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Download full textFriedman, Pamela – Reauthorization Notes, 2001
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 led to an increase in the percentage of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients seeking more immediate employment and a decline in the percentage pursuing postsecondary education or degree programs. Since TANF's enactment, several legislative bills have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Robertson, Trische, Ed. – News, 2000
This document contains five quarterly issues of The News, published Summer 1999 through Summer 2000 by the Community College League of California. The following items are contained in this document: "Grant Writing Success Depends on Resources, Information and Staff,""College Theaters Perform Balancing Act with Community,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Newsletters, Publications
Rural Matters: The Rural Challenge News, 2000
This document contains the 10 quarterly issues of "Rural Matters: The Rural Challenge News," published from Fall 1997 to Winter 2000 (the final issue). This newsletter focused on projects funded by the Annenberg Rural Challenge, as well as research summaries and opinion pieces on the benefits of small schools, place-based education, and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Place Based Education
Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 2000
This issue analyzed the income/cost ratios of a college investment decision for individuals. The analysis for men and women was done separately, because men and women have very different incomes at similar levels of educational attainment. Calculations were performed for each year from 1967 through 1999. Benefit (income) data were derived from the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Research Notes, 2000
This document consists of the two 2000 issues of a semiannual newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Fall 2000 issue discusses the use of research to promote sound policy and practice in early care and education, focusing on the implications of research in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Fringe Benefits
Hruz, Thomas – Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, 2000
Wisconsin's Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program demonstrates that small class sizes have unclear achievement benefits and that improvements remain isolated in small populations. SAGE grants $2,000 per low income student to elementary schools agreeing to class sizes of 15 students, extended hours, a rigorous curriculum, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Educational Finance
Hertling, Elizabeth; Leonard, Courtney; Lumsden, Linda; Smith, Stuart C. – Policy Report, 2000
This report is intended to help policymakers understand the benefits of class-size reduction (CSR). It assesses the costs of CSR, considers some research-based alternatives, and explores strategies that will help educators realize the benefits of CSR when it is implemented. It examines how CSR enhances student achievement, such as when the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Policy, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Gordon, David, T., Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 2001
This document is comprised of the six issues in volume 17 of the Harvard Education Letter, a bimonthly newsletter addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Charters and Districts: Three Stages in an Often Rocky Relationship" (Kelly) and "'We…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Behavior Problems, Bullying
Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 2000
This document consists of the 12 monthly issues of this research newsletter for the year 2000. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform those who formulate, fund, and administer policy related to higher education. The lead articles for this volume are: (1) Institutional Graduation Rates for Pell Grant Recipients by Institutional Academic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Educational Technology
Moore, Wayne, Ed. – NABTE Review, 2002
This issue reports research that addresses the needs and future of business education, work-based initiatives, business educators' use of the Web, and technology skills for entry-level workers. "Editorial Comment: Scholarship of the 21st Century" (Moore) provides an overview of the issue. "Quality Business Teacher Education:…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Career Development, Career Education
Sosa, Alicia, Ed. – NABE News, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of the "NABE News," a magazine about bilingual education. The theme of each issue is: (1) "Back to School: Anti-Bilingual Ballot Initiatives To Affect Thousands of LEP Students"; (2) "Serving Emerging Populations: School Districts Re-Tool To Respond to New Students' Needs";…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Solymossy, Emeric – Rural Research Report, 2000
Networks among people and businesses facilitate the capture and diffusion of technical and organizational knowledge and can be classified by type of knowledge being exchanged. Types include buyer-supplier information, technical problem-solving information, and informal community information. A survey of 141 small and medium-sized enterprises…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business Communication, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Kehrhahn, Marijke; Sheckley, Barry G.; Travers, Nan L. – Association for Institutional Research, 2000
This study demonstrates how an institutional research process focused on Ph.D. students contributed to programmatic changes that increased the effectiveness of the program for part-time, adult graduate learners. From 1985-92 faculty in an adult and vocational education doctoral program gathered feedback from students on challenges regarding…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Doctoral Programs, Educational Research, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedGlass, Gene V., Ed. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2001
This document consists of articles 12-22 published in the electronic journal "Educational Policy Analysis Archives" for the year 2001: (12) "Affirmative Action at Work: Performance Audit of Two Minority Graduate Fellowship Programs, Illinois IMGIP and ICEOP" (Jack McKillip); (13) "School Reform Initiatives as Balancing…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Bernhardt, Annette; Dresser, Laura; Hill, Catherine – 2000
A study used data from the 1998 Current Population Survey to document job growth in the public and private sectors and examine the quality of jobs in terms of wages and benefits. Findings indicated public sector employment declined for both women and men during the period from 1979-98 with a somewhat sharper decline among men. In 1998, median…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Economics, Employed Women
