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	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
		The Department of Education is conducting several rigorous studies to identify effective educational practices in such areas as reading, the use of technology, and after-school programs.
		The Department of Education and the Department of Defense will work with States on strategies to prevent disruption in the educational progress of children of military families and to ease the stresses on military families.
		The Department of Education’s budget includes $10 million to support grants to States to encourage reciprocity agreements, develop data management systems, and support other activities to facilitate the transfer of children of military families between schools.
	www.whitehouse.gov /omb/budget/fy2005/education.html (4793 words)

	Economics of Education in Europe (EENEE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The CEE is sponsored by the U.K. Department for Education and Skills, established in 2000 to undertake systematic and innovative research in the field of the economics of education.
		In the economics of education, his work has focused on the effects of skill-biased technological change and the demand for skills, intergenerational mobility, childhood disadvantage, education and wage inequality, inequality of access to higher education and evaluation of recent education policy interventions.
		Education Economics, covers the productivity effects of poor numeracy and literacy, the labour market for teachers and non-teaching educational staff, lifelong learning, the supply and demand for skills, rates of return to different qualifications and curricula and school management and performance issues.
	www.eenee.de /link/eenee-senex-machin.htm (608 words)

	About the Vermont Department of Education
		The department's calendar of events is designed to be used as a planning tool by department staff, State Board members and educators in the field.
		The State Board of Education and the Department of Education shall sustain a vision of high skills, creative thinking and love of knowledge, and learning for every student while ensuring student achievement in a safe and healthy learning environment.
		The department works with the State Board to ensure that the book is a useful resource not only to the Vermont Legislature as it reviews state agency budget proposals, but to members of the education community and general public as well.
	education.vermont.gov /new/html/maindept.html (904 words)

	Skills For Teacher Education Majors - Department of Foreign Languages
		Technology-related skills and knowledge will be developed, demonstrated, and implemented in education and content area courses required of teacher education majors.
		The following is a list of technology-related skills that students of teacher education will be expected to use throughout their course of study at KSU and the courses in which these skills are utilized.
		It is therefore the student’s responsibility to gain experience with these skills before he or she takes a course in which the utilization of the skills are required.
	www.kennesaw.edu /foreignlanguage/fl_skills.html (372 words)

	Directorate for Education:Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Education is a gateway to employment and in almost all OECD countries educational attainment levels continue to rise, with many countries showing impressive gains in university qualifications in particular, according to data in the 2006 edition of the OECD’s annual publication Education at a Glance.
		This edition of Education Policy Analysis has chapters on how to meet teachers’ aspirations and enhance motivation, using formative assessment to help all students succeed, gender differences and mathematics, and policy directions for the growing international market in higher education.
		Ministers of Higher Education from OECD countries and invited observers met in Athens on 27-28 June 2006 to discuss how to ensure that quality, equity and efficiency characterise all aspects of higher education.
	www.oecd.org /els/education (690 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Education \| Education scandalous - CBI chief
		Education must remain the "number one priority", he says in a speech.
		The Department for Education and Skills says there is a focus on English and maths, and standards are rising.
		Mr Lambert is to tell a reception at the House of Commons: "Despite the increases in spending, British skills at all levels remain woefully short of world-class, with a shockingly high proportion of our young people still leaving school without the basic literacy and numeracy skills needed by business.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/5141422.stm (359 words)

	Outcomes of Learning:Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The current mandate for Education and Skills is "making lifelong learning a reality for all", through monitoring and evaluating strategies; strengthening foundations; facilitating transitions; mobilising resources and using them effectively; improving the sharing of roles and responsibilities.
		Equity in education has been a concern of almost all countries, whether developed, transitional, or in the process of developing.
		Inequality in education — whether inequality is measured by differences in measures of learning like test scores, measures of educational attainment like years completed, or more abstract conceptions like opportunity — is partly an issue of equity, or its close synonym fairness.
	www.oecd.org /department/0,2688,en_2649_33925_1_1_1_1_1,00.html (768 words)

