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Download full textErickson, Lanae; Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), there is bipartisan interest in finding ways to address concerns about student debt and the quality of higher education. One possibility for bipartisan cooperation might be an attempt to provide more accountability in the higher education sector, including additional data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Direct linkGewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2009
Federal regulations have opened a door that allows schools to get credit under the No Child Left Behind Act for students who take longer than four years to earn a high school diploma. That option worries some education advocates, who fear it could relieve valuable pressure on high schools to graduate students on time. Under the law's…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Federal Legislation, Graduation
Balfanz, Robert; Bridgeland, John M.; Fox, Joanna Hornig; Moore, Laura A. – Civic Enterprises, 2011
America continues to make progress in meeting its high school dropout challenge. Leaders in education, government, nonprofits and business have awakened to the individual, social and economic costs of the dropout crisis and are working together to solve it. This year, all states, districts, and schools are required by law to calculate high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Global Approach
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Senate Begins Debate on Education Spending Bill: White House Threatens Presidential Veto; (2) NCLB Timetable in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Public Education, Newsletters, Federal Government
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2004
This article reports on the central recommendation of the federal task force for a way to better handle dropout and graduation rates. Made up of 10 academics and government statisticians, the panel comprising the Task Force on Graduation, Completion, and Dropout Indicators was formed in the fall of 2003 to advise the U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Graduation
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) NCLB Redux: House Committee Releases Draft Language on NCLB Reauthorization, Includes Significant New Programs for…
Descriptors: High Schools, Middle Schools, Safety, Dropouts
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 18, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "After a Loss, Silence?" (Silin, Jonathan G.); (2) "Is Frantz Fanon…
Descriptors: Democracy, Taxes, Higher Education, Teaching Conditions
