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Stark, Deborah Roderick – Pew Center on the States, 2010
Family members are a child's first and most important teachers. A growing body of research demonstrates that when families are actively engaged in their child's learning, children are better prepared for school and achieve at higher levels. Increased participation by families in pre-kindergarten programs has also been linked to greater academic…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, Educational Policy, Family School Relationship
Achieve, Inc., 2007
This report is intended to provide relevant information as well as indications for the way forward for all key decision makers, including the newly-elected Governor, State Superintendent, State Board members, legislators, and others with a continuing responsibility for state education policy. From the benchmarking, a holistic set of implications,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Benchmarking, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Finn, Chester E., Ed., Jr.; Fairchild, Daniela R., Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
Will the digital-learning movement repeat the mistakes of the charter-school movement? How much more successful might today's charter universe look if yesterday's proponents had focused on the policies and practices needed to ensure its quality, freedom, and resources over the long term? What mistakes might have been avoided? Damaging scandals…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Quality Control, Educational Change, Educational Technology
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2015
In 2015, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. This report presents selected NSSE results from students at 541 U.S. institutions or subsets of that group where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
Cummins, H. J. – Wallace Foundation, 2013
What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems, After School Programs
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report offers five recommendations for strengthening Ohio's education renewal framework and accelerating the pace of improvement in the months and years ahead. The five recommendations include: (1) Creating world-class standards and stronger accountability mechanisms; (2) Ensure that funding is fairly allocated among all children and schools;…
Descriptors: Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Nelson, Andrew L. – Arts Education Partnership (NJ1), 2008
In June 2007, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) convened the directors of eight collaborative entities to discuss promising practices for integrating the arts into the lives and curricula of urban public schools as a means of fostering system-wide educational improvement. The seven school-community collaboratives and one higher education…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Urban Schools
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2010
"National CrossTalk" is a publication of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The National Center promotes public policies that enhance opportunities for quality education and training beyond high school. The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, State Colleges, Graduation Rate, Foundation Programs
Watson, Jamal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
When Dr. Gregory H. Williams left The Ohio State University (OSU) in August 2001 to become president of the City College of New York (CCNY), many of his colleagues in the academy were convinced that Williams--who was dean of OSU's law school--had lost his mind. At the time, City College, the flagship school of The City University of New York…
Descriptors: Administrators, Financial Problems, Declining Enrollment, Racial Identification
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Brown, Frank – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
Public education in America continues to be viewed as being worthy of major investments to improve the county's economic position in the world. But quality education for many Americans is still not within their reach. Fifty years after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. Board of Education" eliminating legal segregation of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Impact, Global Approach, School Desegregation
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Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Pianta, Robert; Bryant, Donna; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Barbarin, Oscar – Applied Developmental Science, 2008
Publicly funded prekindergartens are programs that most states use to promote school readiness, especially of 4-year-old children at risk for academic problems due to poverty. Despite large public expenditures, these programs have not been widely evaluated. We examined 240 randomly selected pre-kindergarten programs in six states with mature…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Christie, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
In the first quarter of the 2004 legislative sessions, some states continued to amend existing laws to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, while others began to move beyond compliance to improve the means by which they intend to leverage greater student achievement. Still others addressed health issues, fiscal officers,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Legislation, Academic Achievement, Compliance (Legal)
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Callender, Jamie – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2004
Across Ohio students enter school with great disparity in skills and knowledge. The real challenge for schools is how to add "value" to ensure that students received at least one year of growth for one year of schooling. By focusing on the needs of each individual student we can make certain they receive the type of instruction they…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Needs, Educational Quality, Academic Achievement
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McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn; Andal, Jolynne; Brown, Kevin; Schneider, Barbara – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2007
Educational improvement through data-based decision-making using high-quality data is a longstanding goal of policymakers and practitioners, and ensuring the quality of the evidence available to inform such decisions is a key part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The evidence-based education that such initiatives promote involves the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Information Needs, Information Systems, Politics of Education
Appalachia, 1968
Descriptors: Community Services, Community Study, Educational Quality, Growth Patterns
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