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Peering Through Hinges: Looking Back And Looking Forward, F. Todd Goodson
Peering Through Hinges: Looking Back And Looking Forward, F. Todd Goodson
Educational Considerations
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Community Connections: Integrating Community-Based Field Experiences To Support Teacher Education For Diversity, Christine Beaudry
Community Connections: Integrating Community-Based Field Experiences To Support Teacher Education For Diversity, Christine Beaudry
Educational Considerations
In the United States, preservice teachers often graduate and go on to work with students whose backgrounds are different from their own and in communities in which they have limited lived experience. This holds significant implications for teacher education programs given the importance of life and educational experiences in informing teaching and learning knowledge and practices and the subsequent impact of these practices in shaping the experiences and trajectories of students’ lives.
Implementing A Dominican Model Of Leadership, Suzanne Otte
Implementing A Dominican Model Of Leadership, Suzanne Otte
Educational Considerations
Effective and ethical leadership, as practiced by scientists, statisticians, businesspeople, doctors, and politicians, is necessary to solving today’s vexing and knotty crises.
A Tale Of Two Fiscal Policies: Entrepreneurial And Entropic, Scott R. Sweetland
A Tale Of Two Fiscal Policies: Entrepreneurial And Entropic, Scott R. Sweetland
Educational Considerations
Ohio’s school finance history can be characterized as progressive. Early state funding for school libraries was apportioned from state property tax receipts and distributed to local schools on a per-pupil basis. When equalization funding was invented to help poorer school systems, Ohio adopted that model of funding.
A Practical Method Of Policy Analysis By Simulating Policy Options, James L. Phelps
A Practical Method Of Policy Analysis By Simulating Policy Options, James L. Phelps
Educational Considerations
This article focuses on a method of policy analysis that has evolved from the previous articles in this issue. The first section, “Toward a Theory of Educational Production,” identifies concepts from science and achievement production to be incorporated into this policy analysis method.
Diversity: Its Essential Importance To Ncate Accreditation, Jeff Zacharakis, Joelyn K. Foy
Diversity: Its Essential Importance To Ncate Accreditation, Jeff Zacharakis, Joelyn K. Foy
Educational Considerations
This issue of Educational Considerations focuses on the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Standard 4 - Diversity. It is not without merit that our teacher preparation institutions are held to a diversity standard by the most prominent accrediting agency.
The Incidence Of At-Risk Students In Indiana: A Longitudinal Study, Randall S. Vesely
The Incidence Of At-Risk Students In Indiana: A Longitudinal Study, Randall S. Vesely
Educational Considerations
Elementary and secondary students can be impacted by a number of risk factors, all of which can have a negative influence on their academic success.
Voices From Lawrence, Kansas: Diverse Adult Learners In A University Community, Angela White, Norma Herrod
Voices From Lawrence, Kansas: Diverse Adult Learners In A University Community, Angela White, Norma Herrod
Educational Considerations
Nestled in a neighborhood of modest bungalows, the Lawrence Adult Learning Center (LALC) is a part of the greater Lawrence High School campus. The high school annex building houses LALC, along with Native American Student Services, special education offices and personnel, and Lawrence Public Schools Nursing Services.