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The Step by Step Early Childhood Education Program: Assessment of Reach and Sustainability
An evaluation study of the Step by Step (SbS) early childhood program to further assess its reach and sustainability and to provide technical assistance to help develop its data-collection and data-analysis capabilities.Pain and Gain: Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States, 2004-2006
Presents information regarding the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania from 2003-2004 through 2005-2006, including the final results of the Implementing Standards-Based Accountability project.Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
Amid cutbacks in school arts education funding, public and private organizations in six urban regions have collaborated to expand access to arts learning for children in and outside of public school.
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Qatar
The leadership of the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar sees education as the key to Qatar's economic and social progress. Long concerned that the country's education system was not meeting the needs of its society, the Qatari leadership approached the RAND Corporation in 2001, asking it to examine the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education system. Learn More >
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Post-Secondary Education in Qatar: Employer Demand, Student Choice, and Options for Policy — 2008
Cathleen Stasz, Eric Eide, Francisco Martorell, Louay Constant, Charles Goldman, Joy Moini, Vazha Nadareishvili, Hanine Salem
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