was enacted in 1954, school-based occupational therapists are restricted from advancing into formal Professional Educator License leadership roles. Due to state legislation and credentialing issues,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, School Personnel
Isaac Kamola – American Association of University Professors, 2024
During the 2021, 2022, and 2023 state legislative sessions more than one hundred and fifty bills were introduced seeking to actively undermine academic freedom and university autonomy. This includes nearly one hundred academic gag orders affecting higher education, such as those restricting the teaching of "critical race theory" (CRT)…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Higher Education, Social Systems, Organizations (Groups)
Tennessee Department of Education, 2024
Tennessee state law (Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-5619(b)(2)) charges the Tennessee Department of Education (the department) with producing an annual report on the levels of effectiveness of educators endorsed to teach in grades Kindergarten through third (K-3) for the most recent three school years. This is the first annual report and establishes…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Scores, Kindergarten
Tennessee Department of Education, 2025
In the 2024 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly passed Chapter 551 of the Public Acts of 2024 (PC 551), the Mathematics Supports Act (the Act), codified at Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 49-1-233 -- 49-1-234. The Act indicates the General Assembly's commitment to strong mathematics instruction in Tennessee to prepare students for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development, School Districts
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Ballard, Jaime; Borden, Lynne – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2020
Military spouses face employment obstacles such as relocations, leading to un- or underemployment. The Department of Defense (DoD) proposed three best practice guidelines for transfer of licenses for military spouses. In this study, we (a) reviewed state legislation on military spouse licensure portability and identified how states addressed DoD…
Descriptors: Spouses, Military Personnel, Employment, Barriers
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