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Direct linkGaquin, Deirdre A., Ed.; Dunn, Gwenavere W., Ed. – Bernan Press, 2015
The "Almanac of American Education" helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government and reliable private sources, the book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling insights into the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Geographic Location, Federal Government, Educational History
Gaquin, Deirdre A., Ed.; Dunn, Gwenavere W., Ed. – Bernan Press, 2013
The "Almanac of American Education" helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government and reliable private sources, the book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling insights into the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Geographic Location, Federal Government, Educational History
Stronge, James H. – Eye on Education, 2010
Research has shown that there is no greater influence on a student's success than the quality of his or her teacher. This book presents the research findings which demonstrate the connection between teacher effectiveness and student achievement. We've always known, at least intuitively, that teachers matter, but this book proves that teachers are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Teacher Student Relationship
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2010
"Highlights from Education at a Glance 2010" is a companion publication to the OECD's flagship compendium of education statistics, Education at a Glance. It provides easily accessible data on key topics in education today, including: education levels and student numbers, economic and social benefits of education, education spending, the school…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries
Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004
Demand for child care services has grown steadily over the last few decades due to demographic trends, public policies, newly discovered links between brain development and early environments, and the number of parents entering the labor market for reasons such as welfare reform. As a result, most U. S. children under five spend time on a regular…
Descriptors: Career Development, Child Care, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Persistence
Download full textSommers, Marc – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2005
Victims of warfare, famine, slavery, and isolation, the Southern Sudanese are one of the most undereducated populations in the world. Since the inception of formal education in southern Sudan a century ago, schooling has largely consisted of island-like entities surrounded by oceans of educational emptiness. Islands of Education is the first book…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, War, Slavery
