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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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Primary School Leadership: Values and Actions.
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McEwen, Alex; Carlisle, Karen; Knipe, Damian; Neil, Peter; McClure, Billy – Research Papers in Education: Policy & Practice, 2002
Examined how British elementary principals' values were realized in the school environment. Data from online research journals kept by principals over two 4-week periods indicated that government policy of improving school leadership in order to raise standards was seriously compromised by educational market pressures. Many principals reverted to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Science Education Policy: A Survey of the Participation of Sixth-Form Pupils in Science and Other Subjects over a 10-year Period, 1985-1995.
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Gallagher, Tony; McEwen, Alex; Knipe, Damien – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 1997
Surveys of and interviews with year-12 students in Northern Ireland over 10 years examined the impact of government science education policy by noting student participation in advanced science courses. Overall, the number of boys taking advanced courses decreased and the number of girls increased. Students retained certain stereotyped views of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Public Policy and Education in Northern Ireland.
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McEwen, Alex; Salters, Matthew – Research Papers in Education, 1995
Presents information from a research project that investigated advantages and disadvantages of the diversity of school management interests in Northern Ireland and the effects of direct rule on framing and implementing educational policy. The effect of direct rule on the power of English and Welsh local education authorities is also discussed. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education