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Paschall, Katherine; Moore, Kristin Anderson; Pina, Gabriel; Anderson, Samantha – Child Trends, 2020
Measuring kindergarten readiness is essential to identifying children who would benefit from additional supports, either in kindergarten or in the years before kindergarten entry. Several measures of kindergarten readiness are in use now by states and researchers. Most assess individual children at the time they enter kindergarten, using teachers…
Descriptors: Child Health, School Readiness, Well Being, Preschool Children
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
States face transformational disruptions in education and work that have further widened skill and equity gaps. Area technical centers (ATCs) are under-utilized public educational institutions that are powerful tools in expanding equitable pathways for learners to gain postsecondary credentials that lead to meaningful careers while helping states…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Governance
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McInerney, Daniel J. – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
Tuning's progress in the discipline of history in the United States since 2009 illustrates the project's continuing capacity to develop "educational structures and programmes on the basis of diversity and autonomy", maintaining the initiative's original European Union commitment in a markedly different academic environment across the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Skill Development, Competence, Foreign Countries
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Hayirsever, Fahriye; Kalayci, Nurdan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
In this study, general culture and general education courses within the scope of knowledge categories in undergraduate teacher education programs in Turkey and the USA are comparatively analyzed. The study is a comparative education study and uses a descriptive model. In the study, the general culture - general education courses taught in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, General Education, Undergraduate Study
US House of Representatives, 2011
This hearing reviewed ways individuals can make federal job training programs more efficient and effective. Such programs are critical to fostering a competitive workforce and assisting unemployed citizens. However, serious concerns about program fragmentation and potential duplication exist that could result in significant waste. This Committee…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Program Effectiveness, Competition
Hansen, Gary B.; Bentley, Marion T. – 1976
This first volume of a two-volume final report contains description and findings of a 3-year research and demonstration project in which a small human resource diagnostic and consulting service was established at a State land-grant institution (Utah State University) to provide a broadly based technical assistance program directed toward improving…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Employers, Job Training