Download or read book Gallup Polls of Attitudes Toward Education 1969 1984 written by Stanley Munson Elam and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a summary of the results of annual Gallup Polls of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public Schools of the United States for the years 1969 through 1983. A full report of the 1984 poll is included. The items have been arranged topically so that the user can identify and follow trends more readily. Some questions have been asked repeatedly over the years. Only one question, "What are the problems of your local schools?", has been asked in every poll. The year in which a question was asked is listed after the question, and related questions are grouped together. The topics covered in the survey include public awareness; perceived importance of educations; goals; school quality and improvement; innovations; finances; government and schools; private and parochial schools; curriculum and materials; computers; homework; extracurricular activities; testing; attendance; uninterested, handicapped, or special students; student self-evaluation; discipline; drugs, alcohol, and smoking; crime; student rights; racial issues; parents, teachers, administrators, and school boards; colleges; youth unemployment; adult education; preschool; and the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (DWH)
Download or read book The Phi Delta Kappa Gallup Polls of Attitudes Toward Education 1969 1988 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-10 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Phi Delta Kappa Gallup Poll of Teachers Attitudes Toward the Public Schools written by Alec Gallup and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This poll provides comparisons of teachers' attitudes with the views of the general public on the public schools. Teachers' opinions were obtained on: (1) effectiveness of public schools; (2) effectiveness of teachers, administrators, school boards, and parents; (3) quality of teacher education; (4) presidential candidates' attitudes toward education; (5) school prayer; (6) why teachers leave the profession; (7) attracting and retaining good teachers; (8) teacher compensation; (9) differential pay in subject areas with teacher shortages; (10) merit pay; (11) reasons for favoring/opposing merit pay; (12) who should determine which teachers receive merit pay; (13) what percentage of teachers deserve merit pay; (14) the seriousness of the discipline problem; (15) perceived incidence of school problems; (16) reasons for discipline problems; (17) support for public school testing; (18) remedial classes or repeating a grade; (19) raising college entrance requirements; (20) a state board examination for teachers; (21) desirability of teaching as a profession; (22) unions, strikes, and arbitration; (23) how teachers see themselves; (24) subject requirements; (25) sex education; (26) the goals of education; (27) extending the school day or year; and (28) control of instruction. Responses are recorded on tables and a summary of findings is presented. (JD)
Download or read book The Gallup Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Talk about Sex written by Janice M. Irvine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the political transformations, cultural dynamics, and affective rhetorics that together helped ignite the passionate conflicts over sex education on both the national and local levels in the United States.
Download or read book Time and School Learning 1984 written by Lorin Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 1984. The role of time in school learning has long been a topic of interest to educationalists. So much so that in the United States, Carnegie Units (purely time based entities) are used to certify high school graduates and credit hours are the basic unit of college certification. In this book, contributors explore the role of time in school learning. In particular, American research has demonstrated that learning is a function of two time variables; the time actually spent learning, and the time needed to learn. The book presents an integrated synthesis of the developments in the understanding of time in school learning and shows how this can have a dramatic impact on the process of schooling.
Download or read book International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms written by Adel T. Al-Bataineh and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Bataineh and Nur-Awaleh's (both education, Illinois State U.,) text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students who want to improve their understanding of educational systems, formal school institutions, and educational reform worldwide. The text compares and analyzes systems and reforms in both developed and developing countries in several Islamic, Latin American, and African countries, and covers a number of themes, including the current systems, contemporary reforms, the historical development of educational policy and schooling, the role of national and international agencies in education, and post-public education in the developing world. Also suitable as a reference for researchers, educators, governmental and educational agencies, and university international studies programs. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book Children Families and Government written by Edward F. Zigler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-13 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century analyses the relationship between child development research and the design and implementation of social policy concerning children and families. This book is both timely and enduring; perennially important issues like health care, welfare reform, and drug abuse, are addressed in a context that enables the reader to relate current events to the theories and foundations on which policies are based. It highlights state of the art research and reforms to specify policy areas affecting children and families.
Download or read book Rediscovering the Democratic Purposes of Education written by Lorraine McDonnell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education theorists, demonstrating that a democratically informed education is not an outmoded idea, establish intellectual foundations for revitalizing American schools and offer ideas for how the educational process can become more democratic. An initial series of articles reexamines the original premise of American education as articulated by thinkers like Jefferson and Dewey. A second set identifies flaws in how schools are currently governed and offers models for change. The final group analyzes the implications for education posed by value conflicts arising over the twin strands of a democracy: socialization and governance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book America s Public Schools written by William J. Reese and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this update to his landmark publication, William J. Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have shaped America’s public schools over the last two centuries. Reese approaches this subject along two main lines of inquiry—education as a means for reforming society and ongoing reform within the schools themselves. He explores the roots of contemporary educational policies and places modern battles over curriculum, pedagogy, race relations, and academic standards in historical perspective. A thoroughly revised epilogue outlines the significant challenges to public school education within the last five years. Reese analyzes the shortcomings of “No Child Left Behind” and the continued disjuncture between actual school performance and the expectations of government officials. He discusses the intrusive role of corporations, economic models for enticing better teacher performance, the continued impact of conservatism, and the growth of home schooling and charter schools. Informed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education.
