In June of 2015, as New York City expanded Universal Pre-K (UPK) to reach nearly all available four-year-olds, the "New York State Association for Bilingual Education" (NYSABE) and the "NYS/NYC Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network" (NYS/NYC RBE-RN) of Fordham University collaborated to hold a Roundtable event bringing…

Aggregate schooling levels have risen greatly since the 1960's in Malaysia and the Philippines. This paper examines the extent to which indivduals' family background and government educational policies together influence schooling levels. Results suggest that policies have significantly affected attainment and distribution levels in both…

The main conclusions of a 1981 conference are reported on: acknowledgment of a crisis in higher education planning by policymakers, administrators, and planners; need for changes in systems and institutions; problems in increasing institutional responsiveness; need for secondary-postsecondary articulation to promote access; diversification of…

This summary of the 1988 Conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) focuses on faculty participation in academic policy formation. Association politics, the ALISE research awards program, and special interest group programs on the role of catalogers and student participation in policy formation are also…

A December, 1983, conference in Bucharest on identifying the main issues of higher education planning in Europe addressed three broad questions: major objectives of regional planning, different planning approaches and problems encountered in using them, and the efficiency of various approaches for meeting their objectives. (MSE)

In 1985 Australian educators, administrators, parents, and students met in a conference to discuss a range of contemporary curriculum issues. Significant issues across the work of the conference as a whole are discussed. (RM)

A summary of papers delivered at a 1981 conference on gifted children and their contemporaries addresses such issues as trends and problems in British gifted education, parental expectations of the system, areas of policy considerations, problems in modern language instruction and science education, and the role of fathers. (CL)

Discusses the regional meeting convened around the world under the auspices of the Associated Schools Project, UNESCO, designed to formulate strategies of action for the coordinators of the project. Examines the predominant themes of each meeting and the resolutions passed. Stresses the relationship between education and international cooperation.…

Presents an interpretive report of the National Adult Education Conference of the Adult Education Association of the USA and the National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education, held in St. Louis, Missouri, November 2-7, 1980. (SK)

Discusses a colloquium of Harvard University faculty, staff, alumni, and graduate students on the reports and studies published recently on the shortcomings of American education. The panelists identified questions that need to be asked, pinpointed what was missing from the reports, and responded from their particular perspective. (JOW)

A discussion of the issues addressed in a conference on the new eleventh and twelfth grade curriculum for Victoria (Australia) focuses on political aspects of curricular and educational change and policy formation. Implications for research on the social context within which educational policy is made are examined. (MSE)

The general background and conference themes of the 1981 International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) are discussed. The future of the ISCHE is also examined. The appendix contains the list of basic papers and other resources of the working groups at the conference. (RM)

Presents edited transcript of a conference that examined how computer technology can be effective in helping at-risk students. Highlights include defining at-risk students; examples of how technologies are being used as intervention tools; adult education programs; software; how the industry can help educators; and policy recommendations. (LRW)

Summarized are the proceedings of a 1984 public hearing held in France by the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe to discuss the need for a legal instrument guaranteeing the defense and promotion of the heritage of the regional and minority languages of Europe. (RM)

Examines issues raised at the third meeting of experimental educators, held in Moscow in 1988. Argues a teacher's creativity guarantees an educational system's health and successful reform. In a question-answer format, analyzes resistance to educational change, and teachers' responsibilities, rights, and relationships with students and…