H.R. 3750, the Computer Literacy Act, and H.R. 4628, the National Educational Software Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, June 5, 1984 |
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Page 339 - Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system...
Page 170 - States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, or over the selection of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, or to require the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance.
Page 339 - Prohibition Against Federal Control of Education Sec. 432. No provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system...
Page 170 - Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States (including members of the Council ) to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system...
Page 342 - ... (2) The Congress further declares it to be the policy of the United States to — (i) help to solve or to alleviate the problems of, and promote the reform and renewal of American education...
Page 10 - We appear to be raising a generation of Americans, many of whom lack the understanding and the skills necessary to participate fully in the technological world in which they live and work.
Page 226 - For studies that reported means and standard deviations for both experimental and control groups, we calculated ES from the measurements provided. For less fully reported studies, we calculated ES from statistics such as / and F, using procedures described by McGaw and Glass (1980).
Page 6 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a statement which I would like to submit for the record. Senator SPARKMAN.
Page 342 - A clear requirement that copyright laws and publisher license agreements be observed; 2. A statement making teachers who use school equipment responsible for taking all reasonable precautions to prevent copying or the use of unauthorized copies on school equipment; 3. An explanation of the steps taken to prevent unauthorized copying or the use of unauthorized copies on school equipment; 4. A designation of who is authorized to sign software license agreements for the school (or district); 5. A designation...
Page 311 - ... takes the machine as a partner in an intimate relationship. The computer is a medium that supports a powerful sense of mastery. As people develop their mastery of things and their relational skills with people, most strike a balance. They balance the need for mastery of skills and concrete materials with the desire to do things with people where the results are never as clear. For some people, striking this balance becomes a difficult struggle. Relationships with people are always characterized...