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Download full textAckerman, Debra J. – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
The Day 1 Academies Fund aims to support a network of high-quality, full-scholarship, Montessori-inspired preschools in underserved communities. To provide insight into the fund's pedagogical inspiration, in this report I provide a high-level overview of the Montessori preschool landscape in the United States. This overview includes 5 key…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Preschool Education, Low Income Students
Zinth, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States, 2018
This Special Report outlines state-level policy components that help ensure work-based learning opportunities for high school students are well-coordinated, broadly accessible, aligned to state or regional workforce demands, and of high quality.
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Work Experience Programs, High School Students
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 member states and territories (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, U.S. Pacific Territories & Freely Associated States, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) work collaboratively to expand…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality, Accountability
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2014
A full year of progress in advancing education reform across America is documented in each of the Foundation for Excellence in Education's Annual Reports. The illustrated pages of the 2014 report, provide data-rich updates on Excellence in Education's work to advance student-centered policies in more than 40 states, all aimed at improving learning…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education, Student Centered Learning
Ramirez, Al – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1990
Student achievement data, teacher-student ratio, media resources, staff certification, and course offerings were examined for 49 Nevada comprehensive high schools, ranging in size from 22 to 2,493 students. Large school size was associated with greater student teacher ratio, student per guidance personnel, and school media resources, but was not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Quality, Educational Resources
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2005
The University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) has created the following seven interrelated goals that establish a roadmap for the growth of higher education in Nevada: (1) Student-Focused System; (2) Reputation for Excellence; (3) Quality Education; (4) A Prosperous Economy; (5) P-16 Education; (6) Building Quality of Life; and (7)…
Descriptors: Master Plans, State Colleges, Community Colleges, Access to Education
Davis, L. D. – 1985
With an area of 110,540 square miles and a population of less than one million people, Nevada experiences educational problems that are not simply rural but remote--vast distances, geographic barriers, lack of services, untrained personnel, inadequate funding, etc. The Nevada Rural School District Alliance was formed in 1983 to improve the quality…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Scott, Robert J. – Information from the National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, 1984
Isolated by distance and geographic barriers from population centers, services, current information, and opportunities, 15 of Nevada's 17 school districts are not simply rural, but are remote. Servicing districts that average fewer than 2 people per square mile, 21 elementary schools have only 1 teacher. Sixteen high schools have enrollments of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
