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Bloomberg, Laura; Nathan, Joe; Berman, Ilene – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
In communities nationwide, public charter schools are meeting the growing demand for high-quality education opportunities. This is especially true in communities with underperforming public district schools that are not meeting the academic needs of students, including poor and minority students. Forty states and the District of Columbia have laws…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality
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Commission for International Adult Education, 2012
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
Ray, H. W. – 1972
This report contains a description of the principal results and conclusions concerning the impact of educational performance contracting on student achievement in two school districts that subcontracted with its local educational association to test the use of incentives in regular classrooms. A related document is EA 004 441. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Experiments, Incentives
Packard, Richard D.; Dereshiwsky, Mary I. – 1990
An analysis of the Organizational Readiness Assessment Model, which was developed from research on the Arizona Pilot-Test Teacher Incentive Program: Career Ladders, a performance-based teacher reward system, is the purpose of this report. The model is composed of essential focus and support factors for educational improvement and success, which…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Coash, Vicki; Watkins, Karen – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2005
At Santa Maria Middle School in southwest Phoenix, Arizona, teachers have decided to maintain their relationships with their students by looping through sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Here, they describe the results of the first three years of the program, discussing the development of their team's priorities and the strategies they embraced…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Looping (Teachers), Teacher Student Relationship