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Download full textAbigail Potts; Joseph Hedger; Naomi Porter – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2024
While U.S. voters delivered a significant change in the 2024 federal elections, they opted for steady leadership at the state level. No state board of education shifted in partisan control, and only five seats saw a shift in political party out of 27 races that were contested in the general election. This policy update looks at the results of…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Elections, Trend Analysis, Policy Analysis
Jennings, Jack – Center on Education Policy, 2011
During the 2010 election campaign, Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky demanded the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. "I am against any federal funding or control of education," he said. "Historically, education was funded and controlled locally" (Strauss, 2010). Another new Republican senator, Mike Lee from…
Descriptors: United States History, Federal Government, Leadership Styles, Political Attitudes
Jackson, Richard H. – 1976
Presented in outline form, this article details the historical conflict between the Federal government and the Mormon settlers regarding treatment of Native Americans indigenous to Utah's Great Basin. The following major points are made: (1) upon Mormon occupation of the Great Basin in 1847, Brigham Young initiated a policy of peaceful coexistence…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agriculture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
US Senate, 2004
The Subcommittee conducted an oversight hearing on Section 529 College Savings Plans, State-sponsored investments that are designed to encourage families to save money for their children's college education. Section 529 refers to the Internal Revenue Code section that authorizes and confers special tax treatment on these entities. Section 529…
Descriptors: Money Management, Income, Paying for College, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedConnell, Christopher – Change, 1982
The Secretary of Education and the chairman of the Senate committee overseeing educational policy are Utahans. Their leadership and perspectives on current legislative and quality issues are examined: conservatism, the communications revolution and education, the workings of government in policy formation, student financial aid, generosity of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Committees, Educational Economics, Educational Policy
Direct linkChronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This October 15, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Why Can't Young Scholars Write Their Second Books First" (Garber,…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Higher Education, Immigrants, Terrorism
