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Vakos, Harry N. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1986
Describes a ten step program used to implement computer education in the Rochester, Minnesota public schools. The ten steps are: (1) needs assessment; (2) statement of philosophy; (3) board policies; (4) administrative procedures; (5) learner goals; (6) instructional priorities; (7) equipment needs; (8) preparation of bid specifications; (9)…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Computer Science Education, Computers, Curriculum Development
Mathematical Association of America, Berkeley, CA. Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. – 1983
This document presents the latest set of recommendations on the mathematical preparation of elementary and secondary school teachers developed by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The introduction notes the background for the recommendations, and states that they are…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary School Teachers, Guidelines, Mathematics Curriculum
Download full textBlank, Rolf K.; Dalkilic, Melanie – 1990
Individual states' educational policy reforms in the 1980s were aimed at improving the quality of both science education and mathematics education in elementary and secondary schools. Many states have raised standards for teacher certification, increased course requirements for graduation, revised state curriculum frameworks, and established new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Evaluation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1993
Data on Texas teachers underscore the need for teacher education programs to prepare increasing numbers of teachers, and for those teachers to be better prepared with strong subject content knowledge and skills to address the diverse student needs they will encounter in the classroom. This paper presents a data profile of the Texas teacher,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, NY. – 1983
The New York City Department of Health (CDOH) traditionally has provided health care to the approximately one million students in New York City's public schools, but budget cuts have reduced its services substantially. Both the New York State Department of Health (SDOH) and New York City Board of Education (BOE) have been critical of CDOH's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Meier, Kenneth J.; Stewart, Joseph, Jr. – 1991
This book presents an in-depth examination of 142 U.S. school districts (containing at least 5,000 students and 5 percent Hispanic enrollment) in order to understand Hispanic inequities in education and what can be done to correct these inequities. Chapter 1 presents political theory of educational policy. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Discrimination, Educational History
