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Kolbe, Tammy – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2021
State aid for special education shapes local decisions about identifying students for special education, the programs and services to which students have access and in which students with disabilities are educated, and how local educators structure and administer their special education programs. The connection between state funding for special…
Descriptors: State Aid, Special Education, Educational Policy, Program Design
US Agency for International Development, 2018
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Education Policy, guides Agency-wide investments in education and is the primary source of direction for all education programming. The policy outlines key principles and priority areas that are critical to supporting countries on their journey to self-reliance. It applies to all USAID education…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Policy Formation
Channa, Anila – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Policymakers have increasingly advocated decentralization as a way of enhancing educational quality, although its potential in this area is still subject to debate. This article traces the impetus and popularity of the reform as a policy solution over the past few decades. It argues that three trends in particular have characterized the post-2000…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Administrative Organization, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
Coburn, Cynthia E.; Hill, Heather C.; Spillane, James P. – Educational Researcher, 2016
Both the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and recent efforts to hold schools and teachers accountable have been hotly debated among practitioners, policymakers, and the public at large. Much of the debate centers on the merits and demerits of these initiatives and the general approach they represent to reforming teaching and learning. In this…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Accountability, Policy Formation, Program Implementation
South, Jane; Cattan, Mima – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2014
Effective knowledge translation processes are critical for the development of evidence-based public health policy and practice. This paper reports on the design and implementation of an innovative approach to knowledge translation within a mixed methods study on lay involvement in public health programme delivery. The study design drew on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Evidence Based Practice, Public Policy
Correa, Doris; González, Adriana – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In an effort to become more competitive in the global market, Colombia, as many other Latin American countries, has declared English the dominant foreign language to be taught in schools and universities across the country. To support this measure, in the last 16 years, the government, through its National Ministry of Education, has launched a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Primary Education
Massell, Diane; Goertz, Margaret E.; Barnes, Carol A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
For most of U.S. history, local communities were the primary arbiters of school quality. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, states began assuming more and more control over school standards and outcomes. The question we seek to answer is whether and the extent to which a particular kind of local voice--the voice of education practitioners--is…
Descriptors: State Programs, Improvement Programs, Educational Policy, State Policy
Shakman, Karen; Rodriguez, Sheila M. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2015
The Logic Model Workshop Toolkit is designed to help practitioners learn the purpose of logic models, the different elements of a logic model, and the appropriate steps for developing and using a logic model for program evaluation. Topics covered in the sessions include an overview of logic models, the elements of a logic model, an introduction to…
Descriptors: Models, Logical Thinking, Workshops, Program Design
Siyanbola, W. O.; Olaopa, O. R.; Hassan, O. M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The authors examine how a realistic science, technology and innovation policy can be formulated to enhance the development and management of a nation's physical and human assets and to accelerate socio-economic development through focused S&T engagement. The paper traces the evolution of S&T policies in Nigeria, particularly between 1986…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Science Course Improvement Projects, Innovation, Program Development

Conyers, Diana – Community Development Journal, 1986
This article provides an analytical framework that not only explains the contradictions in the relationship between decentralization and development, but also facilitates constructive debate about decentralization's role in development. It also reviews the extent, form, and impact of recent decentralization policies and programs in less developed…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Developing Nations, Policy Formation, Politics
Yin, Robert K. – 1980
Project Follow Through involved a diverse and major set of implementation problems: (1) The initial program mandate for an action program clashed with the later switch to an experimental focus; (2) The selection of curriculum rather than structural changes as the major intervention led to greater uncertainty regarding the practices to be…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Early Childhood Education, Federal Government, Models

Shera, Wes – Health & Social Work, 1996
Addresses the managed health care initiatives which impact the way that social workers deliver services to people with severe mental illness. Recommends social workers stay abreast of developments in managed care, use efficacy information more systematically, and promote consumer involvement in the design, implementation, and monitoring of managed…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Mental Disorders, Policy Formation, Program Design
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Student Services. – 1988
This manual was developed to provide school systems with information useful in identifying and responding to crises in their schools and communities. It provides a framework for school systems to use in establishing procedures and guidelines to react appropriately to crisis situations. It consists of general information to guide school systems in…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Prevention
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
The House Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations met to hear testimony from leaders in government and higher education on managing the federal direct student loan program. Focus was on the Department of Education's plans to correct existing management problems of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and implement the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Hearings, Higher Education
Western Job Training Partnership Association, Sacramento, CA. – 1996
The Western Job Training Partnership Association (WJTPA) supports the periodic evaluation of the scope and effectiveness of national, state, and local work force preparation and work force education programs. The WJTPA believes that future programs must correct the problems inherited from earlier work force preparation programs, such as the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Policy Formation