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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Economic Boost: New Alliance Report Examines Economic Impact of Reducing the High School Dropout Rate Among Students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Congress Delays Education Funding Decisions: Short-Term Measure Funds Government Into March, Ensures Greater Role for…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement, Scores, Public Education
Jerald, Craig D. – Education Trust, 2009
Researchers demonstrated a quarter century ago that schools could effectively employ value-added statistical methods. At the time, only a few states and districts had accumulated the necessary annual assessment data to take advantage of the breakthrough. Today, every state has the capacity to provide educators with value-added data. Yet most…
Descriptors: Data, Information Utilization, School Districts, Student Evaluation

New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office for Special Education Services. – 1992
This brochure describes a cooperative way to help resolve differences of opinion between New York parents and schools regarding special education programs and services. It describes special education mediation as a process in which the parent or guardian of a student with a disability and a representative of the school district meet with a…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Policy
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1987
Written for persons who serve as members of Committees on Special Education (CSE) in New York State, this guide reviews Committee responsibilities and various Committee management techniques. An introductory chapter outlines the impact of Federal, state, and local requirements and policies. The guide follows the sequence of Part 200 of the…
Descriptors: Committees, Coordination, Disabilities, Due Process
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1987
This publication discusses policy issues, practices, and research related to parent involvement in education in the United States. Written for local school boards, professional staff who work with boards, and interested parents, the paper calls for policies that will encourage parents to assist in their children's educational development. After an…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Dresslar, F. B.; Wood, Thomas D.; North, Charles E. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
One of the most important factors in the education of children is the establishment of their physical health, without which all learning and training must have less value for the individual and for society than they would have with it. Implicitly in the act creating the Bureau of Education and explicitly in recent acts of Congress, investigations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy, State Policy