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Varnham, Sally – Education and the Law, 2004
When a child with a disability behaves in a manner which threatens the safety of other children and staff in the school, school authorities are faced with a dilemma. The balance between the competing interests of individuals and the school community is never more clearly seen than in such a situation. The child has a right to participate equally…
Descriptors: Expulsion, School Safety, Disability Discrimination, Court Litigation
Lunday, Elizabeth – APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (NJ3), 2006
This report was issued from a 2006 meeting of individuals representing a variety of higher education institutions. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the future of higher education with particular attention to its built environment. The report provides a contextual overview of the changing landscape of higher education by identifying the…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Oehlberg, Barbara E. – Corwin Press, 2006
Not all children cope equally well with the stresses and traumas life throws their way, and every educator recognizes that "deer in the headlights" look some children get when current events and past traumas combine to trigger a fight-or-flight stress response. No matter how safe the classroom may be in reality, trauma deactivates cognitive…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Learning Processes, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
The "Quarterly" offers a comprehensive overview of work done across all of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue includes short publications and summaries covering all NCES publications and data products released in a given time period as well as notices about training and funding opportunities. In addition,…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Educational Trends
Christian, Cinda; McCracken, Kasey; De La Ronde, Chris – Online Submission, 2006
Following pilot implementation in 2003-2004, a cohort of 16 AISD schools received district support for the implementation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) on their campuses in 2004-2005. The results of the evaluation suggest that by spring 2005, most schools had created representative PBS teams, established clearly defined behavioral…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Student Behavior
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). This booklet, "Doorways III: Teacher Reference Materials on School-Related…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Activities, Student Rights
Englert, Kerry; Barley, Zoe A. – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2008
This study examined differences in nine factors between a group of the highest-performing needs high schools (HPHN) and a group of the lowest performing high-needs (LPHN) high schools using teacher responses from a national dataset. The factors are: (1) shared mission and goals; (2) professional development; (3) collaboration among teachers (4)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Mission, Goal Orientation
Tennessee State Board of Education, Nashville. – 1995
The Tennessee State Legislature passed the Education Improvement Act (EIA) in 1992, which established the Basic Education Program (BEP) as the funding formula for providing adequate, equitable, and sustainable school funding. This document presents the 1995 Master Plan for Tennessee Schools, which focuses on the priority issues that must be…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Abbott, Carl; Abbott, Cooper – 1995
This paper discusses the impact of layout and design of child care centers on the education of young children. It asserts that child care facilities must be designed to support and stimulate children's natural developmental processes, providing both direct and indirect educational opportunities. The paper discusses the stages of the design process…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Classroom Design, Classroom Furniture
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is an ongoing project of the National Center for Education Statistics. The NHES uses random digit dial sampling and computer-assisted telephone interviewing to conduct studies on important education issues. This disc contains six NHES components. These are: (1) the 1991 Adult Education Survey, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Day Care, Discipline
National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC. – 1995
This document, one of four volumes comprising the 1995 Goals Report, is the fifth in a series of annual reports. This document provides in-depth information on the progress toward the National Education Goals that each state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands has made against…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Literacy, Alcohol Abuse
Thompson, Loraine – 1994
Educators and parents have begun to focus on the environment in which education takes place as well as on the nature of the education that children receive. Children learn most effectively when they feel safe and secure, and when they are free from fear. Behaviors such as bullying and sexual harassment that in the past were assumed to be part of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Swan, Michael K. – 1992
North Dakota secondary agricultural mechanics instructors were surveyed regarding instructional methods and materials, safety practices, and equipment used in the agricultural mechanics laboratory. Usable responses were received from 69 of 89 instructors via self-administered mailed questionnaires. Findings were consistent with results of similar…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne. – 1993
This document comprises the third annual Wyoming Education Progress Report, which measures the state's progress toward achieving the six National Education Goals by the year 2000. Three years of data indicate that parents, educators, and students are responding to the national and local education goals, and that more Wyoming students are preparing…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Competence, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Rapp, James A.; And Others – 1992
This comprehensive guide for protecting school crime victims provides a concise, central source for quickly accessing and utilizing new legal authorities pertinent to the inalienable right to safe schools and tort principles relating to the rights of campus crime victims. Intended for school officials and trial lawyers, the book can also be used…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Court Litigation, Crime Prevention
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