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Gewertz, Catherine – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
The Common Core State Standards' emphasis on informational text arose in part from research suggesting that employers and college instructors found students weak at comprehending technical manuals, scientific and historical journals, and other texts pivotal to work in those arenas. The common core's vision of informational text includes literary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Reading Comprehension, Nonfiction
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship