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Ravitch, Diane – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Momentous changes are occurring in American education at a rapid pace, and with far too little deliberation about their value and likely consequences. The most dramatic, and possibly most significant, is the federal Department of Education's quiet but firm assumption of control of the nation's public schools. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is…
Descriptors: Presidents, Public Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Schachter, Ron – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
STEM--shorthand for "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics"--has been part of the school improvement discussion for more than a decade, as educational leaders and policy makers have underscored the importance of these areas in an internationally competitive, 21st-century economy. But building and implementing programs that…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Science Teachers, Private Financial Support
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Effective teachers are critical to raising achievement and closing long-standing gaps among student subgroups. Research on this point has become absolutely clear: Students who have three or four strong teachers in a row will soar academically, regardless of racial or economic background, while those who have a sequence of weak teachers will fall…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Distribution
Smith, W. Richard – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In this article, the author describes how his district develops clearly focused professional learning communities (PLCs) and raises its student achievement rating from "one of the worst" to one of the best. Sanger Unified School District in California's Central Valley had been named one of the worst school districts in California. It…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Gap, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement
Tucker, Marc – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
American teachers unions are increasingly the target of measures, authored by friends and foes alike, intended to limit their power or eviscerate them. One would never guess that the countries that are among the top 10 in student performance have some of the strongest teachers unions. Are those unions in some way different from American teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Unions
Katzman, John – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
It's no surprise that, 28 years after the publication of "A Nation at Risk," school-reform efforts have generated so little effect. The nation's schools have proven, over the past century, adept at resisting change. Recent attempts to inject accountability and innovation have brought an important opportunity. No Child Left Behind helped…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Public Education
Carpenter, Wade A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
In this article, the author criticizes the current Bush administration's handling of educational concerns and also his fellow educators. Using two stories, the author explains how the kind of humanity he used to see practiced by teachers is no longer observed today. He relates how he hears a great deal about No Child Left Behind and curricular…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Humanization, Politics of Education
Taylor, Brian – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
This article presents an interview with J. Michael Ortiz, a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind, on the issues concerning the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Aspen Institute's Commission is an independent panel that was established in 2006 to conduct a high-level review of the federal government's signature…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Accountability
Riley, Richard W.; Peterson, Terry K. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
For the last 25 years, American education has been trying to reform itself. This effort has been noble but only partially successful, and too often defined by an "either-or" dichotomy that has led to publicly defined "wars" over reading and math instruction, and even the very existence of the U.S. Department of Education. All…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Graduation Rate, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Haskins, Ron; Loeb, Susanna – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
The current rousing national discussion of teacher quality is the most important debate on education in a generation. Research shows that good teachers can boost student achievement. Even more exciting, students who have good teachers for several consecutive years show cumulative gains in achievement. In this article, the authors outline a plan to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Change
Klein, Alyson – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he is eager to use a proposed $15 billion federal incentive-grant fund in part to reward states, districts, and even nonprofit organizations that have set high standards for the students they serve. Duncan's comments came in an interview in which he named as priorities reauthorization of the federal No…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Educational Quality, Nonprofit Organizations
Lewis, Anne C. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
This article discusses several bills that would amend President Bush's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. A scan of the last-minute proposals gives some indication of the issues that will be addressed. Democrats were most concerned about money: More than half of the bills which remained called for increases in federal aid. Several would have…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Gleibermann, Erik – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
The goal of No Child Left Behind appears admirable: by 2014 every child in the nation will test to proficiency in core math and literacy skills. However, as we investigate what schools need to reach these goals, we expose what teachers have long experienced one arduous day at a time: our school system is based on a 19th-century factory model that…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Reading Skills
Shannon, Thomas – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
With recent court decisions in mind, author considers ten practical questions with which school people must deal in the future. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Sunderman, Gail L.; Orfield, Gary; Kim, James S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, every school is subject to the controversial mandates for annual test score gains contained in the federal law. The law represents a profound change in the relationship between the federal government and state and local education agencies regarding who controls education and has direct implications for…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Scores, Goal Orientation, Federal Government
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