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Sellick, Clive – Children & Society, 2006
Foster care has become the principal placement of choice for children and young people in public care in the United Kingdom (UK). This has been accompanied by a significant growth in its research scrutiny connected to a busy policy agenda, especially since 1997. With its increased usage, fostering has encountered both difficulties and…
Descriptors: Placement, Foreign Countries, Public Sector, Foster Care
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Clegg, Judith; Smart, Dawn Hanson – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Developing a new line of business in an independent consulting firm provides an excellent way to expand, increase income for the company, and create cross-marketing opportunities. If it is not done correctly, however, this potential opportunity can imperil the existence of the business. This chapter's case highlights the benefits new lines of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Personal Autonomy, Entrepreneurship, Cooperation
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Manner, Jane Carol – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Recent years have provided an interest on the part of public school systems regarding Montessori as an educational choice, often as a magnet school option. "No Child Left Behind" legislation emphasizes the social and learning needs of individual children as well as a national spirit of accountability for academic achievement, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Montessori Method, Conventional Instruction
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Munoz, Ricardo F.; Le, Huynh-Nhu; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Diaz, Manuela A.; Urizar, Guido G., Jr.; Soto, Jose; Mendelson, Tamar; Delucchi, Kevin; Lieberman, Alicia F. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2007
A prenatal intervention designed to prevent the onset of major depressive episodes (MDEs) during pregnancy and postpartum was pilot tested at a public sector women's clinic. The "Mamas y Bebes"/Mothers and Babies Course is an intervention developed in Spanish and English that uses a cognitive-behavioral mood management framework, and incorporates…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Birth, Incidence
Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
The Food Safety Knowledge Network (FSKN) is a collaboration between Michigan State University, the Global Food Safety Initiative of the Consumer Goods Forum, and other food industry and public sector partners. FSKN's goal is to help strengthen the food industry's response to the complex food safety knowledge and training challenges that affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Manufacturing, International Trade
Chase, Richard; Dillon, Kristin; Valorose, Jennifer – Wilder Research, 2008
The goals of the early childhood business plan are to explain, inform, and guide public and private stakeholders and policymakers and the general public about the investments and activities required for all children to have opportunities for school success. The business plan presented in this report has two parts, an asset review and an action…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Policy, Educational Finance
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Geber, Hilary; Motlhake, Bona – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2008
The new public sector community development workers (CDWs) programme was established in 2004 following ineffective service delivery through chronic under-spending on annual budgets in post-apartheid South Africa. CDWs receive training in learnerships within the National Skills Development Strategy to ensure access to and spending of local…
Descriptors: Community Development, Budgets, Mentors, Social Change
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2007
As conceived by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs[SM]) are employer-matched, portable individual accounts used to finance employee education and training. They provide employees with an affordable means of upgrading their skills and knowledge, while helping to meet the needs of employers and…
Descriptors: Employees, Retirement, Manufacturing Industry, Federal Legislation
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Gillies, Donald – Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, 2007
"Excellence" has been a prevalent term in New Labour rhetoric on education, most notably in the stated goal of "excellence for all" in education. Despite that, the meaning of the term has remained imprecise, and the implications of universal excellence unclear. In this paper, three distinct definitions of excellence are…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1992
The text of a hearing on successful efforts to prevent child abuse and strengthen families is presented in this document. After an opening statement by chairwoman Representative Patricia Schroeder, statements are presented by Representatives Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Neil Abercrombie, Blackwell, Gerry Sikorski, Matthew Martinez, Frank…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Cooperation, Family Characteristics
Abbott, Malcolm – Program for Research on Private Higher Education, 2005
Since 1989, when it became legally possible for private higher education to operate in New Zealand, the sector has grown to become a significant part of the country's higher education system. We explore the private penetration, trace the changes that have occurred in private higher education, and evaluate the sector's position in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Private Sector, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
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Leonard, Rosemary; Burns, Ailsa – Australian Journal on Volunteering, 2003
Life review interviews with 54 midlife and older women discussed their volunteer activities. In general, highly public activities were associated with formal volunteering and low-agency/private activities with informal volunteering. Even formal activities with limited public exposure helped network people who would otherwise not have made contact.…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Females, Institutional Characteristics, Personal Autonomy
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Finegold, David; Levine, David I. – Journal of Education and Work, 1997
Many features of organizational environments discourage high-skill workplaces and training investments. Both public and private sectors can improve measurement of investment in people by identifying reliable and valid indicators, using benchmarks, and promoting certification of high-skilled workers. (SK)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Evaluation Methods, Government Role, Incentives
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Betts, Jan; Holden, Rick – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2003
Analyzed two programs in a public agency: Investors in Management (a British government initiative) and employee-led development. Found that both programs exposed tensions between individual growth and traditional values constraining growth. Concluded that effective organizational learning in the public sector must be collective and aware of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Labor Relations, Organizational Culture
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Durrance, Joan C.; Fisher-Pettigrew, Karen E. – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2002
Examines factors that have contributed to the development of measures that can determine the impact of library services, including evaluation approaches, demands for public sector accountability, and government activities aimed at determining service outcomes. Discusses impacts of community information services based on a study by the Institute of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Information Services, Evaluation Methods, Government Role
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