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Direct linkPrice, Heather E. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book walks readers through the stages of the high school college prep pipeline that introduce interlocked structural barriers to student achievement. The author shows how these barriers reinforce segregated structures that unfairly distribute the public good of education to some students and not others. Price argues that the college prep…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Preparation, College Readiness, Barriers
Addonizio, Michael F.; Kearney, C. Philip – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2012
During the last 20 years, the United States has experienced more attempts at education reform than at any other time in its history. Efforts to reform financing, the assessment of student performance, accountability and equity, and school choice have all been implemented--with varying levels of success. Michael F. Addonizio and C. Philip Kearney…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Finance, Finance Reform
Peterkin, Robert; Jewell-Sherman, Deborah; Kelley, Laura; Boozer, Leslie – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This book demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about the public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Equal Education
Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1993
A study examined the characteristics and impact of workplace literacy programs in businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Particular emphasis was placed on workplace literacy initiatives in Michigan. Case studies and telephone surveys were conducted to determine the extent of basic skills deficiencies and incidence of workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ed. – Praeger, 2006
Public higher educational institutions, where about 80 percent of all college students and 65 percent of all four-year college students are educated, appear to be in serious trouble. In order to delve more deeply into this topic, the author invited a wide-ranging team of experts to examine changes in public higher education over the last quarter…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
