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Government and Community
 

Government Responsibilities:

Who's Accountable?

 Article

"Education Fact Sheet." NetAid.org 03 Feb 2008
<http://www.netaid.org/global_poverty/education/education-fact-sheet.html >.

"TABOR: A Proven Failure." National Education Association 03 Feb 2008
<http://www.nea.org/fundingthreats/index.html>.

 

The "No Child Left Behind" Policy

 Article

"No Child Left Behind Act." Wikipedia, The Free Encylopedia. 11 Feb 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind>.

"An Act." Insource.org 11 Feb 2008
<http://www.insource.org/law/107-110Text.txt>.

 

Image(s)

 - No Child Left Behind

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/images/20020108-1_20020108-1-515h.html

 

Government Programs:

Still Not Enough!

 Article

 "Governance." A Fairer World 07 Feb 2008
<http://www.afairerworld.org/_Development/governance.html>.

"Guide to Education." LearningChannel.org 07 Feb 2008
<http://us.oneworld.net/article/archive/4663?PrintableVersion=enabled>.

"Nepal's Education Reforms to Meet Demands of Expanding Economy." Asian Development Bank 24 Jan 2008 18 Mar 2008
<http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12379-nepalese-educations-projects/>.

"The Global Education Fund." Global Education Fund18 Mar 2008
<http://globaleducationfund.org.nz/>.

 

Teachers Aspects

 Lack of Teachers:

 Essential Though Invisible

 Article

 "Teacher shortages threaten quality Education For All." UNESCO Institute for Statistics 05 Mar 2008
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=6509_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC>.

"Attracting and Keeping Quality Teachers." National Education Association 05 Mar 2008
<http://www.nea.org/teachershortage/index.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/teachershortage/index.html>.

"KYRGYZSTAN: Focus on lack of teachers ." IRIN (2008) 15 Mar 2008 <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=29461>.

"ZIMBABWE: Mowing and cleaning replace geography and algebra ." IRIN (2008) 15 Mar 2008
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76475>.

"IRAQ: Threatened teachers fleeing the country." IRIN (2008) 15 Mar 2008
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=60564>.

"YEMEN: Action needed to address teacher shortage, says UNICEF ." IRIN (2008) 15 Mar 2008
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=26321>. 
 

 

Teachers Dedication

 Article

"The Dedicated Professional." Lewis-Clark State College Division of Education 08 Mar 2008
<http://www.lcsc.edu/education/teacherprep/standards/dp.shtml>. 

"Teacher Commitment and Engagement: the dimensions of ideology and practice associated with teacher commitment and engagement within an Australian perspective." 08 Mar 2008
<http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/cro02522.htm>.

 

Youth and Community

Non-Government Organizations

 Article

"Non-governmental organization." Wikipedia, The Free Encylopedia. 08 Mar 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>.

" About UNESCO." UNESCO.org 08 Mar 2008
<http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>.

"About Us." Global Campaign For Education 08 Mar 2008
<http://www.campaignforeducation.org/about/about.html>.

"Education and the World Bank." The World Bank 08 Mar 2008
<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/
0,,menuPK:282391~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:282386,00.html>.

 

 

Schools

 Article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School

http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/c21689.htm

http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer

http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/history.htmlv

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