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This paper briefly examines the context-specific paths and policies of neoliberalism and neoconservatism and the resistance to their depradations. While calling for activism with micro-, meso- and macro-social and political arenas, the paper focuses on activity within formal education institutions. It suggests a series of measures- a socialist Manifesto for education, for discussion. It concludes with a call to action for teachers and education workers (and others) to be "Critical Educators," Resistors, Marxist activists, within and outside official education.

After decades of continuous investment and efforts, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has established a multi-tiered system, including co-option, surveillance and monitoring, and ideological and political education, to ensure its domination of Chinese college students, For the foreseeable future, Chinese college students, as a group, are unlikely to actively mount significant challenges (like those of the 1989 incident) against the CCP that could undermine its political survival.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The TRIO Programs: A Primer* -- Abstract -- Background -- Pipeline of TRIO Programs -- TRIO Upward Bound (UB) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- TRIO Talent Search (TS) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- TRIO Staff Development (Training) Program -- Eligible Recipients -- Program Participants -- Program Intensity and Activities -- Outcome Criteria -- Comparison of Key Features of the TRIO Programs -- Program Appropriations and Project Participants -- Major HEOA Amendments to Common TRIO Provisions -- Required Program Activities -- Prior Experience Points -- Student-Serving TRIO Programs -- TRIO Training -- Application Review Process (Appeal) -- Award Amounts and Numbers of Program Participants -- Length of Grant Award -- Multiple Grants for Different Populations -- Research, Evaluation, and Assessments -- SSS Independent Evaluations -- AY1991-1992 Freshman SSS Participants -- 2006 SSS Promising Practices -- AY2007-2008 Freshman SSS Participants -- SSS PART Reviews and Annual Performance Report Data -- UB Independent Evaluations -- UB PART Review and Annual Performance Report Data -- TS Evaluations -- TS PART Review and Annual Performance Report Data -- EOC Evaluations.

Free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education for all girls and boys -- Access to quality care and pre-primary education -- Access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university -- Increase of youth and adults skills for employment -- Elimination of gender disparities in education -- Access to education for persons with disabilities, indigenous people etc -- Literacy and numeracy for all -- Increased supply of qualified teachers -- Teacher training in developing countries.

Recently, in Albania, the debate on the autonomy of higher education is growing. The debate is twofold; one is related with the problems of financing the higher education and the other in the choice of financial management system. The main resource of financing education and also higher education in Albania is the government, which means taxpayers, and a small part of the financing is coming by the tuition fees. In the case of Albania, when the GDP per capita is still low, the level of poverty is reasonable high; it is difficult for the students to afford the cost of higher education service. In the mean time the pressure from universities to increase the share of expenditures in higher education is pushing policymakers to think about the philosophy of the management of higher education in Albania. This paper is a thought-provoking paper that will try to help the stakeholders to find the best philosophy of financing and management of higher education. We agree that financial autonomy of universities is a superior system of the management of higher education but jumping to this system with the existing infrastructure, it is likely to fail.

Equity-focused accountability has the potential to refocus our higher education system on its most important purpose: successful outcomes for all groups of students. Congress must build upon current policy to create an accountability system that pushes institutions to serve students especially low-income students and students of color well. This report recommends three areas that should be prioritized. ; The Education Trust

This report evaluates the education reform agenda of Kazakhstan – its feasibility and focus – by taking stock of present-day strengths and weaknesses of the secondary education system. The report also provides guidance on adjusting the reform implementation plans in line with international experiences and best practices regarding educational change, and consolidates much of the previously dispersed (national) data on primary and secondary schools in Kazakhstan into a common analytical base of evidence, validated by the education authorities. Chapter 1 of this report provides an overview of the country, it education system and reform plans. Subsequent chapters provide analysis of and recommendations on equity and effectiveness of schooling; assessment and evaluation practices; policies for teachers and principals; expenditure patterns and financing mechanisms; vocational education and training; and a summary of the recommendations.

New York States higher education institutions educate over 1.2 million students. The State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) administer 47 four-year colleges and graduate schools that provide more than 410,000 full- and part-time students with an array of undergraduate, graduate, and first professional educational opportunities. SUNY and CUNY also support 37 community colleges, serving nearly 309,000 students. In addition, 517,000 students attend the more than 100 private colleges and universities across the State. Over the past 10 years, enrollment at New Yorks public and private higher education institutions has increased by 6%. This report provides record overall funding for the States institutes of higher education and includes strategic investments that will help New Yorkers develop the tools and skills they need in the 21st century economy. ; New York State of Opportunity, Division of the Budget

There is a very urgent need to invest in education in the human capital of a nation, so the role of government is needed to ensure the capacity and possibility to access education. Therefore, adequate funding should encourage education outcome, as evidenced by the enrollment rate, expected length of schooling and average length of schooling. This study aims to determine the effect of education and health spending, fiscal decentralization, GRDP per capita (control variable) on education outcome. This study uses secondary data with panel data from 16 provinces in eastern Indonesia. The data analysis technique used is the structural equation model (SEM) with Rstudio software. The results of this study indicate that; (1) At the level of primary education and the expected duration of schooling, education expenditure has a positive and significant effect on school performance, while the level of education of the middle, high school and the duration expected schooling have no effect. (2) Health expenditure has a positive and significant effect on education outcome; (3) Fiscal decentralization has a positive and significant impact on school participation rates at primary level, for primary and middle school levels and the average length of schooling is not significant, but different from secondary level it has a negative impact and significant effect, while the expected length of schooling is not significant (4). The GRDP per capita has a positive and significant effect on education outcome, except that the school participation rate at the elementary level is not significant.

Education is part of the future investment. The goals of education at any time need to be revised and adapted to the demands of change. Government Regulation Number 32 of 2013 concerning National Education Standards (SNP) provides direction on the need to develop and implement eight national education standards, namely: content standards, process standards, graduate competency standards, educators and education personnel standards, facilities and infrastructure standards, management standards, financing standards, and educational assessment standards. This study aims to describe the standardization of Islamic education on the orientation of religious values education. The National Education Standards have been implemented in accordance with the scope of their responsibilities to date. Even so, there are still pros and cons in the SNP policy, one of the reasons for the pro group is that standardization serves as a guide for teachers in making global changes, while those who oppose explain that standardization of education is heavily influenced by business and political decisions.