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Riley, Richard W.; Coleman, Arthur L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
The country has entered an era of education reform with an extensive focus on how well it is preparing students to succeed in postsecondary education and careers in a rapidly changing economy, as well as to become thriving, contributing members in its democracy. Although these aims have recast the national conversation in important ways, they have…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Parker, Don H. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1971
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
Boyer, William H. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1971
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Relevance (Education), Social Studies
Smith, Mortimer – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1969
Condensed from "CBE Bulletin, Volume 13 (December 1968), 1-5, published by the Council for Basic Education, Washington, D.C.
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Involvement, Community Role, Curriculum Development
Nemko, Marty – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author discusses the importance of reforming the present school reforms mandated by the government. He emphasizes the need for better teachers and the need to reinvent the ways of recruiting, training, and retaining teachers. He also points out the need for a better curriculum and the need to create a national curriculum. He…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum Development
Jennings, Jack; Rentner, Diane Stark – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
For the past four years, the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit research and advocacy organization, has been conducting a comprehensive and continuous review of NCLB, producing the annual reports contained in the series "From the Capital to the Classroom" as well as numerous papers on specific issues related to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Public Education