Education Events USA/Britain 1987 (to Oct.)

Autor/in	Parker, Franklin
Titel	Education Events USA/Britain 1987 (to Oct.)
Quelle	(1987), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Public Education; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	U.S. educational events during 1987 included plans for a national board to certify teachers, federal appeals court decisions that overturned Tennessee and Alabama textbook censorship cases, the U.S. Supreme Court's finding as to the unconstitutionality of Louisiana's creation science law, and concern about rapid increases in college costs. This document highlights events that involved: (1) educational reform programs; (2) the courts and fundamentalists; (3) curriculum concerns; (4) controversy over U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett's policies and proposals; (5) reports that were critical of educational programs; (6) polls; (7) bilingual education; (8) teacher certification reform; (9) congressional hearings; (10) teacher pay; (11) educational costs; and (12) governors' reports. Great Britain advanced its most ambitious school reforms since 1944, prepared to introduce a national curriculum, and planned a policy that would permit parents to remove schools from the largely labor-dominated Local Education Authorities and place them under central government control. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's educational policies and plans for primary and secondary schools and for universities are summarized. U.S. statistical data concerning enrollments, teachers, graduates, and expenditures are appended. (JHP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC