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O'Day, Jennifer A.; Smith, Marshall S. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
Drawing on decades of research, policy, and practice, Jennifer A. O'Day and Marshall S. Smith show how strategies for pursuing educational quality and equal outcomes for all students can be linked, presenting an ambitious idea of the future of American education and a comprehensive theory of change for enacting that vision. The authors argue that…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Educational Strategies
Cuban, Larry – Harvard Education Press, 2018
In this book, Larry Cuban looks at the uses and effects of digital technologies in K-12 classrooms, exploring if and how technology has transformed teaching and learning. In particular, he examines forty-one classrooms across six districts in Silicon Valley that have devoted special attention and resources to integrating digital technologies into…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Tandberg, David A., Ed.; Sponsler, Brian A., Ed.; Hanna, Randall W., Ed.; Guilbeau, Jason P., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2018
While issues of higher education access, opportunity, and impact are hotly debated on the floors of Congress and in state legislatures, it is the state's higher education executive officer (SHEEO) who is expected to be an innovative policymaker, an astute political actor, an all-seeing fortune-teller, and a rapid problem-solver. These…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Policy, Educational Policy, State Boards of Education
McGee, Ebony Omotola – Harvard Education Press, 2020
Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination,…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Minority Group Teachers, STEM Education, Racism
Thomas, P. L. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
The twenty-first century Reading War is, in fact, nothing new, but some of the details are unique to our current culture driven by social media. This volume seeks to examine the current Reading War in the context of the historical recurrence of public and political debates around student reading abilities and achievement. Grounded in a media…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Dyslexia
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Lomer, Sylvie – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the UK's policy on recruiting international students. In a global context of international education policy, it examines changes from New Labour policies under Tony Blair's Prime Minister's Initiative, to the more recent Coalition and Conservative Government policies in the…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Foreign Students, College Students, Foreign Countries
Boyle, Michael J.; Bernards, Pamela Raines – National Catholic Educational Association, 2017
The Results of the Benchmarking Survey of 2017 from the responding principals and superintendents. The chapters cover: (1) Demographics: Whom Do We Serve; (2) Policies, Procedures and Protocols; (3) Provision of Services; Challenges and Opportunities; and (4) Next Steps. [This report was written with Ann Kearns Davoren.]
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Benchmarking, Student Characteristics, Educational Policy
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Hands, Catherine M. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
This book takes a comprehensive look at community engagement strategies in education to demonstrate the diverse nature of school-community relations and their value to promote their effective development. The author brings twenty years of experience in various educational settings in Ontario and California to examining community involvement…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, School Community Relationship, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
Kabay, Sarah – Oxford University Press, 2021
Around the world, 250 million children cannot read, write, or perform basic mathematics. They represent almost 40% of all primary school-aged children. This situation has come to be called the "global learning crisis" and it is one of the most critical challenges facing the world today. Work to address this situation depends on how it is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Longwell-Grice, Robert, Ed.; Longwell-Grice, Hope, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today,…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Characteristics, Two Year College Students, Identification (Psychology)
Hayes, David – Multilingual Matters, 2022
This book critically analyses early school foreign language teaching policy and practice, foregrounding the influence of the socioeducational and cultural context on how policies are implemented and assessing the factors which either promote or constrain their effectiveness. It focuses on four Asian contexts -- Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Natow, Rebecca S. – Teachers College Press, 2022
This book provides a comprehensive description of the federal government's relationship with higher education and how that relationship became so expansive and indispensable over time. Drawing from constitutional law, social science research, federal policy documents, and original interviews with key policy insiders, the author explores the U.S.…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Higher Education, Educational Policy
Struthers, Alison E. C. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
"Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools" delves into the important issue of Human Rights Education (HRE) implementation, exploring the nature and extent of HRE in education policy and practice in English primary schooling, and seeking to understand the reasons for deficiencies in practice in this area. HRE enables people not only to…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Dennis L. Rudnick, Editor – Myers Education Press, 2024
"Resisting Divide-and-Conquer Strategies in Education: Pathways and Possibilities" examines the ways in which divide-and-conquer strategies operate in the American public education system. In U.S. education, these mechanisms are endemic and enduring, if not always evident. Coordinated, strategic, well-funded, politically-viable campaigns…
Descriptors: Public Education, Ideology, Social Influences, Political Issues
Conner, Jerusha O. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Activism is once again back on college campuses as students protest issues such as sexual assault, climate change, racial injustice, and student debt. It is perhaps unsurprising that the current political moment has triggered the rise of a new breed of student activist--uncompromising, focused, and connected. But many pundits have variously…
Descriptors: College Students, Activism, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
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