scholarly journals Coping With Challenges of the COVID-19 Lockdown in Public Education of Lithuania and Slovenia: Views of School Heads

Pedagogika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Jasna Mažgon ◽  
Jana Kalin ◽  
Lina Kaminskienė ◽  
Genutė Gedvilienė ◽  
Vidmantas Tūtlys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
School Autonomy ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
The Future ◽  
School Heads

This article presents the findings of a comparative research conducted during the lockdown among public school heads in Lithuania and Slovenia in spring 2020. The study highlights how the school heads organized remote education, what challenges they faced, what examples of good practice they developed, and how these could be used to deal with similar situations in the future. The research indicated significant school autonomy regarding the centralised support measures provided to Lithuanian and Slovenian schools.

scholarly journals How to Run an Empty School: The Experience of Slovenian School Heads During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110321
Author(s):  
Klara Skubic Ermenc ◽  
Jana Kalin ◽  
Jasna Mažgon
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
The State ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Adequate Response ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
School Heads

In mid-March 2020, Slovenia declared the COVID-19 epidemic, which led to the closure of schools and the transition to remote education. This article presents the findings of a study conducted during the lockdown among school heads in primary and secondary schools. The authors identify the challenges and issues the school heads faced in the first weeks of the epidemic and examine the positive experiences that may represent examples of good practice for dealing with similar problems in the future. The study was carried out through an online questionnaire containing 12 single-answer and multiple-choice questions and one Likert-type scale. The school heads were free to write their answers to two open-ended questions. The findings show that schools responded quickly to the changed circumstances and continued to deliver education to their students without interruption, although their approaches differed significantly. A great deal of improvisation was observed, as was to be expected, as the state did not have a pre-prepared plan and was not able to provide a quick and adequate response.

More tax on asset gains is likelier than a wealth tax

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Asset Prices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Investment Income ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Fiscal Support ◽  
Wealth Tax

Significance Developed economies have implemented fiscal support measures worth over 16% of their GDP to combat the pandemic's impacts. To pay off the resulting debt and to ensure sufficient revenue in the face of a fragile and uneven recovery, new taxes and higher rates are being considered. Impacts Levying a wealth tax on productive firms risks starving them of capital for the future. If levied too high or too long, people would sell assets to pay, depressing asset prices, reducing investment and prompting outflows. Criticisms of wealth taxes mean that a one-off surcharge on investment income above a certain threshold would be easier and more popular.

Effective Grassroots Social Action in Public Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Charles V. Willie
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Action ◽  
School Education ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Public School Education

This article identifies public school education as a community affair which requires the talents of lawyers, social science scholars, and other kinds of people. Since public education is described as a community affair, diversity in student body and faculty is recommended as a way of gathering essential opinions on how education may benefit all individuals as well as the community. Grassroots strategies for achieving effective social action are discussed.

scholarly journals Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuichi Tanaka ◽  
Lidia Farré ◽  
Francesc Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Vision for the Future Project: Screening impact on the prevention and treatment of visual impairments in public school children in São Paulo City, Brazil

Clinics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Rodrigues da Costa ◽  
Iara Debert ◽  
Fernanda Nicolela Susanna ◽  
Janaina Guerra Falabreti ◽  
Mariza Polati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Project Screening ◽  
Future Project

Visions of the Special Class

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Safford ◽  
Elizabeth J. Safford
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Special Class ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Clearing House ◽  
Service Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
The 19Th Century

ABSTRACT Although the advent of public school special day classes for children with disabilities at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th marked a major shift in the service model, apparently in the direction of educational and societal inclusion, such classes had different meanings for different students. They reflected at least three different “visions,” which can be understood by the metaphors cluster, clinic, and clearing-house, though the last was not sustained for the students for whom it was intended, nor can it be today. The story of each may offer guidance for special educators today and in the future.

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