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Illinois State Board of Education, 2015
The Illinois State Board of Education's 2015 Comprehensive Strategic Plan is the agency's 11th such report as required by Public Act 93-1036. The first plan focused on ISBE's three primary goal areas: enhancing literacy, improving educator quality for all children, and expanding data-driven management and school support practices. Since 2005,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2015
Head Start promotes school readiness by enhancing the physical, social, and cognitive development of children through educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services. Head Start centers are where services are provided in communities that are generally lacking infrastructures that support early learning. As a result, it is imperative…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, School Readiness, Child Development, Educational Facilities
Pawlak, Piotr – UNESCO Bangkok, 2018
School related violence and bullying is a problem in all countries. UNESCO is committed to ensuring that all children and young people have access to safe, inclusive, health-promoting learning environments as part of its strategy on education for health and well-being. This synthesis report on school related violence and bullying on the basis of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Gill, Brian; Goyal, Ravi; Hartog, Jacob; Hotchkiss, John; DeLisle, Danielle – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2020
COVID-19 has profoundly affected educational institutions across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as it has in the rest of the country and around the world. Since March 2020, school buildings statewide have been closed. Although many schools have worked hard to provide instruction remotely, it is likely that schoolchildren all over the state are…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Prevention, Educational Facilities
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2016
This report presents a summary of the findings of fiscal year (FY) 2016 monitoring reviews, fulfilling the reporting requirement in Section 641A(f) of the Head Start Act. It highlights the enhancements made to the FY 2016 monitoring review system, summarizes grantee review outcomes, and describes the types of findings most commonly identified in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Cowan, Katherine C.; Vaillancourt, Kelly; Rossen, Eric; Pollitt, Kelly – National Association of School Psychologists, 2015
Efforts to improve school climate, safety, and learning are not separate endeavors. They must be designed, funded, and implemented as a comprehensive school-wide approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration and builds on a multitiered system of supports. The author organizations and cosigners of this joint statement believe that,…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Violence, Prevention, Mental Health Programs
New Jersey Department of Education, 2020
Annually, the Department of Education (Department) collects data from school districts across the state on disciplinary infractions and their consequences. These data are analyzed in a state-level report developed by the Department for the Governor and the Legislature to fulfill the requirements of the "Public School Safety Law N.J.S.A."…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Districts
Illinois State Board of Education, 2017
Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) updates its continuing, five-year comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary education, per the Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004. ISBE's Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Elementary and Secondary Education provides a comprehensive review of how the agency…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Tucker, J. William; Vance, Amelia – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2016
Schools watch their students. Nearly every responsibility that schools shoulder includes an element of surveillance--from ensuring that preschoolers do not wander off, to keeping third graders on task, to stopping bullying and sexting. These responsibilities are not new, but schools' increased ability to monitor students continuously is. Despite…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Privacy, Student Records
Illinois State Board of Education, 2014
The Illinois State Board of Education's 2014 Comprehensive Strategic Plan is the agency's 10th such report as required by Public Act 93-1036. The first plan focused on ISBE's three primary goal areas: enhancing literacy, improving educator quality for all children and expanding data-driven management and school support practices. Since 2005,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, 2016
Public Act 93-1036 requires the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to develop and maintain a continuing, five-year strategic plan for elementary and secondary education. The 2016 Comprehensive Strategic Plan is the agency's 12th such report. The first plan focused on ISBE's three primary goal areas: (1) enhancing literacy; (2) improving…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
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Mathis, William J. – National Education Policy Center, 2016
This is a section of "Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking," a multipart brief that takes up a number of important policy issues and identifies policies supported by research. Each section focuses on a different issue, and its recommendations to policymakers are based on the latest scholarship. A founding premise of charter…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Charter Schools, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 2013
Every day in America more than 50 million children go to neighborhood public schools. Parents send them off with every hope they will be safe while there. And yet, as has been the case in too many cities, violence shatters that hope. The Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) seeks to lead in the effort to bolster schools…
Descriptors: School Safety, Public Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Illinois State Board of Education, 2013
As required by Public Act 93-1036, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) drafted its first Comprehensive Strategic Plan in 2005. The plan focused on three primary goal areas: enhancing literacy, improving educator quality for all children and expanding data-driven management, and school support practices. Agency staff members revisit the…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2016
Research has identified educational and career development interventions that can make a positive difference in the lives of youth. Work-based learning experiences, preferably connected to curriculum content; student-centered individualized education programs that drive instruction; family involvement in and support of education and career…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Standards, Students with Disabilities
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