What Have We Learned About And From Rankings?, 2010 Technological University Dublin
What Have We Learned About And From Rankings?, Ellen Hazelkorn
Other resources
The presentation discusses the pros and cons of higher education rankings, and examines the impact and influence that rankings are having.
Quality Counts 2010: Arkansas Holds Steady, 2010 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Quality Counts 2010: Arkansas Holds Steady, Nathan C. Jensen, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
In an attempt to gauge the educational progress of the nation and each state, Education Week has published state report cards since 1997 in its annual Quality Counts series. The 14th annual report - Quality Counts 2010 - was released in January. Four of the six categories (Chance for Success, School Finance, The Teaching Profession, and Standards, Assessment and Accountability) were updated to reflect the most current (2010) data. Arkansas received the highest possible grade (A) in the Standards, Assessments & Accountability category, receiving perfect scores in the subcategories for Standards and School Accountability. Similarly, Arkansas' grade for Transitions and …
Charter School Review In Arkansas And Across The Nation, 2010 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Charter School Review In Arkansas And Across The Nation, Nathan C. Jensen, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
At the most recent State Board of Education meeting, State Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell addressed the need for more monitoring of charter schools to ensure that these schools meet their stated goals, including the types of students they intend to serve and the scope of the schools’ curricula. Additionally, he noted that the current process for reviewing applications for charter schools is inadequate, and acknowledged the need for a more systematic review process. As a result, Dr. Kimbrell reported that the state is planning to create a charter review council that will serve two important functions: reviewing charter applications prior …
Filosofia Antropológica?, 2010 Universidade do Porto
Filosofia Antropológica?, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Muito do que se passa nas nossas sociedades, actualmente, depende de termos ou não termos um olhar filosófico, e de termos ou não termos a capacidade perspectivista do antropólogo. O presente artigo chama a atenção para a necessidade de a Filosofia, tentando furtar-se à tirania do Logos na versão dos ares "grão senhores", de que falava Kant, procure o olhar de "terceiro", e o despojamento de recursos da Antropologia cultural.
Rethinking Reiche, 2010 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rethinking Reiche, Tracie J. Reed
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Part I of the study examines the differences between two environmental assessment methods for the K‐12 education sector: the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED Schools Version 3.0 and the British Research Establishment’s (BRE) BREEAM Education issue 2.0. Credit requirements are compared side‐by‐side and against recommendations from researchers in areas such as acoustics, lighting and indoor environment quality. Strengths in the two schemes and areas for improvement are highlighted, with acknowledgement that each scheme offers components and techniques from which the other could benefit. Part II of the study introduces the Howard C. Reiche Community School in Portland, Maine. …
The Loss Of Egypt’S Children, 2010 University of Denver
The Loss Of Egypt’S Children, Cindy Ragab
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Under the fierce rays of the desert sun, in the heat of the summer, young children are forced to remove pests from cotton crops for eleven hours per day, search for recyclable goods among animals and the pungent stench of city dumps, and are sold to elderly male tourists through temporary marriages by their parents. This is the hideous reality for millions of child laborers in Egypt. Child labor is a manifestation of the pains of extreme poverty on the world’s most vulnerable population. Childhood is lost. Children are forced to take on responsibilities that in normal circumstances push adults …
Shilpa Sayura Foundation - The Shilpa Sayura E-School, 2010 Singapore Management University
Shilpa Sayura Foundation - The Shilpa Sayura E-School, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Social Space
In a country like Sri Lanka ravaged by decades of civil war, access to educational resources for an ethnically diverse population is scant at best, leading to disproportionate failure rates among high school students. The Shilpa Sayura team proposes to transform 600 existing tele-centres that facilitate e-learning and self-learning of the national curriculum to a new domain of digital knowledge that develops rural education in Sri Lanka.
Mira - Intermediary For Micro-Philanthropy, 2010 Singapore Management University
Mira - Intermediary For Micro-Philanthropy, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Social Space
Lack of access, or financial means, continue to be the most significant reason for why up to 18 million children in Southeast Asia are not enrolled in schools. Mira’s goal is to make education universally accessible by creating a personalised scholarship fund online that is self-managed and data-driven, enabling a collaborative sponsorship model that links funders to a particular student, with real-time updates from both parties.
