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Educational Needs in the Pacific Region: The REL Client Interview Report (Research Report)
In January 2006, 42 semistructured telephone interviews were conducted by PREL staff with educators in the Pacific region. Trained interviewers asked them about the two most critical needs, the root causes behind those needs, solutions to meeting those needs, and PREL's role in the solutions. This report discusses the content analyses of the expressed educational needs of the region, as well as potential solutions and ways in which PREL could be of assistance in addressing these needs.
Language of Instruction: Choices and Consequences
As English becomes the language of wider communication in the Pacific region, changes in culture and language-use are increasingly apparent and of concern to Pacific educators and community members. This briefing paper focuses on the choices of instructional language in Pacific classrooms, as mandated by national or state policies, and discusses consequences of such choices on students' achievement and career preparation.
The Language Question in Pacific Education: The Case of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
(Research Brief)
This paper examines complex issues surrounding language-in-education policy in Micronesia. It analyzes the difficult questions that arise as a result of the interplay between local traditions and globalizing economic and political forces.
Diversity in Action: Improving Educational Research in the Pacific Region
Educators should not be expected both to teach and to solve the major problems facing education. This paper illustrates the value of educational research and provides strategies by which educators and researchers in diverse settings can find reliable answers to real-life questions.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Pathways to College Network Framework: Mutually Supportive Visions and Complementary Goal
This paper describes how the NCLB Act and the Pathways Framework can be partnered when developing and evaluating comprehensive programs for schools interested in preparing children for the next steps in their educational careers.
REL Pacific: Preparing and Licensing High Quality Teachers in Pacific Region Jurisdictions
The Pacific Region needs more highly qualified teachers, but current teacher preparation and training programs and certification and licensing processes are not meeting this need. Available for free download here. If you would like printed copies, please contact PREL at products@prel.org.
Teacher Certification Systems
(Policy Brief)
The notion of "highly qualified teachers" is the backbone of recently enacted U.S. federal legislations such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and other similar initiatives. Teacher preparation is instrumental in improving performance of all students. This policy brief reviews current research, policies, and practices in teacher certification systems with the purpose of assisting regional policy makers in examining their own systems, addressing necessary changes, and proposing policy changes to their own legislatures, parliaments, or governing boards. Available for free download here. If you would like printed copies, please contact PREL at products@prel.org.
REL Pacific Issues & Answers: Nutrition and physical Education Policy and Practice in Pacific Region Secondary Schools (REL 2012-No. 117)
Obesity is a physically and emotionally debilitating condition that profoundly affects public health and education systems. Increasing concerns about health issues and dietary considerations in the Pacific Region reveal a need to study education programs that disseminate information about health, physical activity, and nutrition. This study responds to regional requests for information on health issues and dietary considerations in the Pacific Region by providing relevant statistics and references to health education programs, policies, and practices in secondary schools in Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap) and the Republic of Palau.