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Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/42 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Legislating equity : the distribution of emergency permit teachers in California / Laura Goe.

University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Advanced Accelerator Applications University Participation Program: Quarterly Report, Third Quarter Year 2 (Sept. 2002 To Nov. 2002), Anthony Hechanova

Transmutation Research Program Reports (TRP)

This Quarterly Report is a primary deliverable from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) University Participation Program (UPP) Director to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as described in the UNLV AAA proposal and Statement of Work for the Fourth Quarter.

The UNLV AAA UPP Director implements the program’s administration using staff from the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies (HRC) to ensure that work conducted under the UNLV AAA UPP meets program objectives. The UNLV AAA program consists of three components: Program Support, Research Infrastructure Augmentation, and Student Research.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/41 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Globalización, gobierno y transferencia de políticas públicas : el caso de la educación superior en México / Pedro Flores Crespo [and] Salvador Ruiz de Chávez.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/40 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Original ten : a multisite case study of Florida's millennium high school reform model / Carol A. Mullen.

Architecture As Mediator: An Alternative Learning Facility In Cooperstown, New York, Jason Henault

Architecture Thesis Prep

"The environment in which the child learns is among the most important aspects of the education of a child. Architecture, as a tool for learning and an instrument of social change, plays a significant role in the shaping of the learning environment."

Collaborative Musical Expression And Creativity Among Academics: When Intellectualism Meets Twelve Bar Blues, Gary P. Radford, Stephen D. Cooper, Robert W. Kubey, David S. Mccurry, Jonathan Millen, John R. Barrows

Communications Faculty Research

The Professors are a blues, rock, and sometime heavy metal band made up of communication professors from a number of New Jersey schools. Formed in 1995, the band has played in clubs in New York City as well as a number of academic venues, including the annual conference of the International Communication Association in Chicago in 1996 and the annual conference of the National Communication Association in New York City in 1998. The Professors have been featured in both local and national press, including the Chronicle of Higher Education. When we learned of the call for papers for this special …

Predictor Variables Of Performance On The Louisiana Educational Assessment Program For The 21st Century, June Adeline Thomas

Doctoral Dissertations

Using the Student Characteristics: Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) composite national percentile scores, repeating fourth grade, spring third grade Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) scores, socioeconomic status, race, gender, and preschool attendance and the School Characteristics: teacher degree level, teacher experience, teacher professional development, and school Title I status, this study employed a stepwise multiple regression analysis to determine the best predictors of fourth grade scores on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program for the 21st Century (LEAP 21). Students must pass the English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics portions of this test to be promoted to fifth grade. Having previously …

Catalog, 2002-2003, Anderson University - South Carolina

Catalogs

The 2002-2003 academic catalog and introduction to the college.

Nsu Achievements - Fall 2002, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Achievements

No abstract provided.

Critical Pedagogy As Organizational Praxis: Challenging The Demise Of Civil Society In A Time Of Permanent War, Peter Mclaren, Nathalia E. Jaramillo

Education Faculty Articles and Research

The writers criticize the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing military and political occupation of the country. They suggest a link between aggressive U.S. military posture and neoliberal globalization and contend that the current situation in Iraq is a metaphor for globalized capitalism across the world. The writers then consider issues surrounding the politics of organization in the search for a socialist alternative to free market capitalism and discuss how critical educators can reinvigorate the civil societarian left at a time when elites are less accountable to civil society than ever before.

Parent's Perceptions Of Positive Traits For School Psychologists, Angela Nelson

Student Work

Parents are important consumers of school psychologists' services. It is essential that school psychologists understand the needs of parents and what characteristics they perceive as important. This study examined the perspectives of 39 families in the midwest who have a child with a disability.

Emancipation, Elevation, And Education: Black Educational Institutions In New York City During The 1830s, Kristopher B. Burrell

Publications and Research

This conference paper studied the significance of African Americans' efforts to organize around education in New York City during the 1830s. There was a proliferation of black-led educational institutions in the aftermath of slavery's end in the city. These institutions were part of a broader effort to prove that African Americans deserved full citizenship in the State and country during the 1830s. What was happening in New York City was not occurring in a vacuum and the paper briefly puts what was occurring in New York City within a regional context, as well.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (Cats) The Minute Paper, The Center For Learning And Teaching

Faculty Journal Articles

The Minute Paper is the most commonly used CAT in college classrooms, and according to R. Light (Director of the Seminar on Assessment at Harvard), the most successful classroom innovation at Harvard (2001). It is a simple, non-graded, anonymous, in-class activity.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Recovering policy implementation : understanding implementation through informal communication / Lee S. Duemer [and] Sylvia Mendez-Morse.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/38 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

District fiscal policy and student achievement : evidence from combined NAEP-CCD data / Gary G. Huang [and] Binbing Yu.

The Effect Of An Interdisciplinary Community Health Project On Student Attitudes Toward Community Health, People Who Are Indigent And Homeless, And Team Leadership Skill Development, Molly A. Rose, Kevin J. Lyons, Kathleen Swenson Miller, Diane Cornman-Levy

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

This study examined whether students’ attitudes about community health practice, attitudes toward people who are indigent and homeless, and perceived leadership skills changed after participation in a planned interdisciplinary community health experience with an urban homeless or formerly homeless population. Data were collected from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and social work students who participated in the community health experiences and from students in these disciplines who did not participate in this curriculum. The interdisciplinary community health curriculum and practicum experiences, based on the Community Health Empowerment Model (CHEM), were designed and implemented by a coalition of community and …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/36 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Research and rhetoric on teacher certification : a response to Teacher certification reconsidered / Linda Darling-Hammong.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/37 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Effectiveness of "Teach for America" and other under-certified teachers on student academic achievement : a case of harmful public policy / Ildiko Laczko-Kerr [and] David C. Berliner.

Using Writing To Enhance Learning In Religious Education: Practical Ideas For Classroom Use, Dennis A. Wright

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Vol. 03 No. 3 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

“Those Who See”: A Century's Charge To Religious Educators, Scott C. Esplin, Brent R. Esplin

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

He Received … Grace For Grace (D&C 93:12), Bryce L. Dunford

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Law Schools Explore Three-Semester Writing Programs, Eric Easton

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Loving Friend Of Children, The Prophet Joseph, J. B. Haws

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Education Public Interest Lawyers' Fund: Establish And Administer An Education Loan Forgiveness Program For Public Interest Attorneys; Establish A Non-Profit Corporation; Provide An Additional Purpose; Provide For Related Matters, Paige P. Freeman

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act authorizes the Georgia Student Finance Authority to create a Loan Forgiveness Program to assist attorneys working in public interest areas of law to pay their student loans. Attorneys are eligible for the program if they work as an assistant district attorney, an assistant solicitor-general, an assistant solicitor, a civil legal aid attorney, a public defender, an Office of Legislative Counsel attorney, or a State Law Department attorney. The Act allows for loan repayment assistance for both undergraduate and juris doctorate degrees beginning in the seventh month after an attorney begins working in one of the eligible positions. The …

Desegregating The Law School Curriculum: How To Integrate More Of The Skills And Values Identified By The Maccrate Report Into A Doctrinal Course, Alice M. Noble-Allgire

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Vol. 03 No. 2 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Charter Schools And Equal Access: Implications For Magnet And Other Choice Schools, Carrie Ausbrooks

Essays in Education

American public schools have been entrusted with the responsibility of inculcating citizens with democratic values. However, schools have come under attack for a variety of reasons. School choice provides parents with opportunities to select from options, both within and outside the public system of schooling, which will provide their children with the type of education they desire. Among these school choice options are charter and magnet schools. This article begins with a discussion of the basic similarities between magnet and charter schools, followed by a discussion of a legal research study which examined the extent to which U.S. charter school …

Jackson, Bessie, Bronx African American History Project, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

Bessie Jackson is the President of the Bronx branch of the Society for the Association for the study of African American Life and History, founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915. Jackson came to the Bronx without any family relations in 1946 and finished High School. Jacksonthen returned to her home state ofAlabamato attend Alabama State College, but by 1949, she had returned to and settled in theBronx.

Jacksonwas born and raised on her family’s farm inDallas County,Alabama. She did not begin school until she was six years old, but illness also held her back in first grade. However,Jacksonalways …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/35 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Aprender a enseñar para la sociedad del conocimiento / Carlos Marcelo.