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Download full textHahnel, Carrie; Marchitello, Max; Ali, Titilayo Tinubu – Bellwether, 2023
This report explains how the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act came to be and offers promising practices and lessons other states may adapt to their political and economic contexts. Through in-depth interviews with advocates and state leaders, the authors uncovered five factors that contributed to TISA's passage that have…
Descriptors: State Aid, Funding Formulas, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Finance
Direct linkBrown, Christopher P. – Teachers College Press, 2021
Kindergarten has changed. Many believe that it no longer reflects a nurturing environment but, instead, has become a race for children to learn skills so they are ready for the academic achievement tests that they will take continuously throughout their time in school. "Resisting the Kinder-Race" examines how the race came about, why it…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Educational Policy, Skill Development, School Readiness
Solomon, Bonnie J.; Sun, Sarah; Temkin, Deborah – Child Trends, 2021
With the passage of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states were required to add a fifth indicator on "School Quality or Student Success" (SQSS) to their school accountability systems. An analysis of submitted ESSA state plans found that 13 states included measures of school climate as their SQSS indicator or incorporated…
Descriptors: School Districts, Learning Analytics, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Illinois State Board of Education, 2021
The Illinois State Board of Education crafted their Strategic Plan as a roadmap to equity, defining the steps their agency will take to improve and increase opportunities and supports for Illinois students, especially those in the greatest need. They adopted the plan in November 2020, nine months into a global pandemic that continues to shape the…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Strategic Planning, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
Illinois State Board of Education, 2020
This roadmap for Illinois public schools through school year 2022-23 defines the steps the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will take to provide each and every student in the state with safe and engaging schools, excellent teachers, and equitable learning opportunities. This plan reflects both the realities and uncertainties are faced…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Equal Education
Children Now, 2009
This policy brief explores kindergarten readiness observation and its benefits to local and state level stakeholders; highlights efforts by California counties and other states to measure school readiness; and makes recommendations for moving toward statewide use of kindergarten readiness observation tools. Key points include: (1) Early efforts to…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Observation, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedFarrell, Lynn – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
The concept for the piloting of a contemporary early childhood kindergarten in China was visualised by the chief executive officer of TMC Academy, Dr Chin, in July 2002 when he participated in a Singaporean-led mission to Liaoning Province in China. Shenyang Creative Kindergarten is the result of that concept. It opened for children in September…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Administrators
