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Nicholson, Julie; Lin, Betty; Maniates, Helen; Woolley, Ristyn; Groves, Michelle Grant; Engdahl, Eric – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2018
This study examines how, if at all, multiple subjects and administrative services credential preparation programs are changing in response to California's newest grade, Transitional Kindergarten (TK). We analyzed interviews from university faculty in early childhood education and credential programs in five institutions of higher education and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
EdSource, 2008
More than 10% of California's public high school students attend some kind of alternative program. This brief summarizes the initial research study from the California Alternative Education Research Project, which examines continuation schools specifically. It summarizes "Alternative Education Options: A Descriptive Study of California…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Research Projects
EdSource, 2007
EdSource hosted an unprecedented forum on October 19, 2007 in Sacramento, California for the presentation and sharing of research-based education policy options offered by a range of K-12 organization and opinion leaders in California with diverse perspectives. Invitees included highly respected state policymakers, education leaders, researchers,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Educational Finance, Governance
1964
THE INTERIM REPORT OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF ACTIVITIES BEING CARRIED ON IN THE OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS PRESENTED. TWO AREAS WERE CONSIDERED--CONDENSATIONS OF COMPLETE STUDIES, AND PROGRESS REPORTS ON ONGOING RESEARCH. THE ACTIVITIES COVERED WERE THE CENTRAL RESEARCH OPERATIONS (SURVEYS AND LIBRARY SERVICES), KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE AWARENESS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Program Evaluation, Public Schools, Research Methodology
SOWARDS, G. WESLEY – 1963
THE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPANDING OR CONDENSING THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE DISCUSSED. A ONE WEEK SEMINAR CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING--THE PART OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SATISFACTION WITH PRESENT PRACTICES, PUBLIC RELUCTANCE TO ALLOW SOCIAL STUDIES TO DEAL WITH SOCIAL REALITY AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS ATTITUDE…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Public Schools
Perry, Mary – Leadership, 2006
Underlying the very heated debate over California's education budget for 2005-2006--and the battle over Proposition 76 on the November ballot--were two very different perspectives on school funding. These fundamental differences in perspective can stymie efforts to effect meaningful change. However, the Governor's Advisory Committee on Education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Philanthropic Foundations, Research Projects, Public Schools