The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2123) to reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. Amended sections include:…

American Indian education has an important place in U.S. education, and grantmakers can form lasting relationships with indigenous communities that will have a broad impact on not only native education, but on education in the U.S. a whole. These relationships can yield transformational change in Indian communities and can be rewarding for…

This bulletin describes the past, present and future educational development in Peru. Part I, Background, describes; (1) General Characteristics of Country and People; (2) Educational Development; and (3) Administration and Finance. Part II, Educational Levels, explores: (1) Preprimary Education; (2) Elementary Education; (3) Secondary Education;…

This is the 1886-1887 report of the Commissioner of Education. It begins with the Commissioner's statement of the work of the Office. Topics of the report include: (1) Statistics of State Common-School Systems; (2) Digests of State School Reports; (3) Discussions of Educational Questions by State Superintendents and Others; (4) City Schools…

The bibliography contained in this bulletin was completed in the year 1913-1914. The sources of information used in the compilation of this bibliography were publications received by the United States Bureau of Education. Documents are classified by the following categories: (1) Generalities; (2) History and description; (3) Biography; (4) Theory…

This resource is a revision of the teaching resource Individualized Program Plans (1995), Book 3 (ED392232) in the Programming for Students with Special Needs series. It aims to create a bridge between the product, the process and the underlying vision of Individualized Program Planning (IPP). The Standards for Special Education (Amended June…

This article wants to present the National Education Development Programme of the Czech Republic, also known as the White Book, to large international audiences. The vision of Czech education is hereunder discussed within the framework of the development of the Czech educational policy in the 1990's, pointing out the Programme's essential ideas.…

This bulletin provides a bibliography of books, articles from periodicals, reports, surveys, proceedings of associations, and investigations and research into present educational conditions received by the library of the Bureau of Education from 1906 to 1922, inclusive. An index following the list is intended to assist teachers, students, and…

Recent years have brought an upsurge of interest and concern among school administrators and others regarding the administrative and specialized services that are necessary for providing sound educational programs and maintaining school system efficiency. In response to that growing interest and concern, the Office of Education and the American…

This 2006 Annual Joint Report of the State Board of Education and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission identifies four joint priorities and nine associated goals addressing areas of need in both student learning and educator development for the advancement of education in Tennessee. The joint priorities and initiatives focus on points of…

The development, care, and education of children from birth to age 5 has been the focus of rapidly increasing public interest, and numerous early childhood public policy initiatives have focused attention on a major problem of coordination and collaboration of services for young children. Four segments of services for young children--(1) child…

In its ever increasing series of international publications concerning education in other countries around the world, the Office of Education now brings to educators this timely research document describing teacher education in the Benelux Countries. No other single bulletin of this Office has been devoted to these three nations together. The…

Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…

This report summarizes evaluation results from AISD's prekindergarten program during 1999-2000.

Within the biennial period here under review, 47 States held regular meetings of their legislative assemblies, and a few extraordinary sessions were called by governors. The lawmakers of six States--Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Georgia--meet annually, and those of all others except Alabama meet biennially.…