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Direct linkEdwards, Virginia B., Ed. – Education Week, 2015
This 19th annual edition of "Quality Counts" takes a broad look at the issues and forces shaping the discussion around early-childhood education. It examines how new academic demands and the push for accountability are changing the nature of early-childhood education for school administrators, teachers, and children alike. Reporters…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Download full textBienkowski, Marie; Gerard, Sarah Nixon; Rubin, Shawn; Sanford, Cathy; Borrelli-Murray, Dana; Driscoll, Tom; Arora, Jessie; Hruska, Mike; Beck, Katie; Murray, Thomas; Hoekstra, Jason; Gannes, Stuart; Metz, Edward; Midgley, Steve; Castilla, Stephanie; Tomassini, Jason; Madda, Mary Jo; Chase, Zac; Martin, Erik; Noel, Marcus; Styles, Kathleen – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2015
Opportunities abound for software designers and developers to create impactful tools for teachers, school leaders, students, and their families. This guide for developers, startups, and entrepreneurs addresses key questions about the education ecosystem and highlights critical needs and opportunities to develop digital tools and apps for learning.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Design, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedOzohu-Suleiman, Yakubu – Africa Education Review, 2012
The paper analyses the interface between Nigeria's anticipated failure in the Education for All (EFA) 2015 targets and her policy implementation strategies in relation to children literacy. The principal purpose is to locate evidences that may explain the expected failure. The paper relies largely on secondary data and existing literature to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Literacy Education, Intervention
Gunstone, Andrew – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2012
There is often a disparity in Indigenous Affairs between many documents, such as policies, reports and legislation, and outcomes. This article explores this difference through analysing the policy area of Indigenous education during the period of 1991 to 2000. I examine three key documents relating to Indigenous education. These are the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Attendance, Access to Education, Educational Attainment
Calbom, Linda – US Government Accountability Office, 2012
Physical activity is a crucial part of preventing or reducing childhood obesity, and may also yield important academic and social benefits. However, many children do not attain the level of daily physical activity recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Schools are uniquely positioned to provide students opportunities…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Elementary Secondary Education, Opportunities
Peterson, Patti McGill – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Comparative research on higher education in developing and transitional countries is often focused on such issues as access, finance, student mobility and the impact of globalization, but there has been little attention to curriculum and the forces that shape it. Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum fills an important gap in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development
Butler, Stuart M. – Heritage Foundation, 2012
President Obama is right to draw attention to the soaring cost of a college education in America. However, his proposed solution will not only fail to fix the problem but is also likely to compound it by blunting the competition that is needed to shake up the world of higher education. President Obama proposes to slow tuition growth by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Universities, Private Colleges, Finance Reform
Knight, Brian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This paper traces the evolution of Australia's apprenticeship and traineeship system since permanent European settlement in 1788. The system was imported from Great Britain; it has evolved and diverged in some areas but retains many of the features of the British model. Most major changes have occurred in the last 25 years. The apprenticeship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational History, Training Methods
Cooper, Donna; Hersh, Adam; O'Leary, Ann – Center for American Progress, 2012
As a collaborative effort of the Center for American Progress and The Center for the Next Generation, this report examines where the United States is today and how that compares with two of its fiercest competitors for the jobs and thought leadership of the future, China and India. This report shows that their governments have embarked on…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Family Programs
Mitgang, Lee – Wallace Foundation, 2012
States and districts facing pressure to have all children meet high standards have been paying overdue attention to improving school leadership as a way to advance instruction and drive needed changes throughout schools. What will it take to ensure that "all" public schools have leaders equal to the challenges facing them? That question has placed…
Descriptors: Evidence, Leadership Qualities, Principals, Instructional Leadership
Ambrus, Steven – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
With 16,000 graduate and undergraduate students, the International College for Experienced Learning (ICEL) is widely considered among the better for-profit universities in Mexico, where such institutions have flourished over the last 20 years by offering degrees that can be earned relatively quickly, and flexibility in terms of fee payments and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Social Class, Graduates
Kontour, Kyle – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
With the rise of the so-called military-entertainment complex, critical scholars note with alarm the integration of the political economies of entertainment companies and the military, in particular its potential influence on millions of young people who consume its concomitant films, toys and especially video games. Seen from a broad perspective,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Masculinity, Social Theories, War
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2012
Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C., and Linda Darling-Hammond, a professor of education at Stanford University, wrote in "How to Rescue Education Reform" in The New York Times on December 5 that the federal government can and should play a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Federal Government
West, Jane E.; Hardman, Michael L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
The federal government plays an indispensable role in preparing special education personnel to become teacher educators in higher education. The 2011 Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment study documents a continued supply-demand imbalance of special education faculty. It also documents effectiveness and impact of the Office of Special…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Disabilities, Federal Government, Teacher Educators
Sands, Eric C.; Shelton, Allison – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2010
Teachers of political science have increasingly recognized the utility of classroom simulations to provide students with an active-learning experience to enhance learning outcomes. Our article builds on this growing trend by proposing a congressional simulation to help students understand the complexities and nuances of the lawmaking process.…
Descriptors: Political Science, Active Learning, Learning Experience, Simulation
