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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
Five sections compose this report on the federal role for the 1990s and beyond in educational research, development, and dissemination. The sections consist of: an introduction; recommendations; summaries of hearing testimonies; summaries of documents; and appendices. The direction taken in this report is the result of 2 days of subcommittee…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
de Siqueira, Angela C. – 2002
Since the 1960s, the World Bank has been involved in educational policy around the world. Applying a human capital theory/manpower forecasting approach, the World Bank has focused on the infrastructure, that is, buildings and equipment, in vocational and higher education. At the same time, the power and influence of UNICEF and UNESCO, the main…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Strengthening Developing Institutions. Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Annual Report.
Advisory Council on Developing Institutions, Washington, DC. – 1978
This 1977 annual report of the Advisory Council on Developing Institutions summarizes the council's functions and activities, states the continuing need for assistance, defines the provisions of Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and presents developments during 1977. The advisory council has assisted the U.S. Congress and the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Black Colleges
Centolanza, Louis R. – Spectrum, 1987
In the 1973 court case "Robinson v. Cahill," the New Jersey courts set the agenda for educational reform. The court decision placed the question of how to ascertain educational quality before the legislature; this resulted in the development of a comprehensive statewide curriculum program emphasizing standards of performance and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This report on the Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination Excellence Act (H.R. 4014), an act to amend the General Education Provisions Act and reauthorize the Office of Educational Research and Improvement through 1996, presents background on the legislation, including a summary of 15 hearings held between 1987 and 1992 and a…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Development, Educational Research, Federal Government
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1975
This report discusses the many policy and procedural issues of the Agency for International Development (AID) in implementing the reforms included in the congressional Foreign Assistance Act of 1973. The act concentrated aid efforts on food and nutrition improvement, population control, health improvement, education, and human resource…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1990
This policy plan presents Connecticut's revised Statewide Educational Goals for Students for 1991-95. The plan includes goals of what students are expected to learn as well as how the education system can be held accountable to the public. The plan contains eight goals. Goal one is that students will be motivated to learn and to meet the higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
This report intends to clarify and strengthen the position of the Texas Regional Education Service Centers by providing a structure to improve the quality of their services. The regional education service centers primarily deliver training and technical assistance to help school districts implement statewide initiatives for school improvement. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A National Institute of Education (NIE) statement of policy and procedures is presented regarding administering institutional contracts and grants with regional educational laboratories and research and development centers during fiscal years 1983 and 1984. Definitions are presented of regional educational laboratories and research and development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Competitive Selection, Contracts
Maryland Alliance for Arts Education, Inc., Baltimore. – 1986
The development of a comprehensive state plan for arts education in Maryland is presented. The introduction states three program development goals and four major conclusions from a needs assessment of the mutual goals of the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Alliance for Arts in Education. The goals include the development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
A National Institute of Education (NIE) policy statement is presented regarding competition for future funding of regional educational laboratories and research and development (R&D) centers with appropriations available for Section 405(f) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Attention is also directed to continuing eligibility of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Bids, Competitive Selection
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The responsibility of the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Hunger is to investigate the causes and dimensions of world hunger and to develop legislative recommendations addressing the issues raised. At this hearing, the issue discussed was of basic education as a crucial link in expanding opportunities for poor and hungry people to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economics, Educational Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
Open enrollment is a subject of policy debate among educators and policy makers both at the national and state levels. Open enrollment is defined as the notion of enabling parents and students to choose among school sites and districts, without regard to place of residence. Proponents claim that open enrollment will enhance racial integration,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Walters, Norma J. – 1986
This monograph sets forth the objectives and outlines the provisions of vocational acts (1917-1976) that provided for federally funded vocational education. An overview of the Smith-Hughes Act (1917) also considers changes made in vocational education after the act and amendments to the act. Other sections offer summaries of these acts: the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2002
This document launches a wide public consultation with all those involved in and with an interest in the European Union's (EU's) education, training, and youth programs called Socrates, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci, and Youth for Europe. It is the first step toward preparing the new generation of programs to start in 2007 and will inform the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
