Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information that also meets the requirements of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
Articles by Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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K-12 Single-Sex Education: What Does the Research Say?
Interest in single-sex education has been reinvigorated by the educational reform movement and by skepticism about...
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The School-Within-a-School Model
In an age of reform and restructuring, educators are seeking new models to improve their schools. One approach is to...
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No Child Left Behind: Testing, Reporting, and Accountability
In a major expansion of the federal role in education, the NoChild Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires annual...
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Afterschool Programs
According to Jodi Wilgoren of the New York Times (2000), recent growth in afterschool programming "represents nothing...
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Small Scale and School Culture: The Experience of Private Schools
It is a widely held public perception that the private schools in this country are superior to public schools. The...
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The Effects of Competition on Educational Outcomes
Competition exists when multiple providers of a service, who all must adhere to the same legal rules and regulations,...
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Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions
In the early years of formal schooling in America, school calendars were designed to fit the needs of each particular...
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Reducing the Dropout Rate through Career and Vocational Education
The social, economic, and political costs of the dropout problem have been well documented. According to Brown (1985),...
Topics: Careers | Teen Years (13-19) -
Promoting the Self-Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities
Promoting the self-determination of students with disabilities has become best practice in special education,...
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Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Role of the Peer Group
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated the seriousness of bullying in American...
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