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Hunt Institute, 2016
This briefing was prepared for the 2016 Virginia Education Summit. The report is comprised of questions and answers in the following sections: (1) K-12; (2) Workforce; and (3) Postsecondary. The K-12 section addresses the following questions: (1) What does the K-12 landscape look like in the Commonwealth? (2) How are students performing in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Force, Postsecondary Education, Academic Achievement
de la Torre, Marisa; Allensworth, Elaine; Jagesic, Sanja; Sebastian, James; Salmonowicz, Michael; Meyers, Coby; Gerdeman, R. Dean – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2013
Specific strategies for "turning around" chronically low-performing schools have become prominent, with the U.S. Department of Education enacting policies to promote four school improvement models that include "fundamental, comprehensive changes in leadership, staffing, and governance." Despite the attention and activity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Research Methodology, Educational Change, Scores
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Monk, Janice – Journal of Geography, 1987
Discusses alterations in geography instruction which must be made to meet changes in the student population. Describes areas of growth in geography education and specific teaching methods. (AEM)
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Development, Demography, Educational Needs
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Dresselhaus, M. S. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1992
Presents demographics related to women in science and discusses the development of career opportunities for women as the result of efforts by science educators like Robert Karplus. (MDH)
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Labor Force, School Demography
Lewis, Morgan V.; Norton, Lee – 1986
The aging of the population is one of the major influences on the environment in which vocational education operates. The number of people 65 and older will increase more slowly in next 25 years than in the past. Improvements in working conditions, health care, and pension plans since World War II have made those who will be 65 by the end of the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Snapper, Kurt J.; And Others – 1975
This report includes information conerning demographic trends affecting children over the past few years, the status of children as determined by critical normative data pertaining to their health, education, welfare and the identification and targeting of programs and services to meet the needs of children. Section I covers demographic trends in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Santa Fe. – 1983
The report briefly outlines the population characteristics, public employment and political representation status of the Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, and Sierra counties in southern New Mexico for a 10-year period. The three sections of each profile focus on the city government, largest city in that county, and school district…
Descriptors: City Government, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Santa Fe. – 1983
The report briefly outlines the population characteristics, public employment and political representation status of the Chaves, Curry, Eddy, Lea, and Roosevelt counties in southern New Mexico for a 10-year period. The three sections of each profile focus on the county government, largest city in that county, and school district encompassing that…
Descriptors: City Government, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education