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Tekin, Erdal; Jones, Jacqueline; Kagan, Sharon L. – National Academies Press, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in the early care and education (ECE) sector, including: preexisting structural flaws; insufficient funding mechanisms; sector fragmentation; inadequate support for the workforce; and inequalities, such as the lack of access to high-quality care among low-income, rural populations, and communities…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, At Risk Persons, Barriers
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Hanlon, Philip J., Ed.; Murthy, Jayathi Y., Ed.; Rovito, Sarah M., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2023
More than 100 U.S. institutions of higher education hosted Confucius Institutes (CIs), Chinese government-funded language and culture centers, on campus during the late 2000s and 2010s. While CIs provided a source of funding and other resources that enabled U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity, offer supplemental programming, and…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Asian Culture, Cultural Education, Chinese
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Edley, Christopher, Jr., Ed.; Koenig, Judith, Ed.; Nielsen, Natalie, Ed.; Citro, Constance, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2019
Disparities in educational attainment among population groups have characterized the United States throughout its history. Education is sometimes characterized as the "great equalizer," but to date, the country has not found ways to successfully address the adverse effects of socioeconomic circumstances, prejudice, and discrimination…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Attainment
Merrill, Stephen A., Ed.; Mazza, Anne-Marie, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2011
Thirty years ago federal policy underwent a major change through the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which fostered greater uniformity in the way research agencies treat inventions arising from the work they sponsor. Before the Act, if government agencies funded university research, the funding agency retained ownership of the knowledge and technologies…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Universities, Federal Legislation, Technology Transfer
National Academies Press, 2011
The District of Columbia (DC) has struggled for decades to improve its public education system. In 2007 the DC government made a bold change in the way it governs public education with the goal of shaking up the system and bringing new energy to efforts to improve outcomes for students. The Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA) shifted…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Pool, Robert – National Academies Press, 2013
On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) with the purpose of soliciting comments on how current regulations for protecting research participants could be modernized and revised. The rationale for revising the regulations was as follows: this ANPRM seeks comment on…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Social Scientists, Behavioral Sciences, Social Science Research
Hout, Michael, Ed.; Elliott, Stuart W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2011
In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test-based accountability in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Measurement, Motivation, Elementary Secondary Education
National Academies Press, 2011
As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the allocation of federal funds for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Immigrants, Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking
O'Connell, Mary Ellen, Ed.; Norwood, Janet L., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2007
"International Education and Foreign Languages" reviews the Department of Education's Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs, which provide higher education funding for international education and foreign language programs. This book offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Federal Government, Government Role, International Education
Feder, Michael A., Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi A., Ed.; Quinn, Helen R., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2008
The federal role in precollege science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is receiving increasing attention in light of the need to support public understanding of science and to develop a strong scientific and technical workforce in a competitive global economy. Federal science agencies, such as the National Aeronautics…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Labor Force Development, Space Sciences, Federal Government
Wilson, Mark R., Ed.; Bertenthal, Meryl W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), "Systems for State Science Assessment" explores the ideas and tools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level. This book provides a detailed examination of K-12 science assessment: looking specifically at what should be measured and how to measure it. Along…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Science Achievement, Systems Approach, Scientific Literacy
National Academies Press, 2008
What are employer needs for staff trained in the natural sciences at the master's degree level? How do master's level professionals in the natural sciences contribute in the workplace? How do master's programs meet or support educational and career goals? "Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World" examines the answers to…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Public Agencies, Higher Education, Natural Sciences
National Academies Press, 2007
In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas. This congressionally requested report by…
Descriptors: Competition, Public Policy, Federal Government, Technology
Shavelson, Richard J., Ed.; Towne, Lisa, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2002
Researchers, historians, and philosophers of science have debated the nature of scientific research in education for more than 100 years. Recent enthusiasm for "evidence-based" policy and practice in education now codified in the federal law that authorizes the bulk of elementary and secondary education programs have brought a new sense…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Educational Research, Evidence, Educational Policy