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US Senate, 2017
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the role of states in higher education. Following opening statements by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Lamar Alexander (U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee), the following senators provide…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Government Role, State Government, Government School Relationship
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Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Tanenbaum, Courtney – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
The "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965" ("ESEA") is the nation's key policy driver for elementary and secondary education, shaping federal, state and district efforts to promote effective school systems and improve educational outcomes, particularly for students in high-poverty schools. The most recent…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
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Peterson, Kenneth – Journal of Education, 1977
Overviews the history of federal Indian educational policy, examines existing legislation, presents a legal theory for bicultural education, and discusses one Indian community's experience with participation in education, that of the Minnesota Chippewa in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Reservation. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Involvement, Educational Administration
Lawton, Stephen B. – 1993
This paper reviews historical and legal factors contributing to the development of gaming as a source of tribal revenue, and assesses the impact on education from revenue generated from the Mystic Lake Casino near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Corporate shareholders of the casino are members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Although U.S. law…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Canada Natives