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Direct linkOgle, Greg – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2008
This is the fifth edition of the State Governance Action Report that has been produced since 2000 by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges' (AGB's) Ingram Center for Public Trusteeship and Governance. Focusing primarily on state and higher education policies directly affecting governance, trusteeship, and institutionally…
Descriptors: State Government, Governance, Educational Policy, Trustees
Download full textLawrence, Nancy; Sanders, Felicia; Christman, Jolley Bruce; Duffy, Mark – Research for Action, 2011
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high-quality formative assessment tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Core Common State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Lessons from the first generation of standards-based reforms suggest that intense attention to high quality…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Districts, Leadership, Alignment (Education)
Hartney, Michael, Ed. – National Governors Association, 2007
This bimonthly newsletter provides information about the progress of the Honor States Grant Program, a governor-led effort to improve college--and work-ready graduation rates. This issue explores efforts by governors and state policymakers to experiment with alternative compensation policies that can improve teacher quality. Compensation…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Human Capital, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies
Gonring, Phil; Teske, Paul; Jupp, Brad – Harvard Education Press, 2007
Denver's groundbreaking campaign to introduce performance-based pay for teachers captured national and international attention and has paved the way for similar efforts elsewhere. In this book, Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp--among the key players in this successful come-from-behind campaign--offer the inside story of the ProComp…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Merit Pay, Entrepreneurship
Reumann-Moore, Rebecca; Sanders, Felicia; Christman, Jolley Bruce – Research for Action, 2011
In 2010-11, the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) framework was piloted in six districts, a teacher network, and a network of schools. In most cases, school districts applied for and received grants to implement LDC; in others, regional intermediaries served as the grantee and as primary organizer of the work; and, in still others, national…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Principals, Guidelines, Case Studies
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2006
Some of the wide range of thoughtful topics discussed in this interview with Peter McLaren include: (1) The top five points that McLaren tried to make in his book, "Capitalists and Conquerors: A Critical Pedagogy Against Empire"; (2) McLaren's thoughts on what he thinks the George Bush legend will be; (3) What led McLaren to ask,…
Descriptors: Interviews, Critical Theory, World Views, Presidents
Boller, Kimberly; Del Grosso, Patricia; Blair, Randall; Jolly, Yumiko; Fortson, Ken; Paulsell, Diane; Lundquist, Eric; Hallgren, Kristin; Kovac, Martha – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
In 2006, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Early Learning Initiative (ELI) to improve the school readiness of Washington State's children through three main strategies: (1) development of high-quality, community-wide early learning initiatives in two communities; (2) enhancement of statewide systems that support early…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Field Tests, Child Care, Program Evaluation
Kovacs, Philip; Boyles, Deron – Online Submission, 2005
This paper introduces the reader to think tanks, institutes, foundations, and their roles in shaping U.S. educational policy. Quite simply, think tanks, institutes, and foundations are nonprofit organizations that both produce and rely on research and expertise to aggressively influence the public, political leaders, and policy. Via an analysis of…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropic Foundations, Educational Policy, Public Schools
Hess, Frederick M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
Philanthropy plays a visible but little-studied role in education reform, making it easy to both overestimate and underestimate its significance. The emergence of "new" givers in the last few years, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, has shifted the landscape of school reform. This article, based…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Private Financial Support, Educational Change, Philanthropic Foundations
Peer reviewedHavighurst, Robert J. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Reviews the role that philanthropic foundations have played in educational support, research, and reform since 1900. (GC)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Post, David; Clipper, Lutitia; Enkhbaatar, D.; Manning, Anitra; Riley, Thomas; Zaman, Husam – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
This essay review discusses the report of The Task Force on Higher Education and Society (TFHES), convened in 1998 by the World Bank but independently financed and staffed in collaboration with UNESCO and several foundations. "Peril and Promise" marks an historic turning point in the framework for postsecondary educational planning. Rate-of-return…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Banking, Educational Planning, Outcomes of Education
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2007
This paper presents the State Governance Action Report for 2007. Compiled in this report are state policy developments, including legislation, commissions, and studies, affecting the structure, responsibilities, and operations of public higher education governing boards and institutionally related foundations. Governance and governance-related…
Descriptors: Governance, State Government, State Action, Governing Boards
Hartney, Michael, Ed. – National Governors Association, 2007
This bimonthly newsletter provides information about the progress of the Honor States Grant Program, a governor-led effort to improve college--and work-ready graduation rates. This issue spotlights the "supply-side" of high school redesign, exploring how state policymakers are working to expand the supply of high-quality high schools.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Osokoya, Modupe M.; Adekunle, Adewale – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
The Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) Agricultural Schools (LFNAS) are schools established to train youths to develop their state and their nation in the area of food production. This study sought to assess the trainability of enrollees in the three operating LFNAS. Five research questions were posed. The CIPP evaluation model was adopted. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Economic Development, Developing Nations
Trombley, William H., Ed.; Sallo, Todd, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2012
In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Community Colleges
