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Palmarini, James – Teaching Theatre, 1994
Discusses the significance of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for theater and other arts educators. Presents comments of several theater education teachers, leaders, and arts advocates regarding the enactment of Goals 2000. (RS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards
Download full textMeyers, Ronald, Ed. – 1998
This resource text was developed to assist parents, teachers, school administrators, school board personnel, and other concerned citizens in their efforts to develop and implement local education standards. Having drawn heavily upon Internet-accessible resources for the development and implementation of educational standards, the text is intended…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Thompson, Helen M.; Henley, Susan A. – 2000
This book focuses on information literacy and facilitating change in schools. Chapters include:" What Is Information Literacy?"; "Why Information Literacy?"; "How Information Literacy Relates to National Curriculum Standards"; "Essential Components of Information Literacy"; "The Necessary Reforms and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Resources
Cohen, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Title II of Goals 2000 created the National Educational Standards and Improvement Council (NESIC), a federally funded agency to devise national content and performance standards in key academic subjects and certify state-submitted standards. Since Republicans have taken over Congress, this council is finished. Any private successor must mount…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, National Standards
Peer reviewedSuperfine, Benjamin Michael – American Journal of Education, 2005
In 1994, Congress reauthorized Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and passed the Goals 2000: Education America Act. Together, these two laws were supposed to support the development and implementation of standards-based, systemic reform initiatives in the states. Despite these high hopes, Goals 2000 and Title I faced a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy
Earle, Rodney S. – 1994
The Odyssey Project is named for the Greek hero, Odysseus, who for 10 years, sought the purpose of life. The Project is based on the philosophy that a new generation of American schools must be viewed as a lifelong quest for excellence. The project is one of 11 designs for schools funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation, a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Services, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
