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Finnan, Leslie – AASA, The School Superintendent's Association, 2014
For months, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been debated throughout the media, legislatures, education organizations, and households across the country. Education groups have released statements both in favor of the standards and opposed. As these arguments are being tossed around, 44 states and D.C. are implementing CCSS and other…
Descriptors: State Standards, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, School Surveys
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Fusco, Rachel A.; Rautkis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2012
The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though little is known about the experiences of interracial families. Previous work indicates that biracial children may be at elevated risk of entering the child welfare system. This could underscore additional risks faced by these families. This document includes data from the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Employment Level, At Risk Persons, Intervention
Daro, Deborah; Huang, Lee Ann; English, Brianna – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
The Duke Endowment launched its Child Abuse Prevention Initiative in 2002 by funding two program sites, the Durham Family Initiative in Durham, North Carolina, and Strong Communities in Greenville, South Carolina. Both sites aimed to reduce rates of child abuse, improve parenting practices and behaviors, strengthen community service systems, and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prevention, Organizational Change, Comparative Analysis
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McPhee, Alastair; Stollery, Peter; McMillan, Ros – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2005
For some time there has been debate about differing perspectives on musical gift and musical intelligence. One view is that musical gift is innate: that it is present in certain individuals from birth and that the task of the teacher is to develop the potential which is there. A second view is that musical gift is a complex concept which includes…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Styles, Music, Musicians
Bernhardt, Vickie L.; Owens, Thomas R. – 1979
During the 1976-77 school year, fourteen experience-based career education (EBCE) pilot sites were the focus of a second-year of operation evaluation. Each pilot site represented one of four regional education laboratories (Appalachia Evaluation Laboratory, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Northwest Regional…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Experiential Learning
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Stiverson, C. L. – Rural Educator, 1982
Colorado's 22 school districts on a four-day week schedule, as authorized by Colorado Senate Bill 78, show comparable student achievement levels as those on a five-day schedule; support from parents, teachers; and students; improved energy savings and/or time savings; and cost savings. Five other possible benefits are listed. (LC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness