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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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Johnson, Jean – Public Agenda, 2013
Over the past 15 years, federal, state, and local officials have pursued a broad range of reforms aimed at ensuring that the nation's public school system is more accountable--that it delivers a rich, full education for children in communities across the country. New research from the Kettering Foundation and Public Agenda suggests that there…
Descriptors: Accountability, Public Schools, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Bittle, Scott; Rochkind, Jonathan – Public Agenda, 2010
Congress and the Bush administration tried to reform immigration policy in 2006 and failed. A year later they tried again, with no more success. The truth is that if this nation is going to overhaul immigration policy, it only makes sense to listen to the people who will be most affected by it: immigrants. To craft a just and practical policy,…
Descriptors: Muslims, Citizenship, Mexican Americans, Language Skills
Immerwahr, John – Public Agenda, 2004
To examine some of the impacts of changes on public attitudes, this document highlights a small-scale survey that included 16 substantive questions. It was conducted in October 2003 and included 801 adult respondents. Several respondents were called back for more in-depth discussions of the views they had expressed in the surveys. Public opinion…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Educational Trends