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Bushouse, Brenda K. – SUNY Press, 2009
The spectacular recent success of state-funded preschool education is revealed and explained in this absorbing study. A quiet revolution has been underway in American education policy since 1995, with forty-one states and the District of Columbia creating some form of state-funded preschool learning. Brenda K. Bushouse tells why it became…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Aid, Financial Support, Public Policy
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Zapf, Jason S.; Chien, Rosanne W. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2007
The 2006 Public Opinion Survey on Education in Indiana gauged the attitudes and perceptions of a representative sample of Hoosiers on such key educational issues as kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs, No Child Left Behind and P.L. 221, school funding and taxes, teacher quality, school choice and charter schools, and the achievement gap in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Ward, Randolph E.; Burke, Mary Ann – Corwin Press, 2004
As accountability in schools becomes more crucial, educators are looking for comprehensive and innovative management practices that respond to challenges and realities of student academic achievement. In order to improve academic performance and the quality of instruction, the entire school community needs to be involved. This book provides six…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communication, Educational Indicators, Student Motivation