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Download full textPatrick, Susan; Worthen, Maria; Truong, Natalie; Frost, Dale – iNACOL, 2018
This paper explores and reflects on the issues state policy needs to address in the long-term to support a transformation of K-12 education systems. Personalized learning and competency-based education systems, designed to ensure equity, hold promise to prepare all students for success in college, career and civic life. This report shares…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, State Policy, Educational Change
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This is the second of two articles reporting the results of a study by the author regarding the status of elementary music education in the state of Utah. This article focuses on the qualifications of Utah's elementary music teachers (music certified, elementary classroom certified, artists-in-residence, volunteers, and paraprofessionals) and the…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Music Education, Qualifications
Davis, Deborah; Krasnoff, Basha; Ishimaru, Ann; Sage, Nicole – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (2002) requires state education agencies to assist chronically low-performing schools and districts by providing statewide systems of intensive and sustained support. One element of this support is the deployment of school support teams that work as external facilitators of improvement in schools and…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, School Support, School Districts, Low Achievement
Lee, Howard; Lee, Gregory – Education and Society, 2014
This article provides an analysis of the rise of 'scientific management' and 'social efficiency' theories in the early 1900s, traces their impact on the structure and administration of education systems, and critically analyses their contribution to the emergence of a new orthodoxy--outcomes-based education (OBE) approaches to school curriculum…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Journal of Staff Development, 2010
This article provides Learning Forward's definition of professional development. Learning Forward is seeking legislative amendments to include its definition in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. These amendments will clarify what practices qualify for federal, state, and district…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Faculty Development, Federal Aid
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2007
New reports looking at how the teacher-quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act are playing out in the nation's classrooms suggest that, while compliance with the 5 1/2-year-old federal law is widespread, problems and inequities persist and, in the end, labeling a teacher "highly qualified" is no guarantee of effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Federal Legislation, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Birman, Beatrice F.; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Klekotka, Amy; Ludwig, Meredith; Taylor, James; Walters, Kirk; Wayne, Andrew; Yoon, Kwang-Suk – US Department of Education, 2007
This report presents findings about teacher quality from two longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of "No Child Left Behind" (NLS-"NCLB"), and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under "No Child Left Behind" (SSI-"NCLB"). The research teams for these two…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Effectiveness
Prater, Mary Anne; Sileo, Thomas W. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2004
National reports (e.g., A Nation at Risk) and legislation (e.g., No Child Left Behind) call for improved teacher preparation. One area of concern relates to inadequate preparation of teachers for the reality of the classroom. We were interested in determining the role of practicum experiences in special education teacher preparation. Surveys were…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Experience, Qualifications, Colleges
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2004
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Art Teachers, Public Education, Teacher Education Programs
