Discusses eight key elements that should be included in programs (in school districts along the United States-Mexico border) designed to boost immigrant parents' participation and involvement in their children's education. (SR)

This article describes an interactive and collaborative strategic planning process by a community college in which student retention and success became a focus of a re-accreditation endeavor. The underlying assumption of this strategic planning effort was that engaging all groups that have a stake in student retention at the beginning of the…

The no child left be act of 2001 (NCLB) emphasizes educational accountability for all students. Twenty-eight states have policies to aggregate student participation and proficiency data for schools for the deaf in NCLB reports. The remaining states account for these students in other ways: referring student data to "sending" schools and…

This document is the third annual report of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), appointed by George W. Bush under Presidential Executive Order 13256. The report for fiscal years 2004-2005 details the performance of the 32 designated federal agencies and departments during 2004-2005, and…

This paper, the fourth in a series, looks at the critical role that teachers play in the success or failure of educational change. The most powerful impact on learning occurs when teachers change their practices and beliefs. The paper describes the experiences of two K-6 Pacific schools--Waialae (Honolulu) and Blanche Pope (Oahu) with systemic…

One of a series of practitioner-oriented newsletters, the document provides elementary school principals with information about school partnerships with business and industry. Based on a series of recent reports criticizing American schooling, the article recommends that schools form alliances with business and industry in teaching students, in…

Declining school enrollment, the surplus of qualified teachers and the existence of unused school buildings are among the reasons given for advocating public school sponsorship of expanded early childhood education and day care. Additionally, the number of women who work and need child care services is growing. The gap between the number of…

York College of Pennsylvania, which has moved from a junior college to a four-year institution in the last decade, has responded to accreditation reports that suggested changes in the college's governing structure. A review of the literature showed that faculty should participate in governance on a shared-authority basis. The study was designed to…

During the 1974-1975 academic year, the Suffield Guidance Evaluation Project conducted a series of workshops for the guidance to develop a systems model for management by behavioral objectives and results (MBO/R). A process of client population involvement to develop guidance goals was conducted the previous year and culminated in October, 1974,…

This report described the Tri-School Plan initiated by the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. to equalize educational opportunities in an urban renewal area. Under the plan, children attended the Syphax School for grades 1 and 2; the Amidon School for grades 3 and 4; the Bowen School for grades 5 and 6. Children from various socioeconomic…

One component of The Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development--The Teacher's Resource File: Word Attack--was adapted to the needs of seven field test schools in the Southeastern United States. The resultant product was a 96-page Regional Resource File Supplement to the basic Teacher's Resource File: Word Attack. The file contains two parts:…

The Nuremberg Laws represented a consistent ideological policy that provided the legal basis for persecution and discrimination against the Jews. These laws permeated the content of every level of learning and instruction. (RM)

Introduces four articles based on an Education Commission of the States study that identified political and demographic elements interacting to improve schools and the states' role in the change process. Discusses several conditions critical to developing successful improvement programs, including political, monetary, and technical support. (MLH)

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children being home schooled during the past decade. The history of home schooling and its increasing interrelationship with public schooling are detailed. Demographic information on the home school population, a definition of home schooling, reasons to home school, and beliefs surrounding this…

The federal Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program provides incentives for high-poverty schools to pursue reform. In fiscal years 1998-99, $120 million, or 83 percent of total CSRD funds, was made available to states to target Title I schools serving disadvantaged students. Of the 1,748 schools participating in CSRD, over 85…