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Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2015
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, and the American people on how the Department has used federal resources entrusted to it to promote achievement and preparedness of youth entering a global environment by…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Silverberg, David A.; Dowdell, John J.; Sikula, John P. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
School Performance Reports, sometimes referred to as School Report Cards, are an increasingly effective and popular method for collecting program data in Correctional Education. This Overview presents the results of a study examining the current applications of Correctional Education School Report Cards. After inquiring with Offices of…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Adult Education, Program Effectiveness, Reports
Rukobo, Emily Zyko; Penfold, Angela; Adler, C. Ralph; Larson, Heidi; Peterson, Kirsten – Center on Instruction, 2012
This Facilitator's Guide is based on What Education Leaders Should Know about Virtual Education, an online course designed by the Center on Instruction and the New England Comprehensive Center. The Facilitator's Guide demonstrates step-by-step how to build the course on a learning management system (LMS) and provides instructions on all phases of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education
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Youngs, Peter; Bell, Courtney – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This paper explicates the elements of several policy instruments used in Connecticut, the political conditions under which they were chosen, and their intended targets and expected effects on teacher quality and student learning. The purpose of the paper is to explain how the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) and the Connecticut State Department…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Certification, Politics of Education, Educational Quality
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2014
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, and the American people on how the Department has used federal resources entrusted to it to promote achievement and preparedness of youth entering a global environment by…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gaytan, Jorge – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the (a) perceptions held by high school business education department chairpersons regarding the characteristics of individuals entering and remaining in the teaching profession and (b) characteristics of schools that have been successful in recruiting and retaining business education teachers. The findings…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Business Education Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Business Education
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Danielson, Lana; Schulte, Laura – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2007
This article documents the top 10 things we learned in our transition from being a faculty member to becoming a department chair. We were recruited as department chairs in the same year and quickly recognized each other as administrative colleagues. During our "internship" in the chair position we frequently identified lessons we were learning,…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Women Administrators, Promotion (Occupational), Leaders Guides
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2013
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) FY 2013 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to assist Congress, the President, and the American people to assess the Department's stewardship over resources with which it is entrusted. This annual report is required by legislation and complies with the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Burn, Katharine; Childs, Ann; McNicholl, Jane – Curriculum Journal, 2007
This article draws on two research studies concerned with student teachers' learning of subject-specific pedagogical knowledge: a naturalistic study within two secondary school science departments and a collaborative action research project focused on two contested aspects of the history curriculum. Both confirmed the complexity of the process by…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Mentors, Action Research
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2012
The United States Department of Education's (the Department's) "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) for fiscal year (FY) 2012 provides an overview of the Department's financial performance and results and detailed information about the Department's stewardship over the financial resources entrusted to it. Additionally, as required by the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Eaton, Danice K.; Marx, Eva; Bowie, Sara E. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: US schools employ an estimated 6.7 million workers and are thus an ideal setting for employee wellness programs. This article describes the characteristics of school employee wellness programs in the United States, including state-, district-, and school-level policies and programs. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Conditions, Employee Assistance Programs, Wellness
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Klein, Daniel B.; Western, Andrew – Academic Questions, 2004
There is increasing public discussion about whether the cultural institutions of the United States are ideologically skewed, relative to the general population. The major realms of political culture include the news media, K-12 schooling, academia, governmental institutions, cause-directed organizations, grant-making private foundations, the…
Descriptors: Voting, Political Attitudes, Political Affiliation, College Faculty
Cary, Mary; Foran, Jim – Maryland State Department of Education, 2006
This guide presents a unique look at leadership succession issues in the public school sector, particularly the shortage of quality principals. It provides a stimulus for conversation for senior leadership in school systems, an outline for those educators interested in preparing their own leadership succession plan, and an actual leadership…
Descriptors: School Districts, Management Development, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Lombard, Ellen C. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1942
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Education, Parent Education, State Departments of Education
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Moye, Melina J.; Henkin, Alan B.; Floyd, Deborah J. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
The concept of interpersonal trust has been linked to empowerment. Managerial-practices literature has asserted that trust strengthens relationships and enables empowerment, which may result in increments in individual performance and organizational productivity. High levels of mutual trust and empowering work environments ostensibly reinforce…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Work Environment
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