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Improving Low-Achieving Schools: Building State Capacity to Support School Improvement through Race to the Top
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Childs, Joshua; Russell, Jennifer Lin – Urban Education, 2017
Improving low-achieving schools is a critical challenge facing urban education. Recent national policy shifts have pressed states to take an expanded role in school improvement efforts. In 2009, a federal grant competition called Race to the Top (RttT) compelled states to improve their capacity to implement ambitious education reform agendas.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Low Achievement, School Turnaround, Urban Schools
Multi-System Collaboration: Supporting Individuals from Pre-Employment through Employment and Community Engagement across the Life Course. Bringing Employment First to Scale, Issue No. 14
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Kennedy-Lizotte, Rie; Sass, Adam; Zlockie, Jeanine – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
To meet current federal regulations and provide the opportunity for individuals to receive services in the least restrictive environments, states are focusing on providing day habilitation services in inclusive community environments, rather than traditional congregate facility-based programs. The two main services of day habilitation focus on…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Community Programs, Rehabilitation, Disabilities
Integrative Approach for a Transformative Freshman-Level STEM Curriculum
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D'Souza, Malcolm J.; Curran, Kathleen L.; Olsen, Paul E.; Nwogbaga, Agashi P.; Stotts, Stephanie – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2016
In 2014 Wesley College adopted a unified undergraduate program of evidence-based high-impact teaching practices. Through foundation and federal and state grant support, the college completely revised its academic core curriculum and strengthened its academic support structures by including a comprehensive early alert system for at-risk students.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, STEM Education, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods
How Are Early Childhood Teachers Faring in State Teacher Evaluation Systems? CEELO Policy Report
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Connors-Tadros, Lori; Horowitz, Michelle – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
Early childhood teachers are rightly concerned with implementing a system that was, at least in the initial stages, designed with a different set of teachers in mind--teachers of older students who have standardized achievement data. In most states, policy, practices, and guidance for early childhood teachers are just now being developed or…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, State Standards, Government Role
History of Public School Education in Delaware. Bulletin, 1917, No. 18
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Weeks, Stephen B. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Contained herein is a developed and researched history of Public School Education in Delaware, current as of 1917. Contents include: (1) Colonial growth and development; (2) The first attempts at State Education; (3) The beginnings of public schools; (4) The first State taxation for schools; (5) The State system: Administration of Groves and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational History, Public Education, United States History
State Need Statements and Educational Objectives in Citizen Education: Final Report.
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Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The report presents an overview of perspectives on citizen education; relates needs expressed by planning groups for citizen education programs in Deleware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and presents materials relating to national and state citizenship education priorities. A major purpose of the document is to help state and local educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education