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O'Fallon, David – Teaching Theatre, 1995
Reviews the status of Goals 2000, and how proposed funding cuts may affect reform efforts. Pleads for arts educators to remind themselves and the public of what their work and education reform are about. (PA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Download full textFederal Interagency Committee on Education, Washington, DC. – 1996
The information in this volume was compiled in order to provide a guide to the technology-in-education programs of the federal government. The goal of this book is to provide important information about technological resources that will assist teachers, administrators, students, parents and others in achieving the goal of the United States being…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1997
Goal 4 of the National Education Goals envisions that teachers will have access to programs for the continued improvement of their professional skills. This book examines what federal agencies are doing to enhance teacher preparation, presents information on career-long development, and offers program descriptions and contact names. The first…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Hickox, Katie – Electronic Learning, 1997
Examines technology trends that will make the most difference in schools in the 21st century: infrastructure needs (public and private funding); CD-ROMs versus software downloaded from the Internet and bandwidth; appliance, or single-use, versus multipurpose computers; virtual classrooms; and technology training for teachers. Provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Stiegemeier, Lois – 1995
In March 1995, the Alaska Department of Education conducted an instructional technology survey of all schools and school districts. The purposes of the survey were to collect data on the numbers and types of instructional technologies currently being used in Alaska schools, to collect information on the utilization of those technologies, to…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Cook, Jimmie – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Discusses two current educational trends: continuing cuts in educational funding, and expanded educational goals such as Goals 2000. Urges teachers to assume the responsibilities of professionalism, to be proactive, and to work collectively as individuals by lobbying to restrain state and federal legislators from diminishing funding for education.…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1994
The National Education Goals were adopted by the nation's governors in 1990. The March 1994 enactment of the "Goals 2000: Educate America Act" made the National Education Goals federal policy and the guiding principles for a fundamental restructuring of the public education system. These goals have created a climate of education reform…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
