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Flores, John; Clancy, David – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2020
With Massachusetts' school closure extending until the end of the 2019-20 academic year, Pioneer Institute urges that Massachusetts schools offer meaningful online and virtual learning programs, doing everything possible to eliminate problematic inconsistencies across Bay State school districts. Pioneer further urges Massachusetts to develop and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Online Courses, Distance Education, Planning
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Shideler, Annette – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2016
Teachers, both mainstream and English as a New Language (ENL), are cognizant of the many languages and learning ability levels of ELLs. They struggle to address the challenges presented by this population of students. Districts with large or small ELL populations face similar challenges: how can mainstream content be made comprehensible to ELLs to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Utilization, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Al-Yamani, Hala; Attallah, Susan; Alsawayfa, Fadel – Research in Drama Education, 2016
The Israeli occupation and its strategies employed for controlling the Palestinian Territories have reflected negatively on all aspects of Palestinians' lives. The occupation has also created a closed environment where people have little room to act and react freely. This article highlights the importance of drama and theatre making for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Theater Arts, Coping
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Ryan, Thomas G.; Coneybeare, Stephanie – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2013
The existence of underachievers who are gifted remains an important concern for many educators. As educators work to reverse this phenomenon we believe the underachievement of gifted students needs attention via this research and other studies that contextualize the issues within the North American education system. The authors believed that every…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Definitions, Educational Methods, Ability Identification
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Rhea, Zane Ma – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
This paper reports on research conducted in the first mainstream school in Australia being guided by Buddhist philosophy. It focuses on a group of teachers, examining the impact of Buddhism on their teaching, exploring the challenge for them of bringing together their professional knowledge with Buddhist worldview. The major conclusion is that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Buddhism
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Meidl, Christopher; Meidl, Tynisha – Education 3-13, 2013
Character education has always played a role in the purpose of schools. Most US states have a statement about character education as a part of the mission of the schools. This research studied how character education was perceived by participants in regards to school mission statements/philosophies, school atmosphere and curriculum in a Catholic…
Descriptors: Values Education, Catholic Schools, Public Schools, Institutional Mission
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Tan, Charlene – Critical Studies in Education, 2012
This paper explores the culture of education policy making in Shanghai using the conceptual tool of a "global assemblage". A global assemblage is essentially a collection of ideas and practices that arise from the interplay between a global form and situated sociocultural elements. Focusing on the global form of curriculum reform, this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, City Government, Educational Policy
Mullis, Ina V.S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Minnich, Chad A., Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed.; Ragan, Moira A., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Practices, Outcomes of Education
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Minnich, Chad A., Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed.; Ragan, Moira A., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Curriculum Implementation
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Katz, Yaacov – Comparative Education, 2010
The mandatory curriculum mooted by the Israeli Ministry of Education for implementation is designed to include the most important body of knowledge to be taught and acquired by every student in the educational system. In addition to the knowledge present in the mandatory curriculum it also includes the learning skills and social values necessary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Values, Values Education, Social Change
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Joel, Lebeaume – Journal of Technology Studies, 2004
In France, technology is a compulsory school discipline at the junior high school level (ages 11-15). Technology studies were initiated at the beginning of the 1960s when school attendance until the age of 16 became mandatory and when it was decided to delay vocational training because of the irreversible drive towards technical modernity, a…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technology Education
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2006
The Optional Extended Year Program (OEYP), funded by a grant from the state, provides extended learning opportunities for students in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) who are at risk of academic failure. The primary focus of an OEYP is to reduce and ultimately eliminate the need for student grade-level retention by providing additional…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, School Districts, Grants, Elementary Secondary Education
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
The bibliography of education for 1909-10, as was its immediate predecessor in the series, has been compiled in the library division of the Bureau of Education, which has been aided, in completing the principal sections of the list, by criticisms and additions furnished by prominent educational specialists. In addition to these collaborators in…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Government Publications, Periodicals, Professional Associations