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Ten Effective Ways to Infuse Child Welfare Topics into Educational Leadership Preparation Programs
Author: Giesler, Mark A.
Date: 2009-10-01
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Student Rights,Federal Legislation,Child Welfare,Disabilities,Instructional Leadership,Special Education,Foster Care,Guides,Administrator Education,Court Litigation,Legal Responsibility,Administrator Role,Individualized Education Programs,Parent Participation,Barriers,At Risk Students

Administering and supervising special education programs and personnel may be daunting tasks for school leaders. Students and families who warrant the access to special education services present unique and complex needs that make administrative decisions anything but universal and simplistic, especially in regards to foster care populations. The added stress of potential due process litigations for poor decision-making may further challenge administrators, especially leaders without prior child welfare/foster care experiences. Today's school administrators must ensure Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) include input from parents and guardians at all stages of the process, from pre-referral through implementation and evaluation, while at the same time accounting for the various stakeholders in foster care students; lives. To do so requires additional adherence to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) legislations. The purpose of this presentation was to identify ten educational barriers that foster care youth often encounter and that have appeared in the literature, and to propose preservice/graduate school activities that would expose aspirant school administrators to the problems, each aligned with ELCC/ISLCC standards.
Post Graduate Students' Computing Confidence, Computer and Internet Usage at Kuvempu University--An Indian Study
Author: Dange, Jagannath K.
Date: 2010-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Student Attitudes,Computer Attitudes,Self Esteem,Computer Use,Internet,Access to Computers,Student Surveys,Interviews,Foreign Countries

There is a common belief that students entering Post Graduation have appropriate computing skills for study purposes and there is no longer a felt need for computer training programmes in tertiary education. First year students of Post Graduation were surveyed in 2009, they were asked about their Education and Computing backgrounds. Further, the elaboration of issues raised was gathered through focused interviews. Collected data was then analyzed through the percentage analysis. Nowadays Indian regional students have higher confidence in their Computing abilities. One clear reason as it appears, the increased access to Computers and the Internet confidence. They are also likely to contradict Knowledge and Confidence. Surprisingly, the survey results showed high usage extent of Computer Training Programmes. Therefore, the revoking of Computer Training Programmes for all P.G courses with Indian educational standards is not recommended. Appended to this document are: (1) Student Background Survey (Computing Competence and Confidence Tool); and (2) Framework for Questions Asked in Student Interviews. (Contains 9 graphs and 9 tables.)
A Sound Investment: The Community College Dividend. AACC Policy Brief 2011-01PBL
Author: Mullin, Christopher M.
Date: 2011-03-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Community Colleges,Access to Education,Costs,Job Skills,Economic Factors,Outcomes of Education,Educational Attainment,Income,Unemployment,Taxes,Public Colleges,Private Colleges

There is a clear need for a more highly educated and skilled workforce in America. This brief discusses why the expansion and enhancement of the community college infrastructure is considered as an investment. Given the diverse beneficiaries of an educated population, direct support of community colleges should continue to be a partnership between federal, state, and local governments; students and their families; and, when appropriate, business and industry. In sum, strong public investments in community colleges are more than justified. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures and 4 notes.)
The Impact of Student Mobility on Learning
Author: Valle, Cristina
Date: 2011-06-27
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Social Behavior,Student Mobility,Academic Achievement,Grades (Scholastic),Student Behavior,Teacher Role,Interviews,Student Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Migrant Workers,Parent Role,Hispanic Americans,Whites,Access to Education,Social Influences

Student mobility can both positively and negatively affect students' academic and social behavior.  Grades can drop, behaviors can change, and in some cases students can even drop out of school.  My research found that a fluid education is important to students.  Talking to the children about the move is also important.  Making sure that the move is only done when absolutely necessary is also important.  Lastly the teachers make the biggest difference in a student feeling comfortable and a part of the school community. Five appendices are included: (1) Letter of Permission from Parents; (2) Letter of Permission from Students; (3) Interview for Parents; (4) Interview for Students; and (5) Interview Schedule. (Includes a bibliography.)
Doing More with Less: The Inequitable Funding of Community Colleges. AACC Policy Brief 2010-03PBL
Author: Mullin, Christopher M.
Date: 2010-09-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Community Colleges,Financial Support,Educational Finance,Educational Equity (Finance),Expenditure per Student,Resource Allocation,State Aid,Federal Aid,Access to Education,Grants,Minority Groups,Public Colleges

