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Fiske, Edward B. was born on June 4, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward R., Junior and Jean (Bogardus) Fiske.
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Don't Miss Those Deadlines! Fiske What to Do When is the only guide with all of the dates and deadlines college applicants and their frazzled parents need to know are in one place. Written by the authors of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, hailed by USA Today as "the best college guide you can buy," this planner will guide you through the SAT and ACT, make sure your applications are in on time and help you save money at Dream U. Completely hands-on and chronologically arranged over the course of 16 months, from January 2007 to May 2008, Fiske What to Do When for College includes: --Monthly overviews --Weekly planners featuring all of that week's major deadlines --Extensive appendices and a complete glossary Plus, readers will find narrative essays, written by two of the top college experts in the country, addressing what to do each week and what to think about in the coming weeks. Advice on essay writing, college visits, standardized testing, prep courses and more is also included. Exact dates of major deadlines include: --Early and regular admissions at every selective college --Major scholarship deadlines --Financial aid deadlines --Housing deadlines --SAT and ACT deadlines --ROTC and service academy deadlines
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Elusive Equity chronicles South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. The policymakers who came to power with Nelson Mandela in 1994 inherited and education system designed to further the racist goals of apartheid. Their massive challenge was to transform that system, which lavished human and financial resources on schools serving white students while systematically starving those serving African, coloured, and Indian learners, into one that would offer quality education to all persons, regardless of their race. Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd describe and evaluate the strategies that South Africa pursued in its quest for racial equity. They draw on previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools to describe the changes made in school finance, teacher assignment policies, governance, curriculum, higher education, and other areas. They conclude that the country has made remarkable progress toward equity in the sense of equal treatment of persons of all races. For several reasons, however, the country has been far less successful in promoting equal educational opportunity or educational adequacy. Thus equity has remained elusive. The book is unique in combining the perceptive observations of a skilled education journalist with the analytical skills of an academic policy expert. Richly textured descriptions of how South Africa's education reforms have affected schools at the grass-roots level are combined with careful analysis of enrollment, governance, and budget data at the school, provincial, and national levels. The result is a compelling and comprehensive study of South Africa's first decade of education reform in the post-apartheid period.
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Other than how to get into college, the question students and parents are most likely to ask is how to prepare for the all-important SAT test. Fiske Nailing the New SAT will help students and parents plot their strategy not only for how to take the test, but also for how to prepare for taking the test. Based on extensive surveys and the real experiences of students, parents and college counseling professionals, this book gives the lowdown on how to prepare. - Evaluating the preparation options: books, software, online courses, one-on-one tutoring, classroom prep courses, etc. - What kind of student you are, and which approaches tend to work best for your ability, style, attitude, etc. - Keys to SAT success - The new SAT-how the test changed (and is changing) and why - Chapters on the verbal, math and writing sections
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"An exceptionally useful overview for the college bound."―Booklist Get Accepted to the College That's Right For You Getting into college can be stressful. It's hard enough to find your dream school, but you need to navigate the admissions process too! Never fear. With advice from the two leading college admission experts, the Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College will help you generate a list of schools you love and walk you step-by-step through the process of applying to them. The most trusted experts in America's colleges will show you how to: •Discover which schools are right for you based on academic programs, size, location, institutional culture, and more •Wrap your head around standardized tests •Write compelling essays (even if you're not a great writer) •Show off your best features in your application •Ask the right questions during campus visits •Understand how admissions officers rank candidates •Gets off the wait list and into the college of your dreams •Attract and negotiate the best financial aid package The most trusted resource for helping students get into the schools of their choice.
