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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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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Charter Schools
In seven short years, the U.S. charter-school movement has produced about 800 schools in 29 states and the District of...
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Commercialism in Schools
Businesses are increasingly making inroads into the classroom, particularly in underfunded schools. In exchange for...
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Enriching Children's Out-of-School Time
School-age children between the ages of 5 and 14 spend up to 80% of their time out of school. These hours represent an...
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Extended School Year (ESY)
The term EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR encompasses a range of options in providing programs in excess of the traditional 180-day...
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Improving the School Experience for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students
Interest in meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth is growing, largely as a result of...
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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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