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Bamberger, Rob; Brylawski, Sam – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2010
This is the first comprehensive, national-level study of the state of sound recording preservation ever conducted in the U.S. The authors have produced a study outlining the web of interlocking issues that now threaten the long-term survival of the sound recording history. This study tells everyone that major areas of America's recorded sound…
Descriptors: Nonprint Media, Preservation, Risk, Access to Information
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
Current state and federal reform initiatives rely heavily on the ability of multiple stakeholders to access and use information from statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) to improve student achievement. Policymakers believe that states are best positioned to achieve this by developing and implementing various policies impacting the educator…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Stakeholders
ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), in cooperation with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA, UK), organised a seminar on theme "Internal Quality Assurance--Enhancing quality culture" which was held on 8-9 June, 2010 in London, United Kingdom. The seminar marked the fourth annual meeting of the ENQA…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Stakeholders, Management Systems, Foreign Countries
Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2010
In recent years, criticism of high school graduates' lack of readiness for college and work has led a number of states to raise high school graduation requirements -- particularly in terms of the number and rigor of courses students must pass. Yet states have found that without a common end-of- course measure, it is impossible to ensure that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates
Schlueter, Heidi H. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
First Children's Finance is a national nonprofit organization located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose work strives to break the cycle of poverty, starting with those who care for and educate the nation's youngest citizens--child care businesses. First Children's Finance asks the question: How do Americans talk about providing quality child care…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality
Rossett, Allison; Marshall, James – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
An exploratory study of 954 mostly veteran workplace learning professionals sought to determine why respondents adopt e-learning. The results indicated that they see e-learning was most valuable for delivering instruction governing familiar company tasks, such as providing information about products, fulfilling compliance requirements, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cultural Awareness, Training Methods, Staff Development
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2010
Collaborations popping up across the country between charter and traditional public schools show promise that charter schools could fulfill their original purpose of becoming research-and-development hothouses for public education, champions of charters say. But both supporters and skeptics of charter schools agree that so far the cooperative…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Feasibility Studies, Public Education, Effective Schools Research
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Magno, Cathyrn; Schiff, Margo – Intercultural Education, 2010
Immigration to the US has fluctuated with economic conditions and with American immigration policies. Historically, most immigrants settled in urban areas, while suburban towns and their schools remained almost completely homogeneous and overwhelmingly White. Today, roughly one in five children in the US comes from an immigrant home, altering the…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, School Culture, Urban Areas, Social Integration
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King, Eden B.; Gulick, Lisa M. V.; Avery, Derek R. – Journal of Management Education, 2010
The fields of diversity training and diversity education have developed in a disconnected manner. This divide ensures that each field advances slowly and with narrow focus. The authors argue here that the divide should be bridged with attention to the best practices that diversity training and diversity education offer. By integrating the best…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Best Practices, Educational Practices
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Norman, Antony D. – Theory Into Practice, 2010
This article surveys efforts at the national and international level to define and assess accomplished teaching with particular attention devoted to how assessments of accomplished teaching connect to student learning. The author finds that most assessments are based on aspects of teaching that, presumably, come together as accomplished teaching.…
Descriptors: National Standards, Teaching Skills, Best Practices, Barriers
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Masson, Jean-Raymond; Baati, Mounir; Seyfried, Erwin – European Journal of Education, 2010
This article reflects on the development of the European approach towards quality and quality assurance in vocational education and training (VET) and its relevance for VET reforms in the European Training Foundation (ETF) partner countries. The analysis is based on an ETF project conducted in 2007-2008 in the Mediterranean partner countries to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Control, Vocational Education, Educational Quality
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Kalisman, Raya – Intercultural Education, 2010
The Center for Humanistic Education (CHE) engages high-school students and teachers from the Arab and Jewish sectors in an examination of connections between the Holocaust, personal and social morals, and implications for present Israeli society. Since 1997, CHE has been working regularly with about 25 Jewish and Arab high schools, engaging about…
Descriptors: High School Students, Jews, Humanistic Education, Community Involvement
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Levine, Thomas H.; Marcus, Alan S. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
What kinds of teacher collaboration are most likely to improve what teachers--and, ultimately, students--learn during their time in school? This study looks within and across different collaborative activities that occurred among one teacher team. Observational data analyzed through a sociocultural theoretical framework suggest how the structure…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Improvement, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms
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