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National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, 2017
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners (ELs) have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Agencies, State Departments of Education, Legal Responsibility
Cooney, Sondra; Moore, Barbara – 2002
The goal of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Making Middle Grades Work initiative is to increase the percentage of eighth-graders who perform at the proficient level in core academic subjects and who leave eighth grade ready for college-prep work in high school. This document contains a comprehensive improvement framework to aid in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Agents, Coordinators, Core Curriculum
Wright, Grace S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
By this study, as by several it has issued in the past few years the Office of Education recognizes the interest of many educators in the core program as a means of achieving some of the objectives of general education at the secondary level. Its first publication, Bulletin 1950, No. 5 entitled "Core Curriculum in Public High Schools," a study of…
Descriptors: General Education, Articulation (Education), Incidence, Educational Change
Northeast Missouri State Univ., Kirksville. – 1991
This study examined whether students at the Northeast Missouri State University felt the present Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Study requirements allowed enough freedom in choosing classes, and how students would respond to more free electives. Responses of 508 students were obtained to a questionnaire addressing the following areas: (1) how…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change, Elective Courses
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1987
This document provides New York administrators, counselors, and teachers with information on the statewide Occupational Education Proficiency Examination in the four home economics core courses: (1) clothing and textiles; (2) food and nutrition; (3) housing and environment; and (4) human development. Included in this document are Blueprint and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Counseling, Clothing Instruction, Core Curriculum