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Lesedi S. Matlala; Patrick Molokwane – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Early childhood development (ECD) is pivotal in addressing educational inequality and reducing income disparities in South Africa. Government initiatives to integrate ECD into the education system underscore a positive trajectory. Aim: This study assesses the impact of relocating ECD to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Qualifications
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Beatson, Caitlin; Wylen, Mel – Region 2 Comprehensive Center, 2022
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced the expansion of the northeastern reciprocity agreement to include certified educators throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and beyond. As of April 21, 2022, "educators in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Talent Development, State Departments of Education, Educational Cooperation
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Suryani, Anne – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
In Indonesia, implementation of the Law on Teachers and Lecturers in 2005 increased teacher salaries and led to an oversupply of students in teacher education programs, which might be due to no specific teacher education admission criteria. Consequently, limited teaching positions upon graduation result in more teacher education graduates…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, College Seniors, Teacher Education Programs, Career Choice
Copeman Petig, Abby; Chávez, Raúl; Austin, Lea J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
Educational expectations are rising across the field of early childhood care and education (ECE) as a growing body of research demonstrates the critical importance of early educator knowledge and skills in promoting children's development and learning. Many ECE professionals eager to advance in their careers do not pursue further education because…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Apprenticeships, State Programs, Teacher Education Programs
Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2015
This executive summary highlights results from the full report (published separately) which includes two studies that describe the local context for teacher employment decisions. The first examines the local labor market, and the second examines employment for teachers who left Austin Independent School District (AISD). A separate technical report…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2015
This report includes two studies that describe the local context for teacher employment decisions. The first examines the local labor market, and the second examines employment for teachers who left Austin Independent School District (AISD). A separate executive summary and a technical report also were published. [For the executive summary, see…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Kindergarten
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Anderson, Earl W. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955
This bulletin is published as a much-need service to young men and women considering preparation for teaching. In it they will find information and judgments on duties, requirements, opportunities, satisfactions and annoyances in teaching as a life work. Because essential data has changed, the current report is written to describe the occupation…
Descriptors: Educational History, Teaching (Occupation), Early Childhood Education, Administrator Role
Bendor, Joshua; Bordoff, Jason; Furman, Jason – Brookings Institution, 2007
This paper discusses a framework for education policy, from early childhood through post-secondary education, along with major reform ideas consistent with that framework. We present evidence showing that education is critical to broad-based economic growth. Investments in education yield large returns to both society and the individual.…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Educational Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Progress
Keesecker, Ward W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
No argument would seem to be needed to prove that knowledge of contemporary legislation affecting education is of a practical advantage to every educational worker and to all citizens of representative government. Under our system it is the prerogative of a State legislature to overcome legal obstacles, or to set up new legal instruments for…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Education, Private Schools, Federal Legislation
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1881
The Commissioner of Education reviews the work of the office, and provides discussion and data, with some diagrams on the following topics: six-year summary of institutions, instructors, and students; enrollment and attendance of the school-age population; public school teacher employment and salaries; per-capita expenditures on ungraded schools…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Schools, Teachers, Students
Elliott, Edward C. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1910
The work presented in this bulletin is in continuation of the plan inaugurated three years ago, which has resulted in two similar publications covering the periods 1904-1906 and 1906-1908 (Bulletin, 1906, No. 3, and Bulletin, 1908, No. 7). In this bulletin an attempt has been made to classify and to analyze the changes wrought in the public school…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Law, Educational Legislation, State Legislation