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Klein, Jillian – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
In July 2014, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new round of experimental sites focusing on competency-based education. Capella University was selected to participate in three of the Department of Education's competency-based education (CBE) experiments and began by implementing the prior learning assessment experiment, which allows…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Competency Based Education, Student Financial Aid, Federal Legislation
Monsif, John, Ed.; Gluck, Elliott, Ed. – First Focus, 2016
Federal spending dedicated to children represents just 7.83 percent of the federal budget in fiscal year 2016, and total spending on children's programs has decreased by five percent in the last two years, according to "Children's Budget 2016." The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Kyle, Sarah, Ed. – First Focus, 2015
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children's initiatives like education and child abuse and neglect prevention. They also include other investments that improve the lives of kids, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamps). Following a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Gill, Wanda E. – Online Submission, 2012
The report includes racial and gender demographic data at the Department of Education [ED] during the Obama administration at the SES [Senior Executive Service] and specific grade levels for Pay period 11 in the year 2012. The report compares this racial and gender demographic data with a pay period towards the end of the George W. Bush…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Education, Presidents
Carr, Sarah – Education Writers Association, 2013
Many education reporters are drawn to the beat because of its complexity and rich variety. Few topics provide such a wealth of political, business, human interest, breaking news, feature, and investigative stories. A reporter's day can start in a classroom with 4-year-olds struggling to learn to read, and end at a school board meeting with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Standards, Journalism, Guides
Carlson, Theodora E., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1956
This document contains the October 1955 through June 1956 issues of "School Life," a monthly publication of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of Education. The journal issues cover a variety of topics across education sectors, the President's White House Conference on Education, record numbers of school-aged…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Education, Foreign Countries