	UK Parliament - Education and Skills Committee
		The Education and Skills Committee was appointed on Wednesday 13 July 2005. The membership of the Committee and their details are now available through the members link.
		The Committee is taking oral evidence from Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children and Families, Department for Education and Skills, on Monday 20 November 2006. The transcript will be available in the Reports and Publications section.
		The Committee is to take formal oral evidence on Prison Education from Ministers and officials on Monday 18 December. It asked for submissions of written evidence to be received by noon on 4 December 2006. Further details are available in Education and Skills Committee Press Notice No. 54.
	www.parliament.uk /parliamentary_committees/education_and_skills_committee.cfm (442 words)

	United Kingdom: Education (Portals to the World, Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The department has responsibility for policies and practices for schools, which includes organization and funding, coordination of policies for post-secondary education and training, and policies on adult training.
		This body has responsiblity for post-secondary education and training in Wales with the exception of higher education, which is under the purview of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).
		This council, sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills, distributes public money for teaching and research for universities and colleges.
	www.loc.gov /rr/international/main/uk/education.html (362 words)

	NatCen> Our research > Education & skills
		The study was originally commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills.
		This study was conducted for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in a consortium led by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP).
		Vulnerable students, along with the key people who had influenced their educational choices were interviewed to examine the additional problems they face in returning to, and maintaining attendance in, post-compulsory education.
	www.natcen.ac.uk /natcen/pages/or_educationandskills.htm (2379 words)

	Department for Education and Skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Better education and skills can transform lives - not only for the individuals concerned but also for their families and future generations.
		The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) plays an instrumental role in delivering the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal.
		Raising education standards and developing educational opportunities is essential to help break the cycle of deprivation in our poorest communities.
	www.neighbourhood.gov.uk /page.asp?id=647 (415 words)

	Department for Education and Skills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001.
		The Department of Education and Science was created in 1964 with the merger of the offices of Minister of Education and the Minister of Science, with Herbert Bowden (later to become Baron Aylestone) as minister.
		In 1992 the responsibility for science was transferred to the Cabinet Office's Office of Public Service and the Department of Trade and Industry's Office of Science and Technology, and the department was renamed Department of Education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Skills (430 words)

	Secretary of State for Education and Skills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government.
		The Department of Education and Science was created in 1964 with the merger of the offices of Minister of Education and the Minister of Science.
		In 1995 the department merged with the Department of Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and in 2001 the employment functions were transferred to a newly created Department for Work and Pensions, with the DfEE becoming the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills (1065 words)

	Welcome to the Department of Education, Science and Training
		The 2005-2006 Annual Report for the Department of Education, Science and Training was tabled in Parliament on 31 October 2006.
		The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) have commissioned an Economic Impact Study Report which focuses on providing an assessment of the full economic impacts of the CRC Programme.
		The aim of the report is to identify, as far as possible, all economic benefits that have been, or will be generated by the CRC Programme during the period since the Programme commenced, up until the end of financial year 2009-10.
	www.dest.gov.au (726 words)

	Special education needs, Special needs education
		Special Educational Needs and Disability Division's ambition is for every child with SEN to reach their full potential in school, and to make a successful transition to adulthood and the world of further education, training or work.
		The Government's response to the Education and Skills Select Committee report on Special Educational Needs was published today (11 October 2006).
		TeacherNet has been developed by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource to support the education profession.
	www.teachernet.gov.uk /wholeschool/sen (736 words)

	IBM - Education \| United Kingdom
		In December 1999, the then Department for Education and Employment and IBM launched a major partnership to enable teachers and schools to disseminate effective teaching practices throughout the nation's classrooms.
		Since that time, IBM and the Department for Education and Skills have worked intensively with several hundred teachers from over 70 schools to customize and implement Riverdeep Learning Village to reach this goal.
		With the completion of the pilot phase, IBM is now developing plans with the Department for Education and Skills and the Teacher Training Agency to expand the program, making Riverdeep Learning Village, the methodologies generated, and the expertise created available to a far larger community of teachers throughout the country.
	www.ibm.com /ibm/ibmgives/grant/education/programs/reinventing/unitedkingdom.shtml (187 words)

	Government Offices \| East Midlands \| Education and Skills
		We work with local organisations across the East Midlands towards the achievement of Department for Education and Skills (DfES) targets to ensure that educational attainment is central to local community strategies.
		Government Offices have an important role in helping the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) deliver its education strategy for the next five years and beyond.
		It focuses on giving children an excellent start in education, enabling young people to equip themselves with life and work skills, and encouraging adults to achieve their full potential through learning.
	www.goem.gov.uk /goem/edu-skills/?a=42496 (224 words)

