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Hamilton, Eric R. – Irish Educational Studies, 2013
Remarks by the Minister for Education and Skills underscore the accountability that public institutions and the teaching profession carry for assuring the success of the nation's education enterprise. This article challenges assumptions about the nature of education that are critical to the accountability and testing regimens currently in favor…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Accountability, Testing, Educational Change
Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Response to Intervention: A New Approach to Reading Instruction Aims to Catch Struggling Readers Early (Nancy Walser); (2) Getting Advisory Right: Focus and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Response to Intervention, Federal Legislation
Hayes, William – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
For more than one hundred years, the United States has been the scene of academic warfare between traditional and progressive educators. During most of the nation's history, many Americans have assumed that the primary purpose of school is to pass on to children the information and skills necessary to survive in society. This traditional view…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Educational History, Federal Legislation, Middle Schools