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Download full textUS Department of Education, 2025
Under section 1001 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA), the purpose of the Title I, Part A program (Title I, Part A) is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education as well as to close educational achievement gaps. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education
Appleseed, 2008
