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Download full textKocabas, Sezai; Ozfidan, Burhan; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
STEM education was a systematic teaching and/or learning process in the STEM fields and a positive correlation existed between STEM education, and the economic prosperity and power of a nation in the globalized world. In recent years, rising concerns have emerged about American STEM education. Many stakeholders wondered that whether the nation has…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Correlation
Tegeler, Philip; Ramesh, Sheela – National Coalition on School Diversity (NJ1), 2012
The Secretary of Education has expressed strong support for school diversity and reduction of racial isolation in speeches and in the Joint Guidance on Voluntary School Integration, and the Department of Education (DOE) has included a general preference for school integration among its permissible funding preferences. However, this support for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Children, School Desegregation, Federal Aid, Grants
Direct linkMcGuinn, Patrick – Educational Policy, 2012
This article offers an analysis of the origins, evolution, and impact of the Obama administration's Race to the Top (RTTT) competitive grant program and places it in the broader context of the debate over the No Child Left Behind Act and the shifting intergovernmental relations around education. RTTT is fundamentally about two things: creating…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Incentive Grants
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2010
In its fiscal 2011 budget request, the Obama administration has laid out its intention of carrying forward key teacher-effectiveness policies within the economic-stimulus law into the next edition of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In doing so, the budget proposal would invest heavily in competitive grants for new ways of recruiting,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Incentives, Educational Finance
Lester, Melinda – ProQuest LLC, 2011
As the economy has become increasingly global, organizations whose employees are more creative and innovative compete at a higher level than those who do not. And, organizations that incorporate multi-generations into their workforce will realize more creativity and innovation within their organizations. Now, and in the future, leaders will…
Descriptors: Innovation, Business, Creativity, Employees
Whitehurst, Grover J. – Brookings Institution, 2012
Exploring the critical role of school choice in the future of education reform, the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice relevant to choice. The intent of the ECCI is to: create public awareness of the differences among…
Descriptors: School Choice, Competition, School Districts, Educational Change
US Department of Education, 2006
To Americans, innovation means much more than the latest gadget. It means creating a more productive, prosperous, mobile and healthy society. Innovation fuels this way of life and improves quality of life. Its wellspring is education. President Bush has made innovation and education top priorities. He worked with Congress to pass the most…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Innovation, Global Approach, Reading Programs
The White House, 2006
Keeping our competitive edge in the world economy requires focused policies that lay the groundwork for continued leadership in innovation, exploration, and ingenuity. America's economic strength and global leadership depend in large measure on our Nation's ability to generate and harness the latest in scientific and technological developments and…
Descriptors: Competition, Innovation, Research and Development, Scientific Research
