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Edwards, Virginia B., Ed. – Education Week, 2002
This edition of "Education Week" highlights the report "Quality Counts 2002: Building Blocks for Success," which examines what states are doing to provide early learning experiences for young children; to ensure that those experiences are of high quality; to prepare and pay early childhood educators adequately; and to measure…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
NCREL's Learning Point, 2003
This Spring 2003 issue of the "Learning Point," the North Central Regional Educational Lab's (NCREL) magazine, focuses on the theme "A Call for Evidence Responding to the New Emphasis on Scientifically Based Research." Articles and materials in the issue are: "Wake-Up Call: Facing the Challenge to Use Scientifically Based…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Little Prints, 2001, 2001
Providing the early childhood (EC) community with a timely, actionable information about the Illinois State Board of Education's early learning initiative, "Little Prints" is a newsletter highlighting best practices among EC programs, representing the interests of and issues of EC professionals engaged in the education and care of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Schiff, Tamara W. – Streamlined Seminar, 2002
This publication contains two essays discussing the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) and a criticism of merit pay for teachers. Today's schools are larger, often overcrowded, and frequently staffed by temporary or inexperienced teachers. TAP was created in response to the need for teacher-quality reform. It addresses challenges of teacher quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
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Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 1991
This publication on the subject of Catholic intellectual excellence at the university level reproduces six papers from an annual meeting and four papers on John Henry Cardinal Newman in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his death in 1890. The papers on Newman include the following: "Newman's Idea of a University: Is It Viable…
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Educational Quality, Educational Theories
Academy Update, 1992
This document consists of the first 15 consecutive issues of a newsletter published by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs (The Academy), a division of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The newsletter focuses on providing information and feedback on early childhood programs for early childhood…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Carpenter, Don A., Ed. – Focus: A Forum on Teaching and Learning in Utah Community Colleges, 1987
This issue of "Focus" includes nine essays addressing various concerns related to curriculum, theory, research, teaching strategies, student and faculty issues, and other matters pertinent to the Utah community colleges. The issue contains: (1) "Comment: Making Quality 'Job One' in the Community College," by Don A. Carpenter;…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Levin, Daniel J. – Priorities, 2002
This 2002 fall issue examines the U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate colleges and universities and looks briefly at some of the assessment efforts that may give institutions, as well as students and their families, an alternative way to gauge institutional quality. The purpose is to help chief executives and trustees better…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Colleges, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Cushman, Kathleen – Practitioner, 1991
Monitoring school performance has become an overriding concern in American political and educational circles, and some of that scrutiny is being directed at the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES). However, there is concern that pressure to prove the effectiveness of Essential Schools may overshadow efforts to actually improve education. Taking…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, 1996
Making schools more productive is an overriding concern among education stakeholders. Strategies for making schools more productive are offered in this report. The articles discuss ways in which schools can boost student achievement, improve professional community among staff, and spark creative use of resources when money is scarce. The opening…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
History of Higher Education Annual, 1986
A series of papers on the history of higher education is presented with a focus on the interaction of gender and religion with the curriculum in shaping educational experiences and outcomes. Papers are as follows: "Introduction to Volume Six" (Lynn D. Gordon); "Farmer's Daughters: The Education of Women at Alfred Academy and University Before the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Quality, Foundations of Education
DeHart, A. Robert – Innovation Abstracts, 1984
"In Search of Excellence," by Peters and Waterman identifies one characteristic of corporate excellence as "unusual effort on the part of apparently ordinary employees." The community college has many students who fit into the category of "ordinary people." Their academic performance can be maximized by recognizing their individual differences,…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Educational Attitudes
Braverman, June R. – Executive Review, 1982
Three educational malpractice cases and the issues arising from them are examined in this article. The cases are examined in terms of whether school administrators, teachers, and guidance counselors owe a legal duty to students to exercise the ordinary skill and competence of a reasonable and prudent member of their profession; whether educators…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Educational Quality
Levin, Henry M. – IFG Policy Perspectives, 1983
One of the major deficiencies of the recent educational reports calling for educational reform is the failure to suggest ways of using the federal role to meet the national interest. Seven dimensions of national social, economic, and political commitment that are linked to education are: (1) expansion of equality of opportunities for the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for the Study of Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1983
Summaries are provided for the major presentations given at a workshop on honors, transfer, and excellence, held in Los Angeles in October 1982. Following a brief overview of the main topics covered, highlights are presented from the talks of: (1) Robert McCabe, president of Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC), who urged participants to set high…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Honors Curriculum
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