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Download full textRoss, Michaela; Kiernan, Reilly; Murphy, Devin; Bielak, Debby – Bridgespan Group, 2016
This document is part of a Bridgespan Group research project that focused on the question: "How could a philanthropist make the biggest improvement on social mobility with an investment of $1 billion?" In answering this question, the authors have sought to understand "what matters most" for improving social mobility outcomes.…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Economic Opportunities, Investment, Social Services
Direct linkMeyer, Peter – Education Next, 2009
During much of the previous nine years, Tom Carroll had overseen the launch of eight charter schools in Albany. All of Tom Carroll's Albany charter schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Not only that, they had become the best schools in the city. Tom Carroll now runs the Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability (FERA), which…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Indicators
Turnbull, Brenda J.; And Others – 1994
This document presents findings of a study that examined the operations and effects of selected activities of the regional educational laboratory program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. The 10 laboratories that receive OERI support conduct applied research and development and provide…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Centers, Linking Agents
Hall, William – 1988
The Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development is a national education research and development organization. The center was established in June 1980 as a company limited by guarantee, and its members are the ministers responsible for TAFE in all of Australia's states and territories and in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Clearinghouses, Conferences, Consultation Programs
PDF pending restorationSailor, Wayne; And Others – 1993
A 5-year research program, the Research Institute on the Placement and Integration of Children with Severe Disabilities, was conducted to survey current definitions and placement patterns involving large representative samples of children 3 to 21 years old with severe disabilities. Twenty variables, including characteristics of students, families,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Center for Leadership Development, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Drawing on interviews, documents, and eight studies, this policy research study offers information and recommendations in order to fulfill the responsibility of the National Council on Educational Research to establish general policies for, and review the conduct of, the National Institute of Education (NIE). Questions guiding this study are: the…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Zlotnik, Joan Levy; Solt, Barbara E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
This invitational update on the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) provides an overview of the work and progress toward strengthening the evidence base for social work practice and policy through research. The article includes information regarding IASWR work with its supporting social work organizations to provide a…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Technical Assistance, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship
Peer reviewedWalsh, John – Science, 1978
Details plans of the Carter administration to propose to Congress the creation of an International Technological Cooperation designed to assist less developed countries to make more effective use of science and technology. (CP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Policy, Government Role
Haak, A. H. – Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands, 1976
Individual training programs for participants coming mainly from developing countries are discussed. (RW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Developing Nations
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, a business-friendly idea factory, has big plans for expansion and for helping developing nations. (EV)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Innovation, Inventions, Program Descriptions
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. – 1998
The Regional Educational Laboratory Program is the U.S. Department of Education's largest research and development investment designed to help educators, policymakers, and communities improve schools and help all students attain their full potential. Administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the network of 10…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. – 1997
The Regional Educational Laboratory Program is the U.S. Department of Education's largest research and development investment designed to help educators, policymakers, and communities improve schools and help all students attain their full potential. Administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the network of 10…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1995
This document outlines the National Center for Research Vocational Education's 1995 agenda. The agenda is divided into two parts. Part 1 summarizes the center's plans for research and development activities on the following six themes: the economic context of vocational education (VE); institutions, "systems," governance, and policy;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Accountability, Conferences, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedGlyde, Henry R.; Sa-yakanit, Virulh – Higher Education in Europe, 1985
A cooperative program of the physics departments of Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and the University of Ottawa (Canada) to develop a semiconductor physics research laboratory in Thailand is described, and issues in the program's design and implementation are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Departments, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Dunn, William N.; And Others – 1982
This report summarizes major findings and policy implications of a University of Pittsburgh project titled Methodological Research on Knowledge Use and School Improvement. The major emphasis has been methodological rather than substantive. The primary purpose has been to describe, evaluate, and recommend alternative concepts, methods, and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Methods, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
