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Olson, Tom; Hellman, Ariella; Fleming, Russell – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2023
As the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides to public and private school students and schools wide-ranging academic and educational supports. This paper provides a historical review of: (1) the federal government's role in education; (2) the creation and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Educational History
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Cioffi, Todd; Haggerty, Andrew F.; Bouman, Jeffrey P. – Christian Higher Education, 2020
Equipping students for citizenship has always been a core element of American higher education. Amid financial distress, changing technology, and global interconnectivity, the project of equipping citizens is becoming increasingly disembodied. Embracing the notion that one's physical place matters, one application of an "embodied"…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Program Descriptions
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Roy, Joydeep – Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2011
Charter schools have been one of the most important dimensions of recent school reform measures in the United States. Currently, there are more than 5,000 charter schools spread across forty U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Though there have been numerous studies on the effects of charter schools, these have mostly been confined to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, School Restructuring, School Surveys
Ries, Peter – Momentum, 1999
Recounts the historical development of catechesis formation and training of catechists in Lansing, Michigan. Narrates the development in 1991 by the Diocesan Office of Catechesis of a committee of principals, directors of religious education, coordinators of youth ministry, and staff people to address catechesis formation concerns and to revise…
Descriptors: Administrators, Catholic Educators, Church Role, Clergy
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Putrow, Mary L. – Religious Education, 2002
While wandering through the recesses of history one occasionally stumbles upon relatively uncelebrated persons whose contributions to the quality of life and faith of a given population merit attention. Their insights and experience have paved the way for continuing developments in religious education. One such person is Josephine Van Dyke…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Catholics, Religious Education, Educational Change