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US Senate, 2015
This hearing serves as a first in a set of hearings focusing on early learning. In his opening statement, Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, strongly encouraged members of this committee on both sides of the aisle to hold roundtables and have discussions on early learning in their local…
Descriptors: Hearings, Laws, Legislation, Federal Government
Montano, Jessie; Bucher, Marlys J. – 1999
Concern over the shortage of K-12 licensed school counselors prompted Minnesota state lawmakers to undertake a study to determine the current status of their licensed school counselors. The Counselor Assessment Study was conducted to gather information on four issues: (1) the recommended counselor to student ratios and the costs of meeting these…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College School Cooperation, Counselor Client Ratio, Counselor Role
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Mazzoni, Tim L.; Malen, Betty – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
Reviews a Minnesota study of tax concessions to private school parents and provides an analysis of the strategy of constituency mobilization. The Minnesota experience shows that a mobilized, powerful issue constituency can enforce political accountability on the bargaining process and influence educational policy. Such single issue linkages…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"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) House Prevails in Cutting Education Below Senate Bill and the President's Request: Final FY2005 Education Budget…
Descriptors: Budgets, Academic Achievement, Public Education, Academic Ability