SUPPLEMENT TO SSIR SPONSORED BY GRANTMAKERS FOR EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS Twenty years ago, the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched an initiative aimed at tackling a persistent problem in the juvenile justice system: Too many young people who came into contact with the system were being confined unnecessarily in secure detention. Building […]
The order in which you list the colleges will not impact your eligibility for state aid programs. California You must list an eligible in-state college to be considered for state grant aid. The order in which you list the colleges will not impact your eligibility for state aid programs. Colorado Connecticut You must list a college […]
1647 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school and that every town of 100 families should have a Latin school. The goal is to ensure that Puritan children learn to read the Bible and receive basic information about their Calvinist religion. 1779 Thomas […]
Paramedics return to their ambulances after delivering patients to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Ore., following a deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1, 2015.(Photo: Aaron Yost, Roseburg News-Review via AP) The 2015 school year had gotten off to an especially violent start even before Thursday’s gunfire at an […]
Question: How many educational institutions exist in the United States? Response: During most of the last century, the trend to consolidate small schools brought declines in the total number of public schools in the United States. In 192930, there were approximately 248, public schools, compared with about 98, in 202. However […]
The past few years have been a time of fast-paced change in higher education in England. Shifts in some areas have been more pronounced than in others. This report is an update to our publication ‘Higher education in England 2014: Key facts’. It provides an overview of the shifts and trends we identified as key issues in last year’s […]
The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), the agency responsible for all public institutions of higher learning and research within the state, spends in excess of $130 million annually for goods and services with over 30, vendors. NSHE s Board of Regents has delegated responsibility for overseeing this activity to two purchasing […]
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In 1-2, the states with the largest number of public secondary schools were California, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, and New York. (Digest of Education Statistics, 2001, Table 101) Enrollment…
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