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Robinson, Adele; Stark, Deborah R. – 2002
This guide offers advice on influencing public policy and educational practice to the benefit of young children and the early childhood community. Included is information on the types of advocacy; how to work with others; the basics of federal, state, and local policy; and tips on disseminating information. Following an introduction highlighting…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Early Childhood Education

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
In an interview with Albert H. Quie, governor of Minnesota, he gives his opinion about the impact of research studies or educational evaluation on policy decision making in Congress, and the role of Congressional Committee staff members. (MH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Internet 2, a project intended to provide member universities with new computer network services and faster connections, is criticized for growing too large and too difficult to administer cooperatively. Its organizers are working closely with the Clinton Administration's Next Generation Internet Initiative, but some lawmakers feel the program is…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Consortia, Efficiency, Government School Relationship

Grant, Philip A., Jr. – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1997
Analyzes the election and congressional career of Georgian, Andrew Young. Briefly discusses the demographic, political, and civil rights issues that combined to secure Young his first congressional seat. Includes a series of suggested teaching activities and discussion questions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Achievement, Black History, Black Leadership
Dozier, Jana – AGB Reports, 1990
When a state legislator requested that the president of Southwest Missouri State University stop production of a drama department production about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the administrator refused to accede to pressure and enlisted and won the board's support. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents
Matthews, Frank; Morgan, Joan – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1994
An interview with Senator Bill Bradley (Democrat of New Jersey) covers such issues as the legislator's candid confrontation of racial issues, racial bias and education, higher education's role in social change, the value of campus racial and ethnic caucuses, and payment of revenue-generating college athletes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, College Environment, College Role

Ashworth, Phyllis C.; Vogler, Daniel E. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1990
Members of the Virginia senate and Virginia community college presidents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with the importance of state funding for 31 potential community college activities. Reports a high level of agreement and congruence between the two groups. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Presidents, College Role, Community Colleges
US House of Representatives, 2007
On March 29, 2007, the Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing in Washington, D.C., entitled, "How NCLB Affects Students with Disabilities." Specifically, this hearing was held to determine how the No Child Left Behind Act helps, hurts, or keeps about the same, what has been done for children with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Legislators
Southerland, Sherry A.; Smith, Leigh K.; Sowell, Scott P.; Kittleson, Julie M. – Review of Research in Education, 2007
This article explains the apparent failure to communicate between science education researchers, policy makers, and staff at state and district offices of education. Each group is a stakeholder in K-12 education. Policy makers specify courses of action to meet the needs of an educational system, state and district staff work to implement these…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Policy Formation, Legislators, School Districts
Thomas, N. G.; And Others – 1992
This guide contains suggestions for citizens to follow in exploring and addressing policies that affect children. The guide focuses on federal child policy, but the strategies described also apply to policies at the state and local levels. The first part of the guide describes sources of information on government policies relating to children.…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Advocacy, Children, Citizen Participation
Heaney, Barbara – 1990
With the growing demand for accountability by legislators, outcomes assessment has become a much higher institutional priority for community colleges. According to a recent survey, two-thirds of the states have implemented formal assessment initiatives, compared to a very few states only 1 year earlier. Institutions, however, must be careful that…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Taft, Charles P.; Bennett, Linda L. M. – 1983
Background information on lobbying will help secondary and college students and adults develop a clearer understanding of how U.S. democracy works. Discussed are what lobbying is, who the lobbyists are, lobby regulation, and the different kinds of lobbying groups. As an example of the environment within which lobbyists work, lobbying efforts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics
Nunez, Ann R.; Russell, Jill Frymier – 1981
A survey of state legislators was conducted in 1981 by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education to determine state legislators' views about vocational education and its outcomes; their views of what vocational education should be doing and how it could be improved; and their…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Scott, John A. – 1982
The current status of state policy on minimum competency testing in Wisconsin, and the political process that produced that policy, are explored in this report. The document presents the preliminary findings of research conducted for a doctoral dissertation. The research methodology, mentioned only briefly, involved participant observation,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislators
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
This document presents the full text of two United States Senate hearings before the Subcommittee on Child and Human Development of the Committee of Human Resources on the subject of child care and child development programs. The hearings were held to gather information and examine how best to shape future federal legislation involving child care…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Welfare