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Frank Fernandez; Yuan Chih Fu; Xiaodan Hu; Juan José Moradel Vásquez – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
States have adopted a variety of policies to encourage universities to expand research production, with the hope of supporting economic growth and competitiveness. This paper considers whether a state-level initiative succeeded in influencing university-based research outputs among regional public universities. We test whether the Texas Research…
Descriptors: State Programs, Educational Policy, Research and Development, Public Colleges
Jim Blew – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2025
By the time Donald J. Trump was running for president in 2024, he had landed on a clear vision for the federal government's role in education. In short, he had concluded that the federal government's power over education should be relinquished to states, local communities, and, most importantly, families. Early into his second term, Trump has…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Governance, Presidents, Educational Change
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Jamie Heng-Chieh Wu; Hope O. Akaeze; Laurie A. Van Egeren – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2024
The need for valid and reliable ways to assess developmental outcomes of preschool children becomes continually more acute as public investments in preschool education grow, with corresponding pressure for programs to demonstrate their ability to influence child outcomes. The authors conducted studies of one assessment widely used in Head Start…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preschool Children, Preschools, Preschool Education
Blake H. Heller; Kirsten Slungaard Mumma – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
In 2000, federally funded public adult education programs provided basic skills training and English language instruction to over 2.6 million students, or about 1.5% of the U.S. adult population. By 2021, enrollment had plummeted to under 900,000, or less than 0.4% of adults. What explains these declines? This policy brief describes the evolution…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, English Learners, Enrollment Rate
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Michael S. Garet; Kerstin Carlson Le Floch; Daniel Hubbard; Joanne Carminucci; Barbara Goodson – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
Boosting literacy among school-age children remains a national priority. Nearly one third of students in the United States have not developed the foundational reading skills needed to succeed academically, with students living in poverty, students with disabilities, and English learners especially at risk. Starting in 2010, Congress invested more…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy Education, Evidence Based Practice, Grants
Nicole MartinRogers; Jennifer Valorose; Jackie Aman – Wilder Research, 2024
In order to explore how early childhood Ojibwe language and culture programs could be scaled up with financial and governance support from state government agencies, Wilder Research explored the process of reclaiming Indigenous culture and language, how it is embedded into early childhood programs in Minnesota, how the state can deepen their…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Languages, Language Maintenance, Early Childhood Education
US Department of Education, 2024
Research shows that teachers of color can benefit all students, particularly students of color, yet only one in five teachers are individuals of color, compared to more than half of K-12 public school students. Increasing the diversity of educators can not only benefit students, but recruiting, preparing, and retaining more teachers of color who…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), State Departments of Education, School Districts, Teacher Education Programs