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Virtual K-12 Learning: New Learning Frontiers for State Education Agencies
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Natale, Catherine Fisk; Cook, Janet – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article explores the role of state education agencies in three states that have embarked on ambitious kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) virtual learning initiatives: Alabama, Florida, and Idaho. Subject to a rapidly changing environment influenced by factors beyond the jurisdiction of many state departments of education, the world of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education
Learning by Design--The AIA Environmental Education Program.
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Sandler, Alan R. – Nature Study, 1983
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), recognizing the interrelationship between the human environment and the natural environment, has prepared materials (Learning by Design) to help people make wise decisions about the environment. The role of the AIA in environmental education and the Learning by Design materials are described. (JN)
Descriptors: Architecture, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Institutional Role
A Survey of the Capacity of Selected Urban School Districts to Utilize and Disseminate Innovations in Educational Technology.
Adams, Isaac, Jr. – 1978
This report presents the results of an informal survey which focused upon the manner in which urban school systems are organized to perform the functions of utilization and dissemination of educational innovations. The systems of each of twenty-eight urban districts surveyed are briefly described. Results presented indicate that (1) all…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
The SW & WC ECSU Past and Present.
Southwest and West Central Educational Cooperative Service Unit, Marshall, Minn. – 1980
The benefits of regional cooperation among small rural school districts are stressed in this brief description of the Educational Cooperative Service Unit (ECSU) currently serving 63,800 students in 104 member districts. A section on historical background traces the ECSU's forerunners, e.g., an educational media center established in 1965, the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
The National Education Goals: The AACTE Member Response.
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This booklet describes projects undertaken at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) institutions in response to the National Education Goals and "America 2000." Following an introduction by Dr. Marilyn J. Guy, AACTE President, the publication is organized by goal as follows: (1) "Readiness for School"…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Drug Education
Issues and Answers in the Rural and Small School Education Movement. Annual Rural Education Conference (2nd, Manhattan, Kansas, November 10-11, 1980).
Bailey, Gerald D., Comp.; Scott, Robert E., Comp. – 1981
Conference papers are clustered into three major categories: background--the past and future; current issues in rural and small school education; and individual and group roles in rural and small school education. Papers in the first category provide an overview of the basic changes in rural education, project a picture of rural education in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Career Development, College Role