The Impact Of Self-Efficacy, Locus Of Control, And Perceived Parental Influence On The Academic Performance Of Low And High Achieving African-American High School Students, 2010 Wayne State University
The Impact Of Self-Efficacy, Locus Of Control, And Perceived Parental Influence On The Academic Performance Of Low And High Achieving African-American High School Students, Frances Ernestine Curtis-Fields
Wayne State University Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of self-efficacy, locus of control, and perceived parental influence on the academic achievement of African-American high school students from low socioeconomic levels. A nonexperimental, descriptive research study was used to collect the data needed to address the research questions posed for this study. High school students enrolled in one high school in a large urban school district were asked to participate in the study. These students completed three instruments, Self in School, Importance of Parent Involvement, and the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility questionnaire (IAR), along with a short demographic survey developed …
Finding Voice: Two Afro Caribbean Immigrant Members Of The Academy Writing ‘Home’, 2010 Georgia State University
Finding Voice: Two Afro Caribbean Immigrant Members Of The Academy Writing ‘Home’, Janice B. Fournillier, Theodore Lewis
Educational Policy Studies Faculty Publications
Two Afro Caribbean immigrants share our individual experiences of navigating the United States (US) academy, and the strengths we derived in the process. We explore the questions: How do we make meaning of our experiences as members of the academe? What accounts for our ability to perform, develop, and grow as scholars in the US? We used the writings of local and international scholars as frames for the analyses of our experiences. Our reflections on the situated and peculiar nature of our dispositions as persons of African descent from the Caribbean are not meant to set us apart or create …
Support For First Nations Students: The Significance Of The Aboriginal Resource Teacher’S Role, 2010 Western University
Support For First Nations Students: The Significance Of The Aboriginal Resource Teacher’S Role, Jody Alexander, Judy Hewitt, ThéRèSe Narbonne
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
School Success And The Intergenerational Effect Of Residential Schooling, 2010 Western University
School Success And The Intergenerational Effect Of Residential Schooling, Evelyne Bougie, Sacha SenéCal
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Using Data To Monitor Early Literacy Development, 2010 Western University
Using Data To Monitor Early Literacy Development, Elizabeth A. Sloat, Joan F. Beswick
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Reflections Of Indian Teacher Education Program Graduates: Considerations For Educational Policy And Research, 2010 Western University
Reflections Of Indian Teacher Education Program Graduates: Considerations For Educational Policy And Research, Randolph Wimmer, Louise Legare, Yvette Arcand, Michael Cottrell
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Forging Partners, Opening Doors: Community School Case Studies From Manitoba And Saskatchewan, 2010 Western University
Forging Partners, Opening Doors: Community School Case Studies From Manitoba And Saskatchewan, Susan Phillips
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Bedouin Women In The Naqab, Israel: Ongoing Transformation, 2010 University of Denver
Bedouin Women In The Naqab, Israel: Ongoing Transformation, Marcy M. Wells
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Since its inception in 1948, the state of Israel has based development plans on an agenda of nation-building that has systematically excluded Palestinian Arab citizens such as the indigenous Bedouin. Policies of relocation, resettlement, and restructuring have been imposed on the Bedouin, forcing them from their ancestral lands and lifestyle in the Naqab (or Negev, as it is called in Hebrew) desert of southern Israel. The rapid and involuntary transition from self-sufficient, semi-nomadic, pastoral life to sedentarization and modernization has resulted in dependency on a state that treats the Bedouin as minority outsiders through unjust social, political, and economic structures. …
The Determinants Of Student Achievement And High School Completion In Michigan, 2010 Wayne State University
The Determinants Of Student Achievement And High School Completion In Michigan, Cleo Michele Moody
Wayne State University Dissertations
ABSTRACT
By
Cleo M. Moody
December 2010
Advisor: Dr. Michael Addonizio
Major: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Degree: Doctor of Education
Policy and practice regarding in-grade level retention and their effects on high school graduation rates and successful student academic outcomes have currently assumed great importance in the education reform debate. Further, the effectiveness of our public schools and the achievement of our students have implications that can affect individuals and the communities in which they live. Now, more than ever, individual economic success and economic growth depend crucially on academic achievement and human capital. The purpose of this research …
Approaches To Globalized Education: Policies Towards International Students In The Usa And Eu, 2010 Policy Studies Organization
Approaches To Globalized Education: Policies Towards International Students In The Usa And Eu, Hristina Petrova
Hristina Petrova
No abstract provided.
Canada: Managing Diversity And Social Cohesion Under Bill C-50 And Beyond, 2010 Policy Studies Organization
Canada: Managing Diversity And Social Cohesion Under Bill C-50 And Beyond, Hristina Petrova
Hristina Petrova
The recent changes in the Canadian immigration system have led to the development of other programs designed to attract highly skilled immigrants. Bill C-50 was implemented in order to reduce the immigration backlog and match supply with demand on the labour market. Whatever the scheme, there’s one particular group of immigrants whose entry into the country has been encouraged via numerous parallel initiatives – the one of international students. Their retention is strategic because they could be just what Canada needs – young people proficient in the official languages, with Canadian credentials and work experience.
Ireland: The Challenges Of Building Research In A Binary He Culture, 2010 Technological University Dublin
Ireland: The Challenges Of Building Research In A Binary He Culture, Ellen Hazelkorn, Amanda Moynihan
Books/Book chapters
No abstract provided.