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Dougherty, M. J.; Pleasants, C.; Solow, L.; Wong, A.; Zhang, H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Science education in the United States will increasingly be driven by testing and accountability requirements, such as those mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act, which rely heavily on learning outcomes, or "standards," that are currently developed on a state-by-state basis. Those standards, in turn, drive curriculum and instruction.…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Federal Legislation, Quality of Life, Genetics
Phillips, Jim – 1982
Designed for high school global education classes, this document examines ways in which the arms race affects the poor. Military expenditures and foreign economic aid of the developed nations are compared with survival needs of developing nations. Statistics support five premises: the arms race (1) diverts resources from productive activity and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Expenditures, Global Approach