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Cut to Invest: Support the Designation of 20 "U.S. Manufacturing Universities"
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Atkinson, Robert D.; Ezell, Stephen – Brookings Institution, 2013
Congress should establish an initiative to designate 20 institutions of higher education as "U.S. Manufacturing Universities" as part of a needed push to strengthen the position of the United States in the increasingly innovation-driven global economy. In 1862, Congress passed the Morrill Act, which established land-grant colleges to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Government School Relationship, Work Experience, Experiential Learning
The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2013
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Whitehurst, Grover J. – Brookings Institution, 2014
Exploring the critical role of school choice in the future of education reform, the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice relevant to choice. The intent of the ECCI is to: create public awareness of the differences among…
Descriptors: School Choice, Competition, School Districts, Educational Change
The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012
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Whitehurst, Grover J. – Brookings Institution, 2012
Exploring the critical role of school choice in the future of education reform, the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice relevant to choice. The intent of the ECCI is to: create public awareness of the differences among…
Descriptors: School Choice, Competition, School Districts, Educational Change
Demilitarizing What the Pentagon Knows about Developing Young People: A New Paradigm for Educating Students who are Struggling in School and in Life. CCF Working Paper
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Price, Hugh B. – Brookings Institution, 2007
This working paper examines the approaches, wisdom, and experience generated by the ChalleNGe program, as well as the vast storehouse of knowledge and research, models and systems possessed by the military services that are potentially applicable to educating and developing youngsters who are at greatest risk of academic failure, economic…
Descriptors: Military Service, High Risk Students, Military Schools, Military Training