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Download full textAllender, Sara; Estacion, Angela; Nabors, Amanda – Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2017
In 2007, the U.S. Department of Education commissioned WestEd to develop a guide on using quality authorizing to promote high-quality charter schools. At the time, notions about how authorizers could contribute to the existence of such schools were in their infancy, and the publication, which profiles the oversight practices of eight selected…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality
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Direct linkRoberts, Julia Link; Pereira, Nielsen; Knotts, J. Dusteen – Gifted Child Today, 2015
Legislation and policy lead to action. In the absence of law or policy, situations are addressed on a case-by-case basis or they are sometimes ignored. Legislation and policy become extremely important when they relate to groups that have traditionally been marginalized, such as students with disabilities or students with gifts and talents, and…
Descriptors: Gifted, State Legislation, Educational Policy, Advocacy
Duggan, Terri, Ed.; Holmes, Madelyn, Ed. – 2000
This report highlights results from the 1999 Wingspread Conference on improving student achievement, a gathering of educators, leaders, and policymakers that opened a dialogue about barriers to full implementation of high standards for all students. Participants discussed five papers that examined these issues from top to bottom--from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
Deasy, Richard J. – 1984
The Maryland Task Force on the Use of Computers in Instruction conducted a statewide survey of the following components of a successful computer education program: planning; curriculum development; staff development; computer use; instructional equity; selection, maintenance, and evaluation of hardware and courseware; and parent and community…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Compensatory Education and Support Services. – 1992
This report measures how well Maryland educators are working together to provide a public education that meets the long- and short-term needs of homeless children and youth by providing environments that support their physical, social, and emotional growth. It outlines accomplishments for the 1990-91 school year, recommends ways of addressing…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Ratliff, Charles A.; Rawlings, Howard P.; Ards, Sheila; Sherman, Jane – 1997
The three case studies in this report describe state-level efforts to address diversity and equity in postsecondary institutions in California, Maryland, and Washington. A preface provides some background on affirmative action programs, litigation history, and the roles of state coordinating agencies and institutional governing boards. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission
