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Direct linkThomas, William R. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
As the 21st century's first decade draws to a close, America's public school students are participating in online academic classes in increasingly large numbers. More than one million K-12 public school students took online courses in the 2007-2008 school year, according to an estimate in a recent Sloan Consortium survey. This represents a 47…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Peer reviewedNewhagen, John E. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discusses race and class in American politics, political empowerment, and self-efficacy and exposure to mass media. Results of a telephone survey conducted in Prince Georges County (Maryland) that examined media use, political self-efficacy, and system efficacy across race and social class are described. (Contains 37 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Graphs, Mass Media Use, Race
Download full textKirst, Michael W.; And Others – 1981
The effectiveness with which research findings are disseminated to policy makers in education, particularly at the state level, is explored in the four chapters of this report. In chapter 1, Linda J. Nelson reviews the literature and determines that policy makers do make important, but indirect, use of research. She suggests that research…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Maryland State Commission for Women, Baltimore. – 1999
The Girls to Women Initiative was undertaken by a group of Maryland professionals and volunteers to identify and help meet the needs of Maryland's girls and young women in the 21st century. The professionals and volunteers researched and held conferences examining gender-specific issues concerning health and lifestyle, family life, education, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation
Wesley, Donald A.; Vocke, David E. – 1992
The study described in this presentation was conducted to survey the status of classroom discipline within the professional teacher education curriculum and to ascertain the perceptions of preservice teachers towards addressing discipline problems. Classroom discipline is examined in the following ways: (1) an analysis of contemporary literature;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lewis, Morgan V. – 2002
A needs sensing project was conducted to identify the general needs of the field of career and technical education (CTE), dissemination activities, and major forces in the environment judged likely to influence education in the foreseeable future. The need sensing took place with networks developed in regions assigned to the five primary partner…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Competition
