This CD-ROM focuses on basic descriptions of the main characteristics of the organization and functioning of national education systems. Originally, WDE reproduced the national reports on the development of education that the International Bureau of Education (IBE) asked UNESCO member states to present at each session of the International…

This document describes the history of the New American Schools (NAS) organization from establishment in 1991 as the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) to its present form. The organization requested proposals, received hundreds of applications, and ultimately selected 11. The successful proposals shared many ideas and…

This skills packet is part of the North Carolina Helping Education in Low-Performing Schools effort. This initiative helps educators establish ties with technical-assistance partners who can facilitate school-improvement efforts. The skills packet, which was designed to be delivered by a skilled trainer, focuses on partnerships in education. It…

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) has developed a model for distributed learning that addresses around-the-clock access and support, leverages the resources of 23 institutions, and retains the pedagogical integrity of courseware. The model, a four-pronged approach, addresses the technology infrastructure, portals, content, and delivery.…

The focus of this book is major educational innovations, that is, programs and curricula that have achieved widespread influence. It presents such fundamentals as definitions, descriptions, theoretical and empirical bases, critical analyses, and conclusions from published research. (The book discusses only published research.) Titles of the 15…

This report examines issues relating to sector-wide approaches (SWA) to education. It focuses on SWA's relevance to poverty-reduction targets and their general mode of operation. Through this analysis, it seeks to assist those involved with educational development, including providers and recipients of technical and financial support. The document…

This report is part of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Educational Technology Cooperative's ongoing study of state educational networks. The current report is based on a study of statewide educational networks in three SREB states during May-September 1998, including a review of published materials obtained from network and agency…

The "revisionist" educational line that China is denouncing is in many particulars the educational policy adopted in the Soviet Union in the 1930's after the failure and repudiation of an earlier, more "revolutionary", educational policy. (Author)

The inadequacy and/or lack of evaluation procedures in the development of instructional products has been well documented. To help remedy this situation, the authors discuss and analyze research and theory in the field of formative evaluation applied to instructional development. (Author)

An extract from an article in the Autumn-Winter, 1972 issue of "Education and Culture" published by the Council of Europe. (Author)

Considers a new approach to education, one which focused on the anthropological discipline. (Author/RK)

The objectives of this article, which emanate from a concern for returns on educational research and development investment, are to review and comment on types of research and development efforts to improve educational R&D communication and to indicate roughly the state-of-the-art and some needed developments. (Author/RK)

The scope of this paper is concerned with communicating developments related to elementary and secondary levels of education as mediated through State, intermediate, and local educational agencies. (Author/RK)

As an introduction to the problems of the Indonesian education system this study first examines the present system, then considers the Sekolah Pembangunan' reform, and finally reviews the new model in relation to a possibly necessary conversion of the whole Indonesian education system. (Author/RK)