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Higher education's responsibilities to the nation's schools include becoming active partners in making children "school ready," meeting the needs of teachers in elementary and secondary education through education and ne...
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Nursing and good undergraduate education have these priorities in common: careful use of language, understanding of our interdependent world, a vision of great teachers, the relationship between theory and values, and th...
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A former Secretary of Education recommends that the new secretary present a larger focus for education and a sharply focused program to back it up, considering increased funding and new initiatives for disadvantaged chil...
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Outlines key elements of a core of common learning for the elementary and secondary curriculum, including the study of literature, as a means of addressing basic human questions and dilemmas, and of history, focusing on ...
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It is proposed that in a time of social and political conservatism, American higher education is moving from traditional to nontraditional procedures, from familiar patterns to newer ones, and is driven by external press...
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The United States must renew its commitment to public education by establishing clear goals in education, restoring language to a central place in the classroom, developing a coherent curriculum, and reaffirming the cent...
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The author cites four challenges facing American education: the growing minority youth population, which has been least well served by the traditional "white" school culture; the competition of nonclassroom teachers, suc...
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The five chapters in this monograph discuss current issues in general education. Chapter I examines the weakness of general education programming, comparing general education to a spare room that has no agreed upon funct...
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Greatness of a University. The Second Earl V. Pullias Lecture in Higher and Postsecondary Education.The benefits and broad perspectives that can result from higher education and the tension that exists between vocational and liberal education are addressed. It is suggested that this tension is powerfully related both t...
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Although recent American educational practices have stressed the right to be independent, it is thought that education must find ways to affirm independence and interdependence. By focusing curricula on a common heritage...
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Education must focus on a new curriculum; one that gives a clear vision of the unity of the world in both a social and physical sense. (DS)...
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This speech by the U.S. Commissioner of Education surveys the impact of formal education in raising the level of intellectual and social achievement in America. It also discusses the role of the federal government in str...
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The speech by Ernest Boyer, Commissioner of Education identifies his priorities for special education. First, he stresses the commitment of the Office of Education (OE) to the enforcement of Public Law 94-142, the Educat...
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What are the purposes of public education, how should our schools be structured, and how does education relate to our other social institutions, are questions examined in this interview of Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner...
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This paper expresses the need for the federal government, specifically the U.S. Office of Education, to promote the cause of the arts in education. The Office of Education needs to declare that art is an essential part o...