Comparisons between CTE and non-CTE instructors and between CTE endorsements were examined in the context of PPfT and CTE's overlapping goals of quality instruction and professional learning. CTE instructors had significantly higher summative scores than did non-CTE instructors. Almost twice as many CTE as non-CTE instructors earned a…

Across the Middle East and North Africa region the quality of education has been highlighted as an issue of concern by the World Bank, in particular the less than positive impact on economic development. Also, it has been found that improvement initiatives often fail if they are transferred from the Western world without the consideration of local…

The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive review of research on employee absenteeism conducted on both educational and noneducational personnel. Although the report focuses primarily on the absences of educational employees, comparatively little research has been reported on this topic in the published educational literature.…