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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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Teacher Education: Coming Up Empty. Fwd: Arresting Insights in Education. Volume 3, Number 1
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Walsh, Kate – Thomas B. Fordham Foundation & Institute, 2006
Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, takes on teacher education in this essay published for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's white paper series "Fwd: Arresting Insights in Education." Walsh highlights a 2005 study, "Studying Teacher Education," a nearly 800-page report by a panel of the American Educational Research…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Education
Fwd: Half Empty or Half Full? Florida's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Standards. Volume: 2, Number: 1. Arresting Insights in Education
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Wilkins, Amy – Thomas B Fordham Foundation and Institute, 2005
In 2002, when its voters approved a ballot measure calling for universal pre- Kindergarten by 2005-06, Florida joined a handful of states in which all children are eligible for free, publicly funded education in the year prior to Kindergarten. The passage of the referendum--which received more votes than Governor Jeb Bush garnered in his victory…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Needs