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Rothman, Robert – Harvard Education Press, 2011
"Something in Common" is the first book to provide a detailed look at the groundbreaking Common Core State Standards and their potential to transform American education. This book tells the story of the unfolding political drama around the making of the Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts, which were adopted by…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
The primary purpose of the project was to explore the possibilities of bringing into the Adult Basic Education (ABE) system the systematic and orderly introduction of volunteer use, through a planning mechanism called a Task Force. A secondary purpose was to investigate change strategies applicable to the existing ABE network. The activities of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Conference Reports
Meyertholen, Patricia; Castro, Sylvia; Salinas, Cinthia – 2004
Overcoming the challenges of educational discontinuity that arise from the migratory lifestyle is the central focus of the Migrant Education Program. This chapter describes Project SMART (Summer Migrants Access Resources through Technology), a national distance learning program for migrant students that addresses such challenges by coordinating…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interstate Programs