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Download full textKentucky Univ., Lexington. Inst. on Education Reform. – 1995
This report describes two studies on the extent of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS), part of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). Study 1 was an external evaluation using 8 university field observers (names are given); study 2 was a self-assessment study using 47 anonymous district technology…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Assessment
Walker, Beverly J.; And Others – 1990
This study examined the feasibility and advisability of using telecommunications in the Chicago Public School (CPS) system to support school reform that has been mandated by recent legislation. Survey research yielded information on the current status of staff development and Local School Council (LSC) training, and provided the basis for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Decentralization, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedScherer, Marge – Educational Leadership, 1993
"Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools" describes the contrasts between rich and poor schools located within a few miles of each other. The author, Jonathan Kozol, claims that contrasts are due to inequitable funding; he would abolish the property tax and replace it with equitable funding for every child deriving from a…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
