Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428976183
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Goals 2000 flexible funding supports state and local education reform : report to congressional committees
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428976183
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Indexes for Abstracts of Reports and Testimony
Author: Abstracts of Reports and Testimony
Author: Telecommunications Technology
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to education
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Telecommunications Technology
Author: Marnie S. ShaulPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788187260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
In recent years, Congress has provided increasing support for school and library efforts to acquire info. tech'y., including computer hardware and software, wiring, Internet access and teacher training. However, there are questions about the potential for duplication, which can waste scarce funds, confuse and frustrate program customers, and limit overall program effectiveness. This report reviews federally created or facilitated programs for helping schools and libraries with their telecomm. and info. tech'y. efforts. It addresses four areas: program characteristics, potential for duplication, coordination efforts, and available info. on fraud, waste, and abuse.
Month in Review ...
Author: Flexibility for Quality Programs and Innovative Ideas for High Quality Teachers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-long LearningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This hearing focused on issues related to teacher quality. It examined the role of the federal government in providing funds for professional development and looked at the largest federal program dedicated to this area, the Eisenhower Professional Development Program. After opening statements by Chairman Howard P. McKeon and Ranking Member Matthew Martinez, both of the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Lifelong Learning, Committee on Education and the Workforce, the hearing included statements from: Marnie S. Shaul, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC; Beatrice F. Birman, Director, National Evaluation of the Eisenhower Professional Development Program, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC; David A. Bauman, Director, Capital Area Math/Science Alliance, Summerdale, PA; Colleen Seremet, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Board of Education of Dorchester County, Cambridge, MD; and Louisa Moats, Project Director, NICHD, University of Texas at Houston, Early Interventions Project, Washington. DC. The written opening statement and written testimonies are appended. (SM)
Flexibility for Quality Programs and Innovative Ideas for High Quality Teachers
Author: Howard P. McKeonPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780756705497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2000
Author: Diane RavitchPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815718819
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
In this third annual issue of the series, prominent economists, educators, and other social scientists analyze the importance of standards in education and review some of the major controversies that have arisen in the past decade on the problems of shaping and implementing standards. Edited by Diane Ravitch, one of the nation's foremost education authorities, Brookings Papers on Education Policy is an indispensable guide to understanding education trends and emerging issues. The year 2000 issue is scheduled to include essays by Gary Chapman of the University of Texas, George Farkas and L. Shane Hall of the University of Texas at Dallas, Paul Hill of the University of Washington, Christine Rossell of Boston University, Robert Schwartz and Marian Robinson of ACHIEVE and Harvard Graduate School of Education, Larry Sherman of the University of Maryland, and Maris Vinovskis of the University of Michigan.
From A Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind
Author: Maris VinovskisPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807771090
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Distinguished historian and policy analyst Maris Vinovskis examines federal K-12 education policies, beginning with the publication of A Nation at Risk and focusing on the National Education Goals, America 2000, Goals 2000, and No Child Left Behind. In addition to discussing key policy debates, he also addresses the practical aspects of implementing and evaluating school and classroom reforms, drawing on his unique experiences working in the Department of Education during both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.