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The Eagleville Times, Volume 2, Issue 1, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

The Eagleville Times, Volume 2, Issue 2, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Legislating Accountability: Standards, Sanctions, And School District Reform , Aaron J. Saiger

Faculty Scholarship

The “New Accountability” movement in American education purports to catalyze improvement in American education by setting clear state standards for academic performance, measuring performance against those standards, and disseminating information about results. This Article argues that the potential of state accountability programs lies not in their imposition of standards but in their imposition of a sanction - the disestablishment of school districts, which entails unseating the local superintendent and school board and replacing them with state officials or their designees - that is extremely painful for the targeted district but is also painful for states to impose. The first Part …

Factors Associated With Retention Rates In Career And Technical Educat, Jo Ann Whiteman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There is a recognized state and national shortage of Career and Technical (CTE) teachers; in certain school districts or by subject area, it is defined as a "Critical Shortage". At the same time, both statewide and nationally, the number of teacher preparation programs for Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers has decreased. To alleviate the shortage and increase access many Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher preparation programs use the web. This study examined retention rates in courses from Fall 1997 through Fall 2003 within web-based courses in a CTE teacher preparation program at the University of Central Florida to …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/41 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Effects of full and alternative day block scheduling on language arts and science achievement in a junior high school / Chance W. Lewis, R. Brian Cobb, Marc Winokur, Nancy Leech, Michael Viney [and] Wendy White.

Ancient Way In A New Land: Benedictine Education In The Great Plains, Marielle Frigge O.S.B.

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

In the first half of the sixth century, an Italian monk, Benedict of Nursia, provided a framework for Christian monastic life. In the last half of the nineteenth century, his descendants arrived in the Great Plains, part of the westward movement of Christian missionaries in North America. What could this ancient way of life offer to a new land of Native tribes and immigrant farmers, traders, and soldiers? And what might this new land contribute to the shaping of a uniquely American form of monastic life?

These Benedictine men and women brought with them centuries of experience as learners and …

The Price Of Education: What Local Control Is Costing American Children., Debra L. Ireland

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Wealth and property are not equally distributed in America, and these inequities are exacerbated by the American school system. The current school system is community-centered, meaning children living in poorer districts do not have access to the same level of education as children living in wealthier districts. The comment discusses the impact that budgeting decisions have on community perceptions and expectations, as well as how community favoritism plays a role in the education financing equation. Finally, the author proposes eliminating what is essentially an “educational caste system,” and discusses how to change the attitudes of society and alter the ways …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/34 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Constraining Elementary Teachers' Work: Dilemmas and Paradoxes Created by State Mandated Testing / Sandra Mathison [and] Melissa Freeman.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/29 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Comments on Weiner, Resnick and scientific debate / Jonathan Goodman.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/26 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Role of theory and policy in the educational treatment of language minority students : competitive structures in California / Tom T. Stritikus [and] Eugene Garcia.

The Alumni Network, Summer 2003 (Vol. Xvii No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Papers, 81st Annual Meeting Of The Virginia Academy Of Science, May 27-30, 2003, University Of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of papers that were presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 27-30, 2003.

A Clinical Instructor Online Training Course For Radiologic Technologists, Christine Marie Beaudry

All Graduate Projects

An online training module was developed for Radiologic Sciences Clinical Instructors at Clinical Education Centers for Yakima Valley Community College. This training module orients new Clinical Instructors to accreditation standards, as well as orients them to student and technologist requirements for the Radiologic Sciences Program.

Liberal Hegemony - School Vouchers And The Future Of The Race, Harry G. Hutchison

Missouri Law Review

This Article examines the school voucher debate. Because “the causes of poverty within the black community are both structural and behavioral,” and because the available evidence provides an inferential connection between education and poverty, I contend that the reigning legal and political theory as embedded in, and as explicated by the constitutional jurisprudence of the Zelman dissenters, and as exemplified by other commentators, fails to address adequately racial disparity and neglects to consider adequately the victims of the current public school hegemony. Hence, the legitimacy of much of the current opposition to school vouchers remains indefensible form an outsider perspective.

Consuming Government, Richard Schragger

Michigan Law Review

In his ambitious new book, William Fischel, a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, gives us a new political animal: "The Homevoter." The homevoter is simply a homeowner who votes (p. ix). According to Fischel, she is the key to understanding the political economy of American local government. By implication, she is the key to understanding state and national government as well. Homeowners warrant special attention because "residents who own their own homes have a stake in the outcome of local politics that make them especially attentive to the public policies of local government" (p. ix). That is because local …

An Investigation Of Pre-Nursing And Second-Year Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perception Of Spirituality, Jacquelyn Kay R. Williams

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This pilot study investigated whether spiritual care education is a part of the baccalaureate nursing curriculum at a south Texas university. This study used two standardized scales to compare the pre-nursing students' and senior baccalaureate nursing students' attitude about spirituality at different levels in the nursing program. Two quantitative questionnaires were used to investigate the nursing students' personal spiritual involvement and beliefs and their opinions about the spiritual role of the nurse in meeting patient spiritual needs. No statistically significant differences in the two group's personal spiritual involvement and beliefs were found. Statistically significant differences were found in the opinions …

