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Download full textArrowsmith, Heather E.; Houchens, Gary W.; Crossbourne-Richards, Trudy-Ann; Redifer, Jenni L.; Norman, Antony D.; Zhang, Jie – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
In 2012, the United States Department of Education announced the Race to the Top-District grants. One joint award was made to two large educational cooperatives in the same state that together represented 111 mostly rural schools in 22 districts. One of the grant's identified four essential projects was the implementation of personalized learning.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Direct linkRose, Mike – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
In this essay the author argues that today's resurgent focus on noncognitive skills, especially for low-income students, may unfairly mask cognitive deficiencies and work to relieve our society of its duty, at which we are currently failing, to help low-income children improve their lives by improving their cognitive skills. The author points to a…
Descriptors: Values Education, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Student Development
Smith, Nelson – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
What happens when policymakers create statewide school districts to turn around their worst-performing public schools? In Louisiana and Tennessee, Recovery School Districts (RSDs) have made modest-to-strong progress for kids and serve as national models for what the future of education governance might hold. In the Great Lakes State, the story is…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, School Turnaround
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2015
This Annual Plan presents the major initiatives and priorities the U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) intends to undertake to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to America's taxpayers and students. The Department continues to face significant challenges in FY 2016 that impact its…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Strategic Planning, Compliance (Legal), Financial Audits