Increasing the proportion of Americans whose levels of educational attainment extend beyond a high school diploma is a broad national priority. Attaining the ambitious goals that have been articulated will require the additional education of traditional-age students entering college directly from the K-12 system, as well as reengaging millions of young adults and experienced workers. Community colleges, which educate nearly half of all undergraduates, are committed to being a part of the solution. The role of community colleges in helping people and the government respond to the current economic crisis and meeting widely articulated goals for college completion has resulted in an unprecedented amount of attention on the colleges, accompanied by heightened expectations. However, the thesis of this brief is that significantly increasing outputs from community colleges can be achieved only with increased resources. Compared to other sectors, community colleges have not received a fair share of funding in light of their role in the country's higher education system. Improvements in the delivery of community college education cannot overcome the stark reality of inadequate funding. In this brief, the author compares the funding of community colleges to that of other sectors of higher education, to set into context the challenges community colleges face as well as to highlight the policy priorities implicit in addressing funding inequities. He also describes the magnitude of inequities between institution types and some consequences of the inequities. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 4 notes.)
Community College Estimated Growth: Fall 2010
Author: Phillippe, Kent
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Community Colleges,Surveys,Enrollment Trends,Public Colleges,Part Time Students,Educational Finance,Barriers,Access to Education,School Size

A survey from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) found  that enrollment growth in fall 2010 slowed its pace at community colleges, increasing 3.2% from the previous year. This contrasts with more dramatic increases in recent years: more than 11% between fall 2008 and fall 2009, and nearly 17% between fall 2007 and fall 2009, based on results of a fall 2009 survey sent to AACC member-eligible institutions (Mullin &amp; Phillippe, 2009). The survey also examined institutional capacity and other pressing issues facing member institutions. (Contains 1 figure.)
A Data-Driven Examination of the Impact of Associate and Bachelor's Degree Programs on the Nation's Nursing Workforce. AACC Policy Brief 2011-02PBL
Author: Fulcher, Roxanne
Date: 2011-03-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Nursing Education,Nursing Research,Nurses,Associate Degrees,Bachelors Degrees,Labor Force Development,Certification,Minority Groups,Student Diversity,Costs,Educational Finance,Racial Differences,Tuition,Fees,Paying for College,Employment Level,Job Satisfaction

The nation relies on both 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education for the majority of its registered nurses (RNs), who are authorized to practice as RNs after achieving either an associate or bachelor's-level nursing degree and passing a national licensure exam. Due to job growth and retirements, the nation is projected to need more than 1 million additional RNs by 2018. Yet, recently, schools of nursing received thousands of qualified applications that could not be processed for enrollment due primarily to a shortage of RNs educated at the graduate level who are prepared to serve as faculty. No national plan is in place to enable schools of nursing to expand enrollments to meet the demands of students or the workforce. Further exacerbating the situation, the nursing profession continues to be fragmented after 50 years of debate focused on whether all RNs should be required to attain bachelor's-level nursing degrees. During these five decades, research has been inconclusive in demonstrating the value of shifting the education of all RNs to the bachelor's level. However, nursing research and practice have demonstrated that the nation depends on the successes of both associate and bachelor's-level schools of nursing, because they contribute individually to collectively building a strong nursing workforce. The most recent data, summarized in this brief, reveal the following: (1) The majority of the nation's new RNs are educated in ADN programs; (2) All schools of nursing teach students the competencies necessary for RN practice, as measured by National Certification Licensing Examination (NCLEX) pass rates; (3) ADN programs provide the nation its greatest number of minority RNs; (4) Employers are equally likely to hire ADN- and BSN- prepared RNs; and (5) ADN programs educate the majority of RNs in rural settings. (Contains 4 figures, 1 table and 8 notes.)
Promoting Educational Opportunity: The Pell Grant Program at Community Colleges. AACC Policy Brief 2011-03PBL
Author: Baime, David S.
Date: 2011-07-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: College Students,Community Colleges,Student Financial Aid,Grants,Federal Aid,Federal Programs,Access to Education,Costs,Paying for College,Low Income Groups,Eligibility,Two Year Colleges,Public Colleges,Private Colleges