Pages News, Volume 11, No. 1, April 2003, Andre Paul, Christoph Kull, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial: Rates of Change -- Tales from the Field: Yemen -- Inside PAGES -- New on the PAGES Bookshelf -- Program News -- DEKLIM: German Climate Research -- National Page -- South Africa -- Science Highlights -- Variation in Atmospheric CO2 -- Treeline Shifts in the Ural Mountains -- Oak Forest Expansion in Europe -- Mass Loss of Alpine Glaciers -- Hydrological Cycles in the Mediterranean -- Temperature Variations in the Intermediate-Depth Atlantic Ocean -- Global Sea Level Changes -- Workshop Reports -- LIMPACS Workshop, Silkeborg, Denmark -- Quaternary Environmental Change, Pondicherry, India -- Last Page -- Calendar -- …

Vol. 04 No. 1 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Development Of Higher Education Programs In Graphic Arts Technology According To The Needs Of The Printing Industry, Mahadzir Mohamad

Theses

None provided.

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Teacher, Student, And School Perspectives, Mid-Year Evaluation Report, David L. Silvernail Phd, Walter J. Harris Phd, Dawn M.M. Lane, Janet C. Fairman Phd, Paula B. Gravelle, Lori Smith, Katherine I. Sargent, Walter Mcintire

Education Technology

This report presents some early evaluation evidence on the effectiveness and impact of the implementation of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). The goal of the Year One evaluation, which is being conducted by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), is to provide policymakers and practitioners with information that will assist them in determining whether or not, and to what degree, the vision and goals of the MLTI are being achieved. The Year One design is focusing primarily on the students who entered seventh grade in September 2002, and their teachers and schools.

The MEPRI evaluation team has focused …

University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Transmutation Research Program: Quarterly Report, Second Quarter Year 2 (June 2002 To August 2002), Anthony Hechanova

Transmutation Research Program Reports (TRP)

This Quarterly Report is a primary deliverable from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Transmutation Research Program (TRP) Director to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as described in the UNLV Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) proposal, and AAA FY02 Work Package. Note: during this quarter, the AAA national program changed names to the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) and the UNLV AAA University Participation Program changed its name to the Transmutation Research Program. The new names will be used in future references.

The TRP Director implements the program’s administration using staff from the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies …

Perceptions Of Nebraska School Leaders Toward The Use Of Digital Portfolios In The Teacher Selection Process, Paul Allan Clark

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to examine Nebraska School administrators' perceptions of digital portfolios in the teacher selection process. The digital portfolio can become another tool that school administrators use to help with the teacher selection process. Before universities or individual students spend a great deal of time and resources in creating and developing a digital portfolio plan, it is important to study the perceptions of the school administrators who may be using the digital portfolio in the teacher selection process. It is important to note whether they perceive a digital portfolio as useful and, if so, what contents …

Graduate School Of Computer And Information Sciences-Doctoral Degree Programs 2003-2005, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nsu Achievements - Winter 2003, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Achievements

No abstract provided.

Americans On The Move: Grade 5 American History Lesson Plan, Timothy Binkley

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

The lesson plan is designed to teach students about how different forms of transportation aided in the expansion and development of the United States.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.

Committed To Encounter: Sources Of Teacher Engagement With Students In A Cross -Cultural Study Of Two Sister Schools In Japan And The United States, Rosemary Anne Zurawel

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to examine the sources of teachers' motivations to engage with students. I have chosen care theory upon which to build the conceptual framework for this phenomenological study, and I consider both natural and ethical care as seen by Nel Noddings. I have also drawn upon the work of Jane Roland Martin and The Schoolhome (1992), and that of Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot in Respect (2000). Finally, I examine the Japanese notion of amae, or interdependence, and note its parallels to the ethics of care.

Through the use of in-depth interviews, I interviewed 15 American teachers and …

A New Era In Humane Education: How Troubling Youth Trends And A Call For Character Education Are Breathing New Life Into Efforts To Educate Our Youth About The Value Of All Life, Lydia S. Antoncic

Animal Law Review

The purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then to learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally want is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society. …

President's Report, 2003, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Office Of The President

University of Montana President’s Report, 1993-2016

The President’s Report of the University of Montana, produced by University Relations on behalf of the President’s Office.

Hunting For Everyday History: A Field Guide For Teachers, Marjorie L. Mclellan

Hunting for Everyday History

Hunting for Everyday History is a hands-on guide comprised of Ohio history lessons and activities for students in third, fourth, and fifth grade. It was designed by teachers and some of Ohio's leading history experts to give students a chance to think and act like historians and curators.

Moving Along: Learning American History At Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretative Center/Wright Memorial: Grade 5 Field Trip Model, Timothy Binkley

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

The lesson plan is designed to teach students about how different forms of transportation aided in the expansion and development of the United States.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.