	BBC News \| EDUCATION \| Education ministers announced
		Stephen Timms is to be the minister responsible for schools, in the newly-named Department for Education and Skills.
		The university brief will see her tackling the ongoing debate over student fees and university funding - with ongoing claims that higher education is underfunded, students are overcharged and lecturers are underpaid.
		She will have the task of continuing the government's drive to widen access to higher education, including attracting applications from young people from deprived backgrounds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/1383685.stm (424 words)

	BESA - Department for Education and Skills Departmental Report 2006
		Department for Education and Skills Departmental Report 2006
		Report covering key performance indicators and other significant data concerning the running of the Department for Education and Skills 2006 and the delivery of its responsibilities.
		BESA staff are also on hand to answer general enquiries and offer guidance within the Association's sphere of interest.
	www.besanet.org.uk /besa/documents/view.jsp?item=708 (81 words)

	Guide to departments - Department for Education and Skills
		The Department for Education and Skills works to create learning opportunities for people of all ages in England.
		It is responsible for setting national standards and legislating to improve the quality of education and training.
		Schools, nursery education, childcare and colleges with students under 19 are regularly inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), while the DfES works with local agencies to turn round weak and failing schools.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page1488.asp (510 words)

	Nevada Department of Education \| Welding Skills Standards
		The Department of Education has undertaken an ambitious effort to develop statewide occupational skill standards. The standards in this document are for welding programs and are designed to clearly state what the student should know and be able to do upon completion of an advanced high-school program.
		These exit-level standards are designed for advanced programs, for students completing the third level of a three- or four-year welding program. Students at the appropriate level of instruction will be expected to demonstrate competence for all performance indicators in the "meets standard" domains for each performance standard.
		Content Standards are general statements that identify major areas of knowledge, understanding, and skills students are expected to learn in key subject and career areas by the end of the program.
	www.doe.nv.gov /standards/octae/welding.html (5897 words)

	Palaeobiology Masters Degree Programme, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
		The loan is from one of a number of high-street banks, and the Department for Education and Skills pays the interest on the loan during the course and for a month afterward.
		The Student Finance Office suggests that it may be worth approaching the British Federation of Women Graduates and the Elizabeth Nuffield Education Fund, if you meet their eligibility requirements.
		Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI), Rathgael House, Balloo Road, Bangor, County Down BT19 7PR.
	palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk /MSc/funding.html (757 words)

	DTLR \| Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most of the other responsibilities of the former Department for Transport Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) are covered by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
		Press releases in this section cover the period from 1 May 2001 to 31 May 2002 and are published and maintained by the Government News Network.
		Press releases in this section cover the period from 1 May 1997 to 30 April 2001 and are published and maintained by the Government News Network.
	www.dtlr.gov.uk (161 words)

	Windsor Fellowship - Sponsors & Funders - Department for Education & Skills
		"The Department for Education and Employment is a central Government Department.
		Our aim is "to give everyone the chance, through education, training and work, to realise their full potential and thus build an inclusive and fair society and a competitive economy".
		The scheme has been an excellent opportunity for the Department to access the diverse poll of talent looking for opportunities to change the ethnic make-up at the senior management end of the organisation."
	www.windsor-fellowship.org /DfES.htm (154 words)

	Reachlive.net: UK Department for Education and skills
		The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a British government department responsible for education in England.
		The aim was to discontinue the automatic mailing of information to schools and enable teachers to draw down the information they want to receive, at the time most useful to them and in the multiples they require.
		Commerce Server is used to create and host the department's publication catalogue, while SQL Server is used for storing document data and customer information such as the number and type of documents ordered and the institution worked for.
	www.reachlive.net /article.asp?id=581 (442 words)

	Fawcett - Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
		Schools, nursery education, childcare and colleges with students under 19 are regularly inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), The Teacher Training Agency is responsible for training, recruiting and retaining good teaching staff in schools.
		Funds childcare and nursery education, and sets national standards with local planning and delivery through early years' partnerships.
		For further information click the Department for Education and Skills link in the blue box on the righthand side.
	www.fawcettsociety.org.uk /index.asp?PageID=288 (215 words)

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