The Federal Pell Grant Program serves as the foundation of the Federal Student Aid system, with more than 9.5 million students relying on the program to provide access to higher education in 2010-2011. It is one of the rare large federal domestic programs that has almost entirely avoided suggestions that it is ineffective or that it plays a role that would be better played by a different entity, public or private. However, the Pell Grant program is in a precarious position, given the substantial increase in the cost of the program over the past three years. There are numerous proposals and varied opinions as to how to &quot;fix&quot; the program with little consideration of the factors that brought the program into existence, the programmatic structure of the program, and the shifts the program has made to support the educational aspirations of all student types. In this brief, the authors examine the historical and programmatic nature of the Pell Grant program and investigate how it has come to form trends over time. Underlying the examination is the use and importance of the program to college students, with a focus on those attending community colleges. (Contains 6 figures, 10 tables and 12 notes.)
Top Ten Musings about Publishing Qualitative Manuscripts: Managing the Devil in the Details
Author: Palladino, John M.
Date: 2011-03-04
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Researchers,Conferences (Gatherings),Participation,Interpersonal Communication,Editing,Barriers,Writing Processes,Writing for Publication

The purpose of this presentation was to engage in dialogue with editors of other qualitative journals and conference participants about the common roadblocks that hinder the publication possibilities for qualitative research studies. All audience participants were conference presenters and/or qualitative researchers, novice level and above. The format was designed to address the often dismissed minute details about publication that limit qualitative researchers' chances of publishing their manuscripts. Thus, the presentation focused more on a manuscript's format than content. The list that follows includes ten such details, each with examples and recommendations of how to address it. The intent was for conference participants to use the list as a quick checklist throughout their writing process and as a self-editing tool once finished writing a manuscript. The ten recommendations were all subjective and based on the author's experience of communicating blind-review feedback to authors who submit manuscripts to the "Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research" ("JEQR").
KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2011: State Profiles of Child Well-Being. America's Children, America's Challenge: Promoting Opportunity for the Next Generation
Author: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Profiles,Children,Adolescents,Family (Sociological Unit),Well Being,Social Indicators,Economic Climate,Economic Impact,Family Income,Unemployment,Financial Problems,Economic Opportunities,Public Policy,Child Development,Trend Analysis,Child Health,Child Safety,Body Weight,Infant Mortality,Death,Early Parenthood,Dropouts,Attendance,Poverty,One Parent Family

For the past 21 years, the KIDS COUNT project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation has tracked the well-being of children at the national, state, and local levels. Over the years,  the foundation's work has documented both great progress in child well-being and periodic setbacks. The 10 key indicators tracked in the KIDS COUNT Data Book over the past two decades reveal significant overall improvements in health and safety outcomes for children. This report begins with a review of the data on how children and families are faring in the wake of the recession. It then looks at what the research says about the importance of family economic success and early childhood investments for increasing opportunity and preparing the next generation to succeed. Drawing from successful initiatives at the state and federal levels, it then discusses effective policies and programs that can help ensure a strong economic future for the country. To help tell the story of the human impact of the recent economic downturn, five families from across the nation are also profiled in this publication. These families--from Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Los Angeles County, California; Rochester, New Hampshire; and San Antonio, Texas--have faced different struggles but share a common bond: the help they received and the hope they have for the future. Multi-Year State Trend Data for Overall Ranks is appended. (Contains 6 tables and 57 endnotes.) [For &quot;KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2010: State Profiles of Child Well-Being&quot;, see ED516507.]
Yash Pal Committee Report on Higher Education: Certain Reflections by Teachers
Author: Mumthas, N. S.
Date: 2011-02-03
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Reports,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Change,Undergraduate Study,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Governance

In the present scenario, Indian higher education is expanding in quantity but compromising with quality. Hats off to Yash Pal Committee, which took this matter into account, worked on it and submitted a report (renovation and rejuvenation of higher education in India) on June 24, 2009 to the Human Resource Ministry. Major attributes of Yash Pal Committee Report are establishment of National Commission for Higher education and Research (NCHER), no specialized university should be created, vocational, professional and teacher education should be brought under the purview of universities etc. The study was conducted on a sample of about 100 college teachers in Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Palakkad districts using stratified sampling technique. The sample included teachers from Arts and Science Colleges, Teacher Education Colleges, Professional and Technical Colleges. The recommendations of the committee were divided into five dimensions. The technique used to collect data was personal interview. Teachers had myriads of opinion regarding the recommendation that all universities should have undergraduate programmes and all teachers in university must teach at the undergraduate level, some teachers opine that it will be beneficial to students but the valuable time of teachers in universities for extension works will be lessened. As for the coming of foreign universities to India, some argue that it will affect our culture; it will lead to commercialization and not quality enhancement. To the recommendation of teacher assessment by students, majority approves but they disagree to the notion of shunning of the teacher by the university if the feedback is poor in successive years. Regarding the establishment of NCHER some are doubtful and majority disagrees saying that each statutory body has its own objective so cannot be combined. Teachers agree with majority of the recommendations but regarding NCHER they have some dissatisfaction.
Exploring the Curriculum Dimensions of Theories-Based Adult Education--A Sample Course of Southeast Anatolian Region
Author: Ultanir, Y. Gurcan
Date: 2010-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Adult Education,Educational Theories,Adult Students,Student Characteristics,Constructivism (Learning),Teaching Methods,Student Motivation,Curriculum,Educational Media,Student Evaluation,Questionnaires