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In 1989 New Zealand embarked on what is arguably the most thorough and dramatic transformation of a compulsory state education system ever undertaken by an industrialized country. Under a plan known as Tomorrow's Schools this island nation of 3.8 million people abolished its national Department of Education and turned control of its nearly 2,700 primary and secondary schools over to locally elected boards of trustees. Virtually overnight, one of the world's most tightly controlled public education systems became one of the most decentralized. Two years later, in 1991, with a new government in power, New Zealand enacted further reforms that introduced full parental choice of schools and encouraged the development of a competitive culture in the state education system. Debate rages in the United States about whether similar reforms would improve the performance of the country's troubled public school system. Judgments about the potential benefits of these ideas, as well as the general relevance of economic models to educational systems, tap into deeply held values, and discussion in the U.S. has been hampered by the lack of practical experience with them. The extended and widespread experiences of New Zealand, whose school system functions much like our own, provide U.S. policy makers with a wide range of appropriate insights and implications to consider as they gauge the merits of bold education reform. When Schools Compete is the first book to provide detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the New Zealand experiment. Combining the perceptive observations of a prominent education journalist and the analytical skills of an academic policy analyst, this book will help supporters and critics of market-based education reforms better anticipate the potential long-term consequences of applying ideas of market competition to the delivery of education.
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Find the college that's right for you! An A–Z of admissions secrets, The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College takes you behind the scenes of the college application process. The expert advice and tips in this book will help you get accepted at the schools of your choice. This clear, accessible guide takes students and their parents step-by-step through the admissions process. Learn: --How to choose the right college --How to get off a waiting list and get accepted --How to write winning essays --How to use the Internet in the application process --How admissions officers really rank applicants --How to interview successfully --How to construct a successful application --How to get the most financial aid --And much more! This is the best resource for helping students get into the schools of their choice. Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as Education Editor of The New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He wrote the bestselling annual, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, to help them. Bruce G. Hammond was editor in chief of The Insider's Guide to the Colleges and was managing editor of four editions of The Fiske Guide to Colleges. He is the author of Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges and is the school and college expert at Parent Soup, a division of iVillage.com.
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GET ACCEPTED TO THE COLLEGE THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU Everyone has their own idea of the perfect college, and the best place for you to spend your college years may not be the most academically prestigious or have the best sports teams. Going well beyond just college rankings, the Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is the help you need to get started that's been trusted by hundreds of thousands of students, parents, and guidance counselors. SIMPLIFY AND TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF COLLEGE SEARCH --Choose the right type of schools for you, including considering the strongest majors, programs, and courses --Keep everything organized and filter out the marketing hype --Plan and map your college visits, and ask the right questions during campus tours --Attract and even negotiate the best financial aid package This book is a guide not only to who you are, but also to what kinds of schools will be great for you. It starts with an easy but in-depth assessment of your priorities, then takes you step-by-step through the process of applying to the schools that are the best fit for you. MAKE YOUR APPLICATIONS STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD --Earn the test scores colleges want to see --Write authentic admissions essays --Submit an application that shows off your best features --Know how admissions officers rank candidates --Get off the waiting list and get accepted to your top schools GET ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS Edward B. Fiske served for seventeen years as education editor of the New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He writes the #1 bestselling annual Fiske Guide to Colleges to help them. Bruce G. Hammond has devoted much of his time to counseling for college. He served as managing editor of the Fiske Guide to Colleges and is director of college counseling at Dipont Educational Management.
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Fiske, Edward B. was born on June 4, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward R., Junior and Jean (Bogardus) Fiske.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1959; Master of Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965; honorary Doctor of Laws, Occidental College, 1991; and others.
Religion reporter and editor New York Times, 1964-1974, education editor, 1974-1991. Consultant Pew Forum on Education Reform, 1991-1992, Business Roundtable Education Initiative, 1991-1992, Dana Foundation, 1992-1999, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Education Mission to Bangladesh, 1993, International Rescue Committee in Cambodia, 1993-1994, Academy Educational Development, since 1993, World Bank, since 1995, United Nations Educational, since 1996, United States Agency for International Development, since 2003. Education analyst Asian Development Bank, 1994.
Visiting scholar Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, 1998, University Cape Town, South Africa, 2002, visiting researcher University Amsterdam, 2009.
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Trustee College for every student,chair North Carolina Center International Understanding, 2001^, Central Park School Children, Durham, since 2002, board member Carolina Citizen Schools. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Dale Alden Woodruff, July 12, 1963 (divorced May 1997). Children: Julia F. Hogan, Suzanna F. Wilson. Married Helen F. Ladd, June 29, 1997.