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Government Publishing Office U.S. Congress House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONCERNING CIVIL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED MARCH 19, 2016; EXPORT PROMOTION REFORM ACT; STATE TRADE COORDINATION ACT; AND ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES REVITALIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2013 Date(s) Held: 2013-07-24 113th Congress, 1st Session GPO Document Source: CHRG-113hhrg82146 Superintendents of Documents ID: Y 4.IN 8/16 Related Items: United States Senate Bill 793 (113th Congress) United States Senate Bill 793 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1409 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1409 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1916 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1926 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1926 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 2449 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 2449 (113th Congress) Congressional Serial No. 113-49

Government Publishing Office U.S. Congress House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONCERNING CIVIL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED MARCH 19, 2016; EXPORT PROMOTION REFORM ACT; STATE TRADE COORDINATION ACT; AND ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES REVITALIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2013 Date(s) Held: 2013-07-24 113th Congress, 1st Session GPO Document Source: CHRG-113hhrg82146 Superintendents of Documents ID: Y 4.IN 8/16 Related Items: United States Senate Bill 793 (113th Congress) United States Senate Bill 793 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1409 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1409 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1916 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1926 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 1926 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 2449 (113th Congress) United States House Bill 2449 (113th Congress) Congressional Serial No. 113-49

This paper reports on the use of teacher-written "cases" as evaluation data sources. Cases are first hand, candid, dramatic, highly readable accounts of events or a series of events in teaching. Eight teaching cases were collected which had been written by new teachers who graduated from the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP), a reform-based specialist mathematics and science teacher preparation program. In these teacher-written cases, the new teachers identified and discussed the successes and the dilemmas they faced when they attempted to introduce into their schools instructional practices consistent with the recommendations in the national science education reform movement. Contemporary purposes for evaluation include: evaluation for accountability (measurement of results or efficiency); evaluation for development (information collected to strengthen institutions); and evaluation for knowledge (acquisition of a more profound understanding in some specific area or field). The MCTP cases were analyzed holistically and through the use of analytic induction. The findings were categorized by the goals of the MCTP. It was concluded that teaching cases can be used for all three evaluation purposes (including the more novel use of generating knowledge, the traditional realm of research) as well as for other beneficial purposes. (MM)

This paper reports on the use of teacher-written "cases" as evaluation data sources. Cases are first hand, candid, dramatic, highly readable accounts of events or a series of events in teaching. Eight teaching cases were collected which had been written by new teachers who graduated from the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP), a reform-based specialist mathematics and science teacher preparation program. In these teacher-written cases, the new teachers identified and discussed the successes and the dilemmas they faced when they attempted to introduce into their schools instructional practices consistent with the recommendations in the national science education reform movement. Contemporary purposes for evaluation include: evaluation for accountability (measurement of results or efficiency); evaluation for development (information collected to strengthen institutions); and evaluation for knowledge (acquisition of a more profound understanding in some specific area or field). The MCTP cases were analyzed holistically and through the use of analytic induction. The findings were categorized by the goals of the MCTP. It was concluded that teaching cases can be used for all three evaluation purposes (including the more novel use of generating knowledge, the traditional realm of research) as well as for other beneficial purposes. (MM)

This report describes the research design of a study that identified and evaluated a collection of reforms designed to enhance learning by altering the amount of and/or the quality of time devoted to learning. The study focused on the quantity and quality of time that teachers and students spent in school and, to a lesser extent, students' out-of-school activities. Researchers conducted case studies of 14 sites that had experimented with different ways of allocating time as a cornerstone of efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning. All the schools served a substantial number of disadvantaged students. The sample included the following: (1) eight public schools and six private schools; (2) three elementary schools, five middle schools, two high schools serving grades 9-12, two secondary schools serving grades 7-12, one school serving grades 1-12, and one school serving students aged 16-21; (3) four residential schools; (4) eleven urban schools; (5) two schools that enrolled only boys; and (6) schools with student enrollments ranging from 20 to approximately 800. During the site visits, data were derived from the site-context record; interviews with teachers, administrators, and support staff; student focus groups; document analysis; and students' out-of-school-time diaries. Five exhibits are included. Appendices contain data-collection instruments and a list of reports derived from the study. (LMI)

This study examines three aspects of educational time: (1) quantity of time in school; (2) quality of time in school; and (3) students' uses of out-of-school time. The study identified two types of strategies that altered school uses of time--multiage groupings, and flexible school schedules. It concludes that the decision to increase the quantity of time for teaching and learning represents a hollow goal and can even work against other important changes. Undertaking quick policy fixes to extend the school day or year is ill-advised, particularly without deliberate and consensual assessment. Other findings are that: (1) extending noninstructional time at school has important impacts on students; (2) students are willing to commit their free time to well-conceived and well-structured activities provided through their local schools; (3) flexible schedules are important for schools serving at-risk high school students; (4) the most important commodity in which to invest is time itself; and (5) failure to invest in the necessary resources, particularly time, can doom even the most promising innovations. Two exhibits and two figures are included. (Contains 43 references.) (LMI)

The title is catchy and positive: "Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession." It sounds like a teacher-friendly approach to improving the perceptions and experiences of teachers working in classrooms. However, this report published by the Center for American Progress uses popular rhetoric and sound bites to advance a policy agenda that in many ways could harm the teaching profession. The authors present 10 recommendations to "raise the quality" of how teachers are recruited, trained and evaluated in order to "elevate" the profession. Although the report purports to advance a "progressive vision and policy agenda" a deeper analysis indicates that the recommendations are more aligned with conservative, individualistic, accountability-based approaches to educational reform. [For "Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession," see ED583595.]

