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Carlos Jamieson; Zeke Perez – Education Commission of the States, 2023
After an active election season, State of the State addresses offer time for new and incumbent governors to outline policy priorities and celebrate state accomplishments. Since 2005, we've tracked, analyzed and identified education policy trends in governors' State of the State addresses to help you understand trending education issues across…
Descriptors: State Officials, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Journal of Education Finance, 2020
For the first time in the history of the State of the States, all 50 states will be represented with entries this year. A number of state legislatures are working to provide public education the necessary fiscal support to provide students with a high quality 21st century education, or restore funding levels for public education to pre-Great…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, State Aid, State Legislation
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Arndt, Sonja; Smith, Kylie; Urban, Mathias; Ellegaard, Thomas; Blue Swadener, Beth; Murray, Colette – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
Problematic policy constructions of the purpose of education implicate professional identities and working conditions of professionals working with the youngest children. This paper builds on our earlier writing, to contest teacher professional identities in Australia, Ireland, Denmark and the United States of America, to illustrate the crucial…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Identity, Preschool Teachers, Work Environment
Thomsen, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States, 2014
Education issues were again at the forefront when the leaders of 42 states and the District of Columbia outlined their priorities in their 2014 State of the State addresses. Governors outlined their plans for increasing the quality and availability of education--from preschool through postsecondary--to spur economic growth and enhance the quality…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Quality, Access to Education, Economic Development
Henderson, Michael B.; Lergetporer, Philipp; Peterson, Paul E.; Werner, Katharina; West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2015
What do citizens of the United States and Germany think about their schools and school policies? This paper offers the first broad comparison of public thinking on education in the two countries. We carried out opinion surveys of representative samples of the German and American adult populations in 2014 that included experiments in which we…
Descriptors: Governance, School Policy, Educational Attitudes, National Surveys
Child Care Bureau, 2011
This report was prepared by the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) in partnership with staff from the Child Care Bureau. NCCIC compiled data reported in approved CCDF Plans and relevant attachments submitted by Lead Agencies for a selected number of questions. The information presented reflects some of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Technical Assistance, Child Care
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McMullen, Mary Benson; Alat, Kazim; Buldu, Mehmet; Lash, Martha – Young Children, 2004
In spring 2002, a national sample of more than 800 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) members working in the United States in the care and education of children age three to five responded to the following questions: (1) Are they happy with their work?; (2) Are they satisfied with their pay?; and (3) Are they engaged…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Care, Preschool Education, Professional Associations