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Download full textAdelman, Nancy E. – 1995
Three pieces of education legislation that the federal government enacted in 1994 are interlocking and designed to support a systemic approach to state and local educational improvement. The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), and Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) offer an opportunity to move from a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Riley, Richard W. – Teaching PreK-8, 1994
Discusses how three states are implementing the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, focusing on Massachusetts' Common Core of Learning, Delaware's First Schools in the First State pilot curriculum project, and Oregon's Initial Mastery and Advanced Mastery certificates. Notes that one of the aims of Goals 2000 is to make states true laboratories of…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Certificates, Educational Change
Smiling, Jody – School Business Affairs, 1995
An interview with Steve Barnett, the recently appointed assistant deputy minister, finance and administration, in the Ministry of Education for British Columbia, focuses on the involvement the Canadian federal government has in public education in Canada. Comments on specific aspects of the Goals 2000 Act and how they relate to Canadian…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1993
This document records the written and oral testimony of witnesses at a hearing on the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. The act has three main components: (1) to provide grants to states and local schools for comprehensive educational reform; (2) to promote the establishment of voluntary national education standards to assist states and local…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1994
This report from the United States House of Representatives presents the complete amended version of the House bill to extend for 5 years the authorizations of appropriations for the programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The current reauthorization bill is known as the "Improving America's Schools Act." The first…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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