This document presents case study profiles from a study that examined three aspects of educational time: (1) quantity of time in school; (2) quality of time in school; and (3) students' use of out-of-school time. Data were derived from case studies of 14 sites that experimented with different ways of allocating time as a cornerstone of efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning. All of the schools in the sample serve a substantial number of disadvantaged students. In most of the schools, the time innovations represented important changes in the organization and structure of the schools. However, in some cases, the time innovations were part of the original design of the school. As a practical matter--as well as a finding about these schools--decisions about changing the quantity of time for teaching and learning followed decisions about other kinds of changes in schools. That is, in all but two cases, teachers and principals decided to change one or more elements of the core technologies (curriculum, instruction, and assessment) and concluded that changes in the allocation of time were necessary to support these changes in the quality of time. (AA)

A central theme in the history of American education in the 20th century is the expansion of formal schooling for more children. This literature review surveys the research on the educational uses of time, with a focus on the quantity and quality of time that teachers and students spent in school and, to a lesser extent, students' out-of-school activities. The review was undertaken as the first stage of a study that identified and evaluated a collection of reforms designed to enhance learning by altering the amount of and/or the quality of time devoted to learning. Chapters summarize the research on the quantity of time in school, the quality of time in school, and the uses of nonschool time and its impact on academic achievement and social development among young children and adults. Each chapter concludes with a summary and references. (LMI)

1Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many

By Harry Graham

This is a volume of humorous poems by Harry Graham, writing under his pseudonym Col. D. Streamer. In this volume, Graham brings us a unique and original view of popular proverbs, in his own peculiar humorous verse. - Summary by Carolin

2Misrepresentative Men

By Harry Graham

This is a volume of poetry by Harry Graham. Graham was known for his satirical poetry, and this volume is a great example of his art. In this volume, Graham charicatures several famous historical or legendary personages, and allows himself some reflections on the story of that person's life. - Summary by Carolin

3Misrepresentative Women

By Harry Graham

After writing two volumes on Misrepresentative Men, in which Harry Graham satirized ancient and contemporary famous men, a volume on the famous ladies was necessary. This volume contains several humorous poems on famous women, as well as some other humorous verses. Summary by Carolin

In "Where We Got the Bible", the author, himself a convert from Calvinism, explains how the Catholic Church compiled the sacred text, how medieval monks preserved it, and how Catholic scholars first gave Christians the Bible in their own languages.<br><br> This little book about the Bible grew out of lectures which the writer delivered on the subject to mixed audiences. The lectures were afterwards expanded, and appeared in a series of articles in the Catholic press 1908-9, and are now with slight alterations reprinted. Their origin will sufficiently account for the colloquial style employed throughout. <br><br> There is, therefore, no pretense either of profound scholarship or of eloquent language; all that is attempted is a popular and, as far as possible, accurate exposition along familiar lines of the Catholic claim historically in regard to the Bible. It is candidly controversial without, however, let us hope, being uncharitable or unfair. (Adapted from the book)

5In Quest of El Dorado

By Stephen Graham

Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps of the early Spanish conquistadores in the Americas: Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado. (Summary by Steven Seitel)

Sylvester Graham, also known as the "Father of Vegetarianism", was a Presbyterian minister who emphasized clean eating. Graham endorsed the consumption of unprocessed foods, as close in kind as possible to those consumed by our wild ancestors. Whole-grain bread was a favorite topic of his, and in this treatise he expounds upon the origins, benefits, and production of the healthiest bread possible.<br><br> Graham's message about healthy living exploded in popularity after an 1832 cholera outbreak in New York City. On his lecture tour after the publication of A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making in 1837, he was thronged with admirers, although his lecture circuit was interrupted by angry butchers and commercial bakers. His ideas about the connection between food and physical and spiritual health inspired the Kelloggs, and the Graham cracker is named after him. (Summary by Tatiana Chichilla)

7Verse and Worse

By Harry Graham

A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted Proverbs, and Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. - Summary by mleigh

8More Misrepresentative Men

By Harry Graham

A collection of humorous verse covering a variety of men.

Stephen Graham, a Brit with Russian language skills, traveled by sea in 1913 with a group of poor Russian and other Slavic immigrants to New York, then cross-country with part of them by foot as far as Chicago. This is a narrative of their experiences. It is also filled with Graham's observations and reflections about American life and American views on a wide range of topics. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)

10Gentle Art of Tramping

By Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham tramped extensively around pre-revolutionary Russia, and with immigrants as they landed on the East coast of America and spread West. This book, published in 1926, is his practical guide to this mode of touring/travel. It is also a philosophical account of our desire to connect with nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson style. A prolific writer, Graham describes his love of nature, and his dislike of industrialization. Encouraging people to take up 'tramping' for pleasure (as opposed to vagabonding or homelessness), Graham offers practical tips and insights into travelling safely, with as much ease as possible, that are still applicable today. He hoped that his simple but beautifully written guide would ignite a love for nature and seeing the world, even on a shoestring budget; entertain readers with his often humorous observations and tales; and encourage other tramps to keep journals and share their adventures. (Summary by Michele Fry)