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Download full textLazarín, Melissa – Center for American Progress, 2013
Many state and education leaders continue to support and employ methods that prevent schools and principals from undertaking the efforts that they think are most needed to improve education in their classrooms. The use of state categorical grants--funds to school districts with strict limits on their use--exemplifies this lack of innovation in…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Improvement, Educational Finance, Educational Practices
Direct linkZubrzycki, Jaclyn – Education Week, 2012
Three big-city districts--Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York--have terminated federal grants aimed at promoting performance-based compensation plans and professional development for teachers and principals. Overall, the 2010 Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants to the three districts would have provided an $88 million payout over five years--nearly 7…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Unions
Peer reviewedDoyle, William R. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Should remediation in higher education be ended? A recent report from Complete College America says exactly that. The authors call for all public institutions of higher education in the United States to stop offering it and instead ensure that students who need extra help take co-requisite requirements, such as extra tutoring. Their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Program Effectiveness
Garces, Liliana M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
This study examines the effects of affirmative action bans in four states (California, Florida, Texas, and Washington) on the enrollment of underrepresented students of color within six different graduate fields of study: the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, education, and humanities. Findings show that affirmative action…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities
Watkins, Marley W.; Hall, Tracey E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
In this article, we report on a multiyear consultation project between a consulting team based in the United States and the Ministry of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. The project was initiated with a request for training in counseling for secondary school students but ended with the training of personnel from the Ministry of Education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consultation Programs, Guidance Programs, Student Personnel Services
Meyer, Katrina A. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
In spring 1999, the Open University (OU) of the United Kingdom created the U.S. Open University (USOU) to coincide with the explosive growth of online education in the United States. The institution's first chancellor, Richard S. Jarvis (previously chancellor of the University and Community College System of Nevada), began hiring U.S. staff and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Virtual Universities, Online Courses, Program Termination
Vedder, Richard; Gillen, Andrew; Bennett, Daniel; Denhart, Matthew; Robe, Jonathan; Holbrook, Todd; Neiger, Peter; Coleman, James; Templeton, Jordan; Leirer, Jonathan; Myers, Luke; Brady, Ryan; Malesick, Michael – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2010
The Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP) is an independent, nonprofit research center based in Washington, DC that is dedicated to researching public policy and economic issues relating to postsecondary education. CCAP aims to facilitate a broader dialogue that challenges conventional thinking about costs, efficiency and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Paying for College, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