As a result of social change over the past 20 years, there has been an economy-induced population movement in Turkey from eastern locales and rural areas to western regions and city centres. The effects of this domestic migration exemplify the problems of &quot;integration faced by a migrating population&quot;. In Turkey the role of Public Education Centres is primarily to provide pre-vocational training to adult learners. The aim of this research is focused upon the following five research questions: a) What are the motivating factors for adults attending courses? b) Are the syllabi consistent with contemporary adult education theories? c) Which media are being used in the courses? d) Are adult learners being taken on excursions outside of the classroom to workshops and factories? e) What methods exist for measuring learning outcomes? The researchers developed a questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaire was composed within a framework of questions to provide insight to the following: i) Characteristics of adult learners, ii) The constructivism principles used in adult education, iii) Teaching techniques suitable for adults, and iv) Motivations behind course enrollment of adult learners. The content validity of the questionnaire was provided by expert opinions. Students attending Turkey-Mersin Public Education Centres between 2007-2008 were chosen as the subject population, with the questionnaires being distributed to 60 adult learners in this research. The findings can be summarized by the following: In the study it was found that students within the same course possessed educational backgrounds ranging from university graduates to those who had never attended a day of school in their lives. The motives behind course attendance exhibits a diversity of viewpoints among the adult learners. Most of the learners stated that they were learning the subject material for the first time. [A part of this study was presented at the 10th International Conference titled &quot;Further Education in the Balkan Countries&quot; (Selcuk University, Konya, Oct 23-26, 2008).] (Contains 8 tables and 1 footnote.)
The King's Carpet: Drama Play in Teacher Education
Author: Kerekes, Judit
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Educators,Case Studies,Constructivism (Learning),Interdisciplinary Approach,Self Efficacy,Teaching Models,Reflective Teaching,Student Teaching,Teacher Education,Teaching Methods,Education Courses,Drama,Cooperative Learning,Adoption (Ideas),Mathematical Concepts,Elementary School Students

Trying to develop new perspectives of teaching is never easy, but trying to cultivate ownership and initiative among teacher education students is a still greater aspiration that is infrequently realized. This article addresses each of these highly valued goals for teacher educators as a case study reveals the impact of involving teacher candidates in interdisciplinary focused, constructivist and reflective models and planning for teaching, and then student teaching, which reaffirms this approach. Most significant is the phenomenon of several teacher candidates continuing their development and study of innovative drama play projects with their classes after the semester finishes. The resulting transformations in professional identity development, self-efficacy and student-teacher relationships confirm the value of the teacher education model which has developed over a decade of practice (Lyublinskaya &amp; Kerekes, 2009). Appended to this document is &quot;The Magic Carpet Play.&quot; (Contains 5 figures.)
The Relationship between Eighth Grade Primary School Students' Proportional Reasoning Skills and Success in Solving Equations
Author: Cetin, Hatice
Date: 2011-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 8,Mathematical Concepts,Equations (Mathematics),Elementary School Students,Problem Solving,Mathematical Logic,Mathematics Skills,Foreign Countries,Correlation

This study investigates the relationship between eighth grade primary school students' success levels in solving equations and proportional reasoning skills. 344 eighth grade students, who were registered at various primary schools in the central districts of Konya in the 2007-2008 educational year, participated in the research. The study had a relational survey research design. The findings indicated that eighth grade students' success in solving equations and their proportional reasoning skills were highly correlated (r = 0.89). Students were most successful at finding the missing value within the proportional reasoning question types, followed by questions that required quantitative comparison and qualitative comparison. [This study is a part of the Master's thesis of the first author conducted at Selcuk University, titled &quot;The Relationship between Eighth Grade Primary School Students' Proportional Reasoning Skills and Success in Solving Equations.&quot;] (Contains 15 tables and 1 footnote.)