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Kahlenberg, Richard D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Tenure is under fire. Conservatives have long attacked such policies as tenure that constrain the ability of managers to fire whomever they want, but the latest assaults on tenure have invoked liberal egalitarian ideals. With all the problems in education, why are we so fixated on teacher tenure? What is really going on? How did tenure get its…
Descriptors: Tenure, Teacher Effectiveness, Personnel Management, Personnel Policy
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Smith, Paige A. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2007
This article examines the current and potential contributions of the University Consortium for Catholic Education (UCCE) to both K-12 and higher Catholic education. In order to situate the development of alternative teacher preparation programs, a history of Catholic teacher formation is addressed followed by a brief summary of the existing…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Catholic Schools, Consortia, Elementary Secondary Education
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Turrentine, Penny; MacDonald, Lucy – NADE Digest, 2006
Is tutoring online more than just email? Two yearlong studies explored tutoring online in two different modes. One, from Atlantic Community College in New Jersey, looked at asynchronous (not real time) tutoring online using a discussion board. The other, at Pima Community College in Arizona, used synchronous (real time) online software. The…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Tutoring, Online Courses, Instructional Effectiveness
Resources for Welfare Decisions, 2002
Asset development is an emerging approach to promoting self-sufficiency for low-income workers. By promoting and rewarding savings, asset development strategies encourage individuals to set long-term economic goals. Asset development strategies can accomplish the following objectives: (1) give low-income workers the knowledge required to navigate…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Banking, Educational History, Educational Practices
Farnum, Royal Bailey – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
There is a general demand for information in regard to the condition of drawing and art in the elementary and secondary schools of this and other countries. In partial response to this demand Mr. Royal Bailey Farnum, specialist in drawing and handwork in the New York State Education Department, has prepared this manuscript showing the status of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Freehand Drawing
Storey, Thomas A.; Small, Willard S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
With the great war has come a quickened appreciation in all nations of the value of physical education. In France, a strong central committee has been formed to promote physical education. In England, comprehensive and far-reaching provisions for physical education are incorporated in the new education law. In the United States, eight states since…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation