Comprehensive School Reform: Current Status and Issues : Hearing Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, July 13, 1999, Volume 4

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Page 59 - Schools, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of State Boards of Education, the National School Boards Association, and the Horace Mann League.
Page 52 - I wish to thank each of our witnesses for taking time to be with us and I look forward to their testimony. At this time, I would yield to the ranking member for any statement that he might have. APPENDIX B - WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF DR.
Page 83 - ... resulted in continued widespread violations of AWPA's housing and employment standards. USDOL should increase its enforcement to bring all farming operations up to the standards set in the AWPA. SUPPLEMENTAL TESTIMONY OF MARY ELLEN BEAVER BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 22, 1997 Mr. Chairman Goodling and Mr. Chairman Ballenger, thank you very much for the opportunity to present testimony...
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Page 21 - ... post-industrial society is, preeminently, a high technology economy. But the character of a high technology economy is to widen the gap, relatively speaking, between rich and poor nations. The effect, in the phrase of Arnold Toynbee, is the creation of an "external proletariat." The grim fact, as we move into the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, is that the divisions within the world — of the "south...
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Page 49 - While this program has only been in existence for about a year and a half, the concepts underlying it have been around much longer.
Page 77 - ... 1992 Ethnicity. In Encyclopedia of Sociology, E. Borgatta and M. Borgatta, eds. New York: MacMillan. Alba, R., A. Lutz, and E. Vesselinov 2001 How enduring were the inequalities among European immigrant groups in the United States? Demography 38:349-356. Alexander, KL, DR Entwisle, and R. Herman 1999 In the eye of the beholder: Parents' and teachers' ratings of children's behavioral style.
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Page 59 - Guide. • they are promoted by their developers as a means to improve student achievement in low-performing schools; • they are mentioned by name in the federal legislation that created the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program...

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