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Juliet Squire; Kelly Robson Foster; Lynne Graziano; Andy Jacob – Bellwether, 2025
Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) offer parents a publicly funded, government-authorized savings account they can draw on for certain K-12 educational expenses. As these programs have expanded in recent years, they have become a flashpoint in education policy debates. For some, ESAs are an extension of existing private school choice programs'…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Educational Finance, Private Schools
State Support Network, 2020
A leadership academy is a formal professional learning opportunity for current school leaders, focused on augmenting knowledge and skills, increasing specialization, and refreshing leadership practices. States interested in supporting leadership academies through federal or other funding sources can look to current models of leadership academies…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Training, State Programs, Educational Improvement
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Yi Jin; Leigh Martin; Stephanee Stephens; Ann Marie Carrier – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2020
Designing a mobile makerspace, the MakerBus, originated from our goal of bringing maker education to "all" students in K-12 schools, thus empowering students to believe they could create things and make social changes. This design case was guided by the human-centered design principles and the rapid prototyping instructional design…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mobile Educational Services, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Projects
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Kramer, Dennis A., II; Lane, Megan; Tanner, Melvin – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Despite the growing call for local autonomy and flexibility, few scholars have examined the role of school district-level flexibility on resource allocation and staffing patterns. Leveraging the charter system law within the State of Georgia, we utilize a generalized difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impact of flexibility of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Districts, School Choice, Quasiexperimental Design
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Gilbert, Kristen A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: Improving public schools is a focus of federal legislation in the United States with much of the burden placed on principals. However, preparing principals for this task has proven elusive despite many changes in programming by institutions of higher learning. Emerging technologies that rely on augmented and virtual realities are…
Descriptors: Simulation, Self Efficacy, Principals, Instructional Leadership
Clark, Tanner – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The underachievement of students in the US is a growing and significant problem. When guided by the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice, research has shown service-learning results in increased academic achievement among middle and high school students. This study focused on identifying the impact of service learning interventions…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Grade 4, Mathematics Achievement, Quasiexperimental Design
Railey, Hunter – Education Commission of the States, 2016
In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature adopted a law creating the first education savings account (ESA) in the United States. Following Arizona's lead, several other states, including Florida Tennessee,Mississippi and Nevada, have implemented ESA policies. Typical eligibility requirements include conditions such as a pupil's diagnosed disability,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Money Management, Investment, Student Financial Aid
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (IConSES) which took place on October 15-18, 2020 in Chicago, IL. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Vocational Education
Fox, Christine; Jones, Rachel – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2016
The May 2012 State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) report, "The Broadband Imperative: Recommendations to Address K-12 Education Infrastructure Needs," pushed educators and policy makers nationwide to increase high-speed broadband access in schools, with specific recommendations regarding access, funding, and policies…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Computers
Georgia Governor's Office, Atlanta. – 2000
This paper discusses five key issues in the design phase of a construction project that can improve the quality, cost, or time of construction. These five ways are: education specifications, design standards, prototype designs, value engineering, and selecting a qualified architect. To facilitate discussion, the background section of this paper…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1981
In addition to presenting detailed guidelines for foreign language curriculum development in Georgia public schools, this guide includes illustrations of a variety of classroom approaches to meeting course goals. The overall rationale for the guide is to bring programs and curricula at all levels in line with both societal needs for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1992
This guide, designed to be accompanied by computer software, contains classroom activities and instructional techniques to be used in implementing the first-year core Spanish language curriculum for Georgia's public schools. Activities are correlated with goals and objectives specified in the state curriculum. Each provides information and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Course Content
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1978
The document reviews state of Georgia and federal law regarding the provision of special education programs for exceptional children and youth and outline procedures for providing those programs. Section I presents a summary of Georgia Chapter 32-6A, particularly the sections which address establishment of other special programs of education;…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2014
For the thirty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division and the Division of Instructional Design of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) sponsored the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. This year's Proceedings…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Web Sites, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1981
The manual provides resource information on eight topics related to teaching hearing impaired students in Georgia (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (screening, referral, confidentiality); program organization (philosophy, personnel, facilities); instructional programs (suggested curriculum guides);…
Descriptors: Definitions, Delivery Systems, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
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