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The Global Challenge: Education in a Competitive World. Quality Counts, 2012
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Education Week, 2012
"Quality Counts 2012," the 16th edition of "Education Week"'s annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Education, Educational Quality, Competition
Connecting the Dots: The Labor Market Information View of Workforce Development. Essays for the Practitioner.
Froeschle, Richard, Ed. – 2000
This monograph is comprised of 12 essays related to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), each of which serves as a generic primer on a topic relevant to work force development staff and researchers nationwide. The essays are "Learning the Language of LMI (Labor Market Information): Basic Labor Market Information Terms and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Career Education, Career Information Systems
Understanding Teacher Stress in an Age of Accountability. Research on Stress and Coping in Education
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Lambert, Richard, Ed.; McCarthy, Christopher, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
School districts today face increasing calls for accountability during a time when budgets are stretched and students' needs have become increasingly complex. The teacher's responsibility is to educate younger people, but now more than ever, teachers face demands on a variety of fronts. In addition to teaching academic content, schools are…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Teacher Burnout, Learning Disabilities, Testing
The Challenge of Competence. Professionalism through Vocational Education and Training.
Hodkinson, Phil, Ed.; Issitt, Mary, Ed. – 1995
This book contains the following papers about the role of vocational education and training in developing a competent work force in Great Britain (United Kingdom): "The Challenge of Competence for the Caring Professions: An Overview" (Phil Hodkinson, Mary Issitt); "The European Challenge to British Vocational Education and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Behaviorism
Of Heart and Mind. Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan.
Mangum, Garth, Ed.; Mangum, Stephen, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 17 social policy essays on various topics related to labor and full employment policies in the United States. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Stephen Mangum); "Secular Rabbi: The Life and Times of Sar A. Levitan" (Garth Mangum); "Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Block Grants
Breaking through: Engendering, Monitoring and Evaluation in Adult Education.
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Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 14 papers that were developed for a 5-day international seminar-workshop at which representatives of multilateral agencies, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women's organizations, feminist groups, and universities discussed gender issues in monitoring and evaluation of adult education. The following papers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development
Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. New Edition.
Wilson, Arthur L., Ed.; Hayes, Elisabeth R., Ed. – 2000
This handbook presents the perspectives of more than 60 leading authorities on the study and practice of adult and continuing education. The following are among the papers included: "A Selective History of Adult Education Handbooks" (A.L. Wilson, E.R. Hayes); "The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice" (Stephen D.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning