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Benavot, Aaron; Naidoo, Jordan – Childhood Education, 2018
Diverse actors and organizations representing governments, civil society, international agencies, and the private sector participated in consensus-building and negotiation activities toward shaping SDG 4 and outlining the priority targets and indicators for which all education stakeholders would have collective responsibility to meet. As the…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Governance, International Organizations, Partnerships in Education
Whitehead, Diane P. – Childhood Education, 2008
The word "innovate" can be traced back to the 1400s, where it originated from the Middle French word "innovacyon" meaning "renewal" or "new way of doing things." Typically, innovation is considered an activity of technology, engineering, and other specialized, scientifically based fields that employ approaches and strategies to spark connectivity,…
Descriptors: Innovation, Engineering, Rewards, Educational Improvement
Odland, Jerry – Childhood Education, 2007
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is currently being reviewed in Congress for reauthorization. NCLB, among the most significant U.S. education initiatives, reauthorized the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act and is founded on four primary objectives: (1) increasing accountability for states, school districts, and schools; (2) giving…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Sanctions, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Odland, Jerry – Childhood Education, 2007
Much debate continues about whether the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has actually improved the academic achievement level of poorly performing students or only created yet another layer of government oversight to an already heavily burdened public school system. Drafted in 2001 and signed into law in January 2002, NCLB provided the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Vidali, Eva L.; Adams, Leah D. – Childhood Education, 2006
Globalization has been associated with rapid and significant changes in national and international politics and a growing complexity in economic and sociocultural realms. Inevitably, the new realities create pressures in social and economic structures that, in turn, shape changes at national levels. The field of education is drawn into these…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs
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Leming, James S. – Childhood Education, 1985
Reviews research on the effect of school climate on the social development of early adolescents and on three curricular programs (values clarification, moral development, and cooperative learning). Concludes that schools can positively influence socio-moral development through non-traditional schooling, i.e., open and democratic environments,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
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Richardson, Robert L. K. – Childhood Education, 1985
Proposes that teachers of young adolescents discover and meet the needs that direct individual students' behaviors in the classroom by applying Maslow's theory of need-satisfaction. Discusses adolescents' responses to different needs, effective teaching responses, and positive aspects of adolescent descriptors. Gives examples of four students who…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Childhood Needs, Educational Improvement
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Pawlas, George E. – Childhood Education, 1985
Dscribes a school-wide program of improving communication with parents through positive telephone contacts with teachers and the principal; a monthly principal's newsletter; a student reading program; parents' comments on report card envelopes; a school improvement council; parent visits and lunches; Project LOVE (Let Older Volunteers Educate);…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
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Barbour, Nita H. – Childhood Education, 1988
Maintains that more education--five years of education for teacher certification--will not guarantee a classroom teacher the kind of responsibility, control, and power over children's learning that an expert in the field should have. (BB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
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Cryan, John R. – Childhood Education, 1987
Presents an Association for Childhood Education International statement on the use of corporal punishment in child care, schools, and other educational settings. Statement presents evidence in support of the association's position that such practices must be banned. Suggestions are made regarding the resolution of this problem. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Corporal Punishment, Day Care, Discipline
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Childhood Education, 1986
Presents a joint statement by various educational associations of concerns about present practices in pre-first grade reading instruction and offers recommendations for improvement. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Improvement, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition
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Chafel, Judith A. – Childhood Education, 1984
Summarizes five articles in this special issue focusing on the report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education entitled "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform." Also discusses briefly the reforms mentioned in several recent reports on the quality of schooling in America. (CB)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Goldberg, Milton – Childhood Education, 1984
Describes the history, recommendations, and impact of "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform," the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. Discusses broad recommendations regarding the curriculum; standards and expectations for students; time devoted to learning; the status of the teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Burgess, Charles – Childhood Education, 1984
Discusses the 1983 "A Nation at Risk" report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education in terms of the history of schooling in the U.S. from the late 1890s to the present. Questions the materialistic emphasis of the commission's definitions of the purposes of education and of the "national interest." (CB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Berman, Louise M. – Childhood Education, 1984
Discusses the theme of a "learning society" mentioned in the 1983 "Nation at Risk" report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education but not integrated into the report's recommendations. Reflects on problems of definition of lifelong learning, articulation of educational goals, and responsibility for setting goals…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education