Progress of Public Education in the United States of AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 |
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Page 58 - Regents Recommended Curriculum (4 years of English, 3 years of mathematics, 3 years of science, 3 years of social studies, and 2 years of foreign language), ACT or SAT scores, high school and (if relevant) college transcripts, and letters of recommendation.
Page 60 - Administrators; the American Federation of Teachers; the Council of Chief State School Officers; the...
Page 60 - Canada, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of State Boards of Education and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Page 108 - SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of Population, Vol. 1 , part 1 ; and Current Population Reports. Series P-20; and US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, "Education Attainment of Workers, March 1991 ,
Page 62 - These include the two national teachers' unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National School Boards Association, the Education Commission of the States, and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
Page 3 - the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Page 62 - The survey, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles...
Page 55 - Legislators, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the Education Commission of the States...
Page 61 - Study (NPSAS) is a comprehensive nationwide study conducted by the US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to determine how students and their families pay for postsecondary education.
Page 86 - ... private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education...