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Download full textOoms, Alexander – Donnell-Kay Foundation (NJ1), 2012
In conjunction with the Denver Plan instituted in 2005, Denver Public Schools (DPS) has embarked upon a consistent strategy of opening new schools in an effort to improve overall academic performance. DPS has pursued this strategy under several different paths: an annual request for proposals from charter school applicants; allowing current…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Direct linkMertaugh, Michael T.; Jimenez, Emmanuel Y.; Patrinos, Harry A. – Human Development Network Education, 2009
This paper documents the importance of continued investment in basic education and argues that investments need to be carefully targeted to address the constraints that limit the coverage and quality of education if they are to provide expected benefits. Part I begins with a discussion of the returns to investment in education. Part II then…
Descriptors: Investment, Barriers, Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education
Lee, John Michael, Jr.; Rawls, Anita – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
When the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education (subsequently referred to as the commission) convened in the fall of 2008, the educational landscape included a number of issues that the commission's members recognized as formidable challenges to those students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. The Commission's…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Educational Change
Picciano, Anthony G.; Seaman, Jeff – Sloan Consortium (NJ1), 2009
The literature and research on online learning has grown significantly in the past decade. Many studies have been published that examine the extent, nature, policies, learning outcomes, and other issues associated with online instruction. Much of this literature focuses specifically on postsecondary education. With almost 4 million students or 22…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1989
The World Bank's Operation Evaluation Department (OED) evaluates educational development in Thailand and assesses the cumulative impact of the Bank's projects on development in that country. From 1966 to date, the Bank supported six education projects with an estimated cost of a half billion dollars. The report covers: (1) economic and educational…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Economics
