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Jocelyn Pickford; Kate Poteet – State Education Standard, 2024
The policy landscape around curriculum selection and implementation is thorny: the federal government cannot mandate any state or local curricula, state policy varies widely, and local schools and districts often lack the capacity to support and sustain detailed reviews of materials and ongoing teacher training in quality curricula. Cultural and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2023
This guide addresses the challenge of inaccessible digital learning resources by providing K-12 education stakeholders with actionable information about EPUB, a digital file format. EPUB is a widely adopted format for many digital books and is specifically designed to display text, audio, images and, in some cases, video in a manner usable by all…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Guidelines
Nilsen, Katy; Tyler, Burr; Arnett, Elizabeth; Britton, Ted; Estrella, Denise; Luttgen, Kim; Moyle, Patrick; Montoya, Robin – WestEd, 2020
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) is a suite of tools and processes for evaluating and selecting instructional materials aligned with the CA NGSS. This 11th report in the NGSS Early Implementers Initiative evaluation series is intended for school and district…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Media Selection, Science Instruction, Statewide Planning
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, almost all school districts rapidly shifted to distance learning in spring of the 2019-2020 school year. This shift laid bare both the logistical and instructional challenges of distance learning, particularly for English learners and students with disabilities, both of whom have faced…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities
Johnson, Christopher G. – Arizona Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of The Arizona Long-Range Strategic Educational Technology Plan is to map the future of the "education support systems" necessary for Arizona's children to succeed in today's world. The plan details goals and strategies for policy makers, the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, Institutions of Higher…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Technology Planning, School Districts, Instructional Materials
McGrew, Mary Lou – 1983
Replicating a 1979 study, a survey of school library media specialists in 440 Iowa school districts was conducted in the spring of 1983 to determine the influence of a model policy published by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on the development, adoption, and provisions of school district policies for the selection of instructional…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Censorship, Educational Media, Instructional Materials
Ingle, Henry T.; And Others – 1983
This notebook accompanies a videotape series produced by Project BEST (Basic Education Skills through Technology), a federally funded cooperative effort involving federal, state, and local governments and the private sector in planning and using information technologies to improve basic skills instruction. Intended for state and local personnel…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Holznagel, Donald C. – 1992
This guide is designed to provide information on planning assistance and available options to schools that are preparing for the use of technology for curricular improvement. The information presented here is current as of March 1, 1992, and is most relevant to school districts in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The first of six…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Computer Networks
Autin, Diana M. T. K.; And Others – 1992
This report claims that the special education system in the New York City public schools is by nature segregated and second rate. It offers recommendations for achieving a more inclusive, effective education for all children. Data are presented to support the charge that special education students are educated in restrictive and racially…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Methods
MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others – 1993
The purpose of this packet is to assist school districts and other agencies in establishing a technology education program based on the computer mentor model. An "Executive Overview" is provided, along with the "Computer Mentoring Course Guide" and "Computer Mentoring: A Case Book." The Computer Mentor program was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Teitelbaum, Herbert; And Others – 1982
A monograph for school district personnel and education agencies presents a comprehensive plan to address the legal and administrative complexities of implementation of services for language minority students, particularly in bilingual education programs. The first section sketches federal involvement in bilingual education and related programs…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Educational History
Pennsylvania State Education Association, Harrisburg. – 1985
This Pennsylvania project aimed to assess whether or not there are differences in educational opportunities for students and teachers in districts of varying size and wealth. After preliminary interviews with 182 teachers in 17 districts, a survey was distributed to 4,470 teachers--30 teachers in each of the 149 selected school districts. A total…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Support, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment