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Statewide Report Card: An Annual Report to the Legislature on Oregon Public Schools, 2013-2014
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Oregon Department of Education, 2014
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
Statewide Report Card: An Annual Report to the Legislature on Oregon Public Schools, 2011-2012
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Oregon Department of Education, 2012
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
The Nature and Role of Empathy in Public Librarianship
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Birdi, Briony; Wilson, Kerry; Tso, Hin Man, – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
This article presents two recent studies, an AHRC-funded exploration of the role of empathy in community librarianship (Study 1) and an investigation of the role of empathy in service to minority ethnic users (Study 2). Qualitative elements of each methodology are presented, namely a series of focus groups with frontline staff, interviews with…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Investigations, Emotional Response, Focus Groups
Increasing Ethnic Diversity in LIS: Strategies Suggested by Librarians of Color
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Kim, Kyung-Sun; Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna – Library Quarterly, 2008
The proportion of ethnic minorities in the LIS school student population has remained significantly lower than in the U.S. population: in 2002, ethnic minorities constituted only 11.3 percent of the LIS student population, compared to 31.3 percent of the U.S. population. Despite efforts by LIS schools and associations in recruiting and retaining…
Descriptors: Librarian Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, School Holding Power, Disproportionate Representation