On September 17, 2013 (Constitution Day), the C3 Framework was released under the title "The College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History." The C3 Project Director and lead writer was NCSS member Kathy Swan, who is…

"Investing in Innovation" provides a snapshot of trends in the states and identifies a wide range of strategies now employed. California's big investments, such as $3 billion for stem cell research, have already grabbed national headlines. But states like Arizona, Indiana and North Dakota, which haven't historically been big research and…

Several years ago, the state of South Carolina turned to experts in early childhood education to address the school readiness issue for its K-2 schools. Rather than asking, "Is this child ready for school?," the state created a program assessment system that reframed the question of school readiness by asking, "Is this school ready…

During the early eighties, state responsibility for funding public education increased along with the dollars allocated to public education. The more aggressive states benefited from the period's rapid economic expansion. In part, educational reform was advocated due to the relatively low cost in new tax dollars. A healthy economy seems necessary…

This reexamination of Hawaii's student transportation service program revealed that student safety is a concern despite improvements over the past 12 years. One problem is continued use of pre-1977 school buses that do not meet federal safety construction standards. Students also travel in unsafe van-like "type-III" school buses and in…

Project About Face is a joint effort of the Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court, Youth Services, Inc., the Naval Air Station at Millington, Correctional Counseling, Inc., and the Bureau of Educational Research Services at Memphis State University. The project's goal is to implement a correctional education and training program that reduces…

Examines three San Diego initiatives exemplifying innovative types of school-community partnerships: the executive-driven Hamilton Center social services model; the Crawford Cluster Connection, a family stabilization consortium that stressed professional collaboration; and the Central Elementary School multiethnic program, built on family…

This report describes the outcomes of three grant programs administered by the New Jersey Department of Education's drug and alcohol prevention education and intervention: (1) the Substance Awareness Coordinator (SAC) Program II; (2) the Emergency Grant Program; and (3) the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). The impact of core team…

Working with state education agency staff and higher education faculty, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) attempted to assemble information about current state-developed teacher evaluation systems and future directions for teacher assessment. SREB states were trying to determine whether: (1) the same evaluation systems were being used…

The Hawaii Legislature asked the Office of the Auditor to examine two major Department of Education computer projects--a financial management system (FMS) and a student information and program management system (SIPMS). It also requested guidelines for use in evaluating funding requests for future projects. A 1-year implementation delay in the FMS…

This report reviews the 1990-91 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports,…

This report reviews the 1991-92 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports,…

This report reviews the 1992-93 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports, and…

Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…

Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…