Download or read book Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective Employing The Unemployable written by Walter Block and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008-03-28 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labor is the most important of the three traditional factors of production (land, labor and capital), accounting for some 75% of the GDP. It is therefore important to focus on issues of labor economics. In this book the approach taken will be that of the free market philosophy of libertarianism, the perspective that allows the maximum of freedom, consistent with the responsibility of all to respect the equal rights of all others.The position of this book on unions is unique outside of the libertarian movement, and this is indicative of its analysis of several other issues, such as minimum wages. For scholars on the left, it is almost true that unions can do no wrong (for Marxists, they do not do enough, but that is another story). Their role is to raise wages for the workingman, and this task is almost unstintingly applauded. Conservatives, on the other hand, oppose unions root and branch (except for their support of foreign wars, which is also another story). To this end they support a welter of regulations, designed to reduce their power: limitations of check offs, forced secret ballots, etc.For libertarians, the analysis depends, intimately, on whether or not these are voluntary organizations. If they are, there is no more justification for imposing secret ballots on them than to do so for the chess or garden club. If they are not, they should not be weakened by restrictions, but, rather, banned, and their leaders imprisoned.
Download or read book Congress and the Classroom written by Lee W. Anderson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few pieces of legislation in recent years have caused as much public controversy as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This book analyzes the passage of this law, compares it to other federal education policies of the last fifty years, and shows that No Child Left Behind is an indicator of how and why conservative and liberal ideologies are gradually transforming. This is a fascinating story about the changing direction of politics today, and it will intrigue anyone interested in the history and politics of education reform. The No Child Left Behind Act, proposed by conservative politicians, was approved by Congress in order to make states more accountable for their education systems and to hold all children to high academic standards. Until quite recently, conservative politicians were protesting federal involvement in schools. Today we find quite the opposite. Starting with the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Anderson weaves a detailed story of political evolution that is engaging, informative, and timely.
Download or read book Public Opinion written by William A. Blade and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-four news networks, a plethora of newspapers and magazines, vibrant news-talk radio, and the ubiquitous Internet highlight our society as information-driven. With such a steady stream of hard facts mixed with publicised opinions, the mainstream population has an opinion on everything. Most anyone seems itching to argue their side of an issue, making once private beliefs fodder for general consumption. A staple of any medium's content is a regular public opinion poll on whatever hot topic strikes the editor's fancy. From the significant to the mundane, public opinion permeates society. Accordingly, politicians have taken note of these opinions and adopted stands and values that put them in tune with public sentiment. An understanding of the nature of public opinion, therefore, is paramount in today's world. This book assembles and presents a carefully chosen bibliography on public opinion in its many forms. The collection of references makes for a valuable resource in studying and researching the critical issue of public opinion. Easy access to these pieces of literature are then provided with author, title, and subject indexes.
Download or read book Spinning Wheels written by Frederick M. Hess and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone agrees that America's urban schools are a mess. But while this agreement has fostered widespread support for aggressive reform, Frederick Hess argues that much of what ails urban education is actually the result of continuous or fragmentary reform. Hess explains that political incentives drive school superintendents to promote reforms--to demonstrate that they are "making a difference." Superintendents have to do this quickly, both because their tenure is usually three years or less and because urban communities are anxious to see educational improvement. However, the nature of urban school districts makes it very difficult to demonstrate concrete short-term improvement. The result is what he terms "policy churn," which distracts teachers and principals from efforts to refine classroom teaching while seldom resulting in successful long-term changes. Hess argues that policymakers have misallocated resources by pursuing the "right" structure or the "best" pedagogy while paying insufficient attention to the more mundane--and more important--questions of how to implement, refine, and sustain a particular approach in their particular district. Hess explains that previous research on high-performing schools suggests that the best schools are characterized by focus and by an ability to develop expertise in specific approaches to teaching and learning. To help educators and policymakers adopt and nurture a focused agenda, he recommends institutional changes that increase the effectiveness of performance outcomes and reduce the incentives to emphasize symbolic reform.
Download or read book Discipline in the Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Malice Toward All written by Patricia Moy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public opinion polls point to a continuing decline in confidence in the Presidency, court system, Congress, the news media, state government, public education, and other key institutions. Moy and Pfau analyze the reasons for this crisis of confidence, with particular attention to the role of the media. Moy and Pfau examine the impact of sociodemographic factors, political expertise, and use of communication media on people's perceptions of confidence in democratic institutions. Their conclusions are based on two years of data collection. In three waves between 1995 and 1997, they conducted a series of content analyses of media depictions of democratic institutions in conjunction with general survey data. The result is one of the most comprehensive examinations ever conducted on the influence of the media on public confidence. It will be of great value to scholars, researchers, students, and professionals in government and the media.
