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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Private Tutoring and Social Cohesion
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
Mastering the public school curriculum is so important to a child's occupational future that in many regions of the world "shadow" education outside of the public system has now become the norm. In one way, this is excellent news because private investment in human capital is a strong contributor to economic and social development. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Education, Tutors, Teachers
Foreign Aid to Education: Recent U.S. Initiatives--Background, Risks, and Prospects
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2005
The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is a commitment of the United States to raise its grant aid by a factor of 50% over the next 3 years and will result in a $5 billion annual increase over current foreign aid levels. Many other countries and multinational development assistance agencies will be asked to help co-finance this new account, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, International Relations, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Education, Social Cohesion, and the Future Role of International Organizations.
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2003
Summarizes social cohesion issues within education, concerns over how education performs this function, and implications for international organizations. The paper reviews the purposes of public education, discusses some modern challenges to these traditional functions and why it may be important for international organizations to assume a new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Globalization, International Organizations, Public Education
General Introduction: Global Issues in Education.
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2001
Introduces a collection of articles that illustrate lessons learned from global issues in education and focus on four categories: finance and administration, the role of policy and research, human capital and social cohesion (outcomes of schooling), and multilateral development banks and religious organizations. (SM)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Educational Research
How Should Education Be Managed and How Should Policy Be Decided?
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2001
Explains that every school system faces the challenge of how to manage staff more effectively, introducing several articles that focus on whether: large-city school systems are more bureaucratic, a system of family school choice is more efficient or effective, tuition is an answer to a reduction in public education finance, and there are common…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Decentralization, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Why Invest in Education? What Organizational Roles are Appropriate?
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Heyneman, Stephen P. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2001
Introduces several articles that focus on human capital and social cohesion (e.g., effects of learning on economic and social development and the debate over education and social cohesion) and multilateral development banks and religious organizations (e.g., how the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund influence education in developing…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries