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Bill Kottenstette; Janyse Skalla – Colorado Department of Education, 2024
The Innovation Schools Act of 2008, ยง 22-32.5-102, et seq. C.R.S., was designed to provide a pathway for schools and districts to develop and implement innovative practices in a wide variety of areas and contexts to improve student outcomes. Innovation schools are required to articulate a vision around the autonomies they are seeking, as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, State Legislation, Institutional Mission, Educational Objectives
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2020
On May 21, 2020, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents unanimously approved the suspension of the standardized test requirement (ACT/SAT) for all California freshman applicants until fall 2024. UC plans to create a new test that better aligns with the content the University expects students to have mastered for college readiness.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Admission, College Students, Minority Group Students
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Spencer, Stephanie – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2004
Queen's College in London's Harley Street was founded in 1848 by Frederick Denison Maurice. Together with other professors from King's College London he began the venture for the education of middle-class girls, which was "greeted with prejudice and ridicule." Originally planned as an institution for training governesses, it was decided…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Administration, Womens Education, Womens Studies