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Bruder, Isabelle – Electronic Learning, 1989
Reports on the results of a survey of the state departments of education of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, that was conducted to determine trends in educational technology in elementary and secondary schools. Highlights include funding, computer literacy, teacher certification and training, and hardware and software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware, Educational Finance
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, Inc., New York, NY. – 1993
In 1991, the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) developed guidelines for presenting age appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education. This publication reports on a 1993 study, using these guidelines as a framework to assess sexuality education curricula and guidelines in the United States. A survey instrument was…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, National Surveys
Thompson, Catherine, Comp. – 1979
This directory contains a compilation of contact persons for a number of state and federal agencies for dissemination of educational information. The lists include contact persons from all fifty states, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Most addresses include phone numbers. The agencies are as follow: (1) National…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Coordinators
Alves, Henry F.; Anderson, Archibald W.; Fowlkes, John Guy – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
This bulletin is a product of the Local School Units Project, a cooperative effort of the Office of Education, the National Professional Advisory Committee, the Works Progress Administration which funded the project, and the Office of Education Professional Advisory Committee. Its work could not have been completed without the support of the chief…
Descriptors: School Organization, Advisory Committees, Classification, Program Proposals
Tryneski, John, Ed. – 1995
This volume updates certification requirements and other pertinent information for K-12 teachers, administrators, librarians, counselors, and other school personnel. The publication lists: certification requirements for each state in the United States and the District of Columbia; recommendations of regional and national associations (Middle…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Counselor Certification, Educational Certificates
McCormick, Alexander C. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2005
The Carnegie Foundation has developed a new set of lenses for viewing American higher education that broadens description of U.S. colleges and universities. By expanding the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education from a single typology to a set of distinct classifications representing several ways to think about how colleges…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study
National Education Association Research Department, 2006
The data presented in this combined report provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to education varies on a state-by-state basis.…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Enrollment Trends, Public Education, School Statistics
Miles, Matthew B.; And Others – 1978
This is the last in a five-volume series concerned with organization development (OD) in the schools. First, along with discussing limitations of the sampling, it briefly summarizes conclusions from the review of the literature (volume 2), the study of consultants and the study of districts (volume 3), and the three case studies (volume 4).…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
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Andrews, Hans A. – Community College Journal, 2005
How does a dean or department or division chairperson fit into the administrative structure of a community college? How do these middle managers best work with faculty? These are questions that have evolved in community and technical colleges, as they moved into this new century. The roles of the middle manager will vary by campus throughout the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Staff Role, Foreign Countries
Fenton, Ray; And Others – 1993
Because of a concern by the Alaska State Department of Education that results from the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are not being used to their fullest advantage to improve secondary instruction, the use of these assessment results by other states was studied. A two-page survey and request for copies of state…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Demography, Educational Change
Pearson, Jim B., Ed.; Fuller, Edgar, Ed. – 1969
The historical development to 1967 of the 50 state departments of education and the central school agencies of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands is presented in this massive reference. Each chapter, dealing with a separate state or territory, was written independently; however, topics in common to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Education, Educational Change, Federal State Relationship
Reinhold, Fran – Electronic Learning, 1986
Discusses results of "Electronic Learning's" 1986 survey of state departments of education to determine each state's computer education commitment, financial support, budget allocations, computer course or integration requirements in elementary and secondary education, and teacher certification requirements. Statistics are provided on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Government Role, Merchandise Information
Cutright, Marc; Griffith, Bryant – 1997
This paper discusses the increasingly corporatist mentality within higher education, focusing on the role of the government within Canada, and elsewhere, to reshape higher education into narrow occupational training. It notes that while governments in Canada and the United States have reduced public funding for higher education, they have pursued…
Descriptors: Accountability, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Educational Attitudes
Spear, George E., Ed. – 1976
Based on the experience of 10 separate regional projects in the program in adult educator staff development promulgated by the U.S. Office of Education (1972 to 1975), this publication contains a series of position papers, each of which presents an aspect of the 3-year experience. Some chapters are descriptive of a particular emphasis and/or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Agency Role, Competency Based Teacher Education
White, Robert H., Ed. – 1979
Seventeen articles used to convey the South Carolina advisory council's 1977-78 evaluation of vocational and technical education in South Carolina are presented. Articles included are "The Girl Stared"; "A Solution to Discipline--Education's Number One Problem"; "A Vocational Education Success Story"; "TEC…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs
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