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Download full textRoderick, Melissa – Phi Delta Kappa Research Bulletin, 1995
Educational policy trends have contributed to rising rates of student grade retention over the past two decades. This research bulletin looks at the evidence about whether and how grade retention may influence the chances that a student would drop out of school. In 1992, evidence indicates that about 20% of 14-year-olds may have experienced a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Geiger, Robert L., Ed. – History of Higher Education, 1995
This annual compilation presents four papers on different aspects of the history of higher education in Europe and the United States. The first paper is "The Rights of Man and the Rites of Youth: Fraternity and Riot at Eighteenth Century Harvard" by Leon Jackson. This paper argues that the lines of division in the student body at…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Church Related Colleges, Colleges, Comparative Education
Zurmuehlen, Marilyn, Ed. – Working Papers in Art Education, 1991
This publication presents manuscripts and research reports by graduate students. Accompanying papers from their mentors establish a context for the student papers. In this volume the works are organized by sponsoring university. Student papers presented are: (1) "Interpreting Museums as Cultural Metaphors" (Michael Sikes); (2) "Key…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Artists
Ponessa, Joan M.; And Others – Public Affairs Focus, 1994
This special report summarizes a larger report titled "Linkages in the Delivery and Financing of Special Education Services in New Jersey" by Henry A. Coleman et al. It describes a project which analyzed the linkage between the structure of state aid for special education and the identification, classification, and placement of students…
Descriptors: Classification, Costs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Trustee Quarterly, 1993
The four issues of "Trustee Quarterly" contained in this document focus on topics of current concern to community college trustees. The winter 1993 issue offers articles on the prospects for educational reform under the Clinton administration and the current Congress, strategies for obtaining needed resources from the state legislature,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Casteen, John T., III – Regional Spotlight, 1982
Perspectives concerning the need to reform high school and college curricula and college admission standards are considered. Until the early 1960s, most U.S. colleges offered a traditional curriculum in the lower division, with emphasis on certain skills, such as writing and arithmetic reasoning, and also on communicating certain basic cultural…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Aptitude Tests, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum
Ruth, Amy, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1994
This issue focuses on one-room school houses in Iowa. At one time, almost 14,000 one-room schools dotted Iowa's rural landscape. Articles explore Native American schools of the past and present, segregation of black students, and Amish schools. An article remembering one-room schools describes the early schools from 1830 to 1858, township schools…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Amish, Black Students, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedChristensen, James E., Ed.; Fisher, James E., Ed. – International Journal of Educology, 1991
The "International Journal of Educology" publishes works that examine the educational process from an educological perspective. The term educology means knowledge about education and has been in use since the seminal work in educology by L. W. Harding in the 1950s. The educological perspective is inclusive of scientific, praxiological,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Editorials, Educational History
Lux, Donald G., Ed. – Theory Into Practice, 1991
The science-technology-society (STS) movement is emerging at the collegiate level. In elementary and secondary school science, social studies, and industrial arts classes, there is a growing awareness of the need for students to learn about technology and the methods by which it can be directed, made more appropriate, and controlled. This issue of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Higher Education
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Educational Society, 1978
The papers in this document feature four themes: religion and education, the nature of childhood and its relationship to education, urban educational problems, and the character of educational journalism. Part 1 begins with "A Common Faith for the Common School? Religion and Education in Kansas, 1861-1900" (J. C. Carper) which compares…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Government School Relationship
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, 1980
The papers presented cover three general themes: modern education and curriculum; the legacy of educational thought; and origins and issues in U.S. educational development. Part 1 begins with "The 'New Social Studies' and Curriculum Innovation: The Amherst Project Experience, 1959-1972" (C. E. Samec) which describes the project's…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Black Education, Community Organizations, Curriculum Research
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, 1981
The papers in this document present three themes: history of higher education; educational thought; and education and reform. "The University of Illinois' Long Search for a Permanent Campus in Chicago, 1946-1963: The Relationship between the Politics of Influence and the Conflicting Images of an Urban University" (G. A. Sprague) begins part 1 and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational History
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, 1986
The papers of this proceedings are presented in 5 parts. In part 1, "Education in Nineteenth Century Europe," the two papers describe the inception of the Ragged School Union in England and the educational opportunities in Naples. The titles are: "The Ragged Schools of Victorian England and Their Contribution to Child…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compulsory Education, Consolidated Schools
Civil Rights Journal, 1997
This special theme issue of the newly titled "Civil Rights Journal" (previously titled "Perspectives"), commemorates the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by presenting a written symposium that offers a wide range of perspectives on civil rights realities and the future of civil rights. Three…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2000
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Church Role, Documentation
