Requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) for teachers to be highly qualified in specific content areas in which they are teaching has resulted in an increase in the availability of state-approved "alternative routes to certification"…

To provide information about states' efforts to track implementation of key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA), this study examined: state goals for student proficiency and their implications for whether schools will meet those goals; factors that facilitated or impeded state and school district implementation efforts; and how the…

The matter covered by this manuscript has grown out of controversies, yet it is not in itself controversial. At times there are arrayed on one side of this controversy, those who sincerely believe that a reading or teaching of the Bible in the public schools will make for better citizenship; and on the other side are to be found those who believe…

Curriculum construction and the building of courses of study are now recognized as essential processes in improving the work of the school. How to make programs of curriculum development and revision more effective, how to facilitate and coordinate the activities of curriculum committees, and how to utilize human endeavor, advantageously yet…

Never has the education of all people been seen to be a matter of such vital importance as in the light thrown upon it by the problems growing out of the World War and out of the reconstructive processes seen to be necessary since the struggle closed. The place of music, like the place of all other subjects, came to be better understood during the…

By contrast with other education and school service programs, the school lunch is new. Like any other new program, time is required to work out in detail its proper placement in the school organization, its exact functions in relation to the total school program, and the characteristics which tend to make it a part of the educational program, yet…

In her most noteworthy policy speech since taking office in January, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings outlined how she would give states new flexibility to implement the 3-year-old law. The Department of Education will entertain proposals from states to waive rules under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The department also will…

This article discusses how state and education officials examined efforts underway to devise systems of support for low-performing schools and districts. Most state education agencies and local school districts are counting on academic coaches and teams of experienced educators to turn around underperforming schools. While those approaches have…

"The Hawai'i State Officials Primer" provides information about special education in charter schools to Hawai'i state officials. It provides state officials an overview of charter schools, how they are defined, and the charter schools' responsibilities as they relate to special education. Understanding what charter schools are, their…

This report, submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, contains summary details of Delaware students' growth in the areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies. The results reported herein are part of a long-term effort to gather data on Delaware students' educational progress and use the data to inform decisions about…

This 18th "Annual Condition of Education Report" provides a wide range of demographics, statistics, and student achievement data to help Iowans better understand their public educational system. Much of the data in this report demonstrates that that Iowa continues to rate above national averages in areas such as student test scores,…

The 2007 Hawai'i State Legislature passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 118 S.D.1 HD 1 Improving the Community's Understanding of the Department of Education's Programs and School Expenses Including a Comparison with Other States on Adequacy of Funds. Among the requests contained in the resolution were the following: "Be it further resolved…

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,…

This is the 1885-1886 report of the Commissioner of Education. It begins with a general statement of the work of the Office, with a list of its publications during the year. Topics of the report include: (1) State School Systems; (2) City-School Systems; (3) Training of Teachers; (4) Kindergartens; (5) Elementary and Secondary Instruction; (6)…

Students in New Hampshire will not be alone when they will take their new state mathematics and reading tests. Their fellow students in Rhode Island and Vermont will be taking the same exams along with them. This article reports that New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have joined forces to create reading and math tests in grades 3-8. They…