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Perrine, William M. – Music Educators Journal, 2013
Race to the Top is the latest in a line of federal programs reshaping K-12 education. This article traces the history and goals of Race to the Top, with particular attention paid to the means by which practicing classroom teachers are evaluated and held accountable for student learning as measured by standardized tests. Implications for music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability
Policy Studies Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1997
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) requires all schools and districts receiving Title I money to engage in an extensive array of activities to build the capacity of parents and school staff to work together in support of students' learning. Title I also requires schools to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Petro, Janice Rose – 1996
Chapter I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is the largest federally-funded program designed to provide services to elementary and secondary students to meet the special needs of educationally deprived students who reside in areas with high concentrations of low-income families. The 1994-95 school year is the last year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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Plunkett, Virginia R. L. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1997
Describes the new directions, or paradigm shift, that schools must learn to deal with under the 1994 Improving America's Schools Act as subsumed under five headings: (1) standards; (2) focus on teaching and learning with an accelerated curriculum; (3) flexibility for local initiative; (4) links among schools, parents, and communities; and (5)…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
California State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, Sacramento. – 1996
The California Youth Authority, the state agency that serves youth offenders, has received federal grant funds to supplement state-funded education programs for educationally disadvantaged students since 1967. Since 1989-90, these funds have been provided through the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendment (ESEA), Chapter 1 of Title I. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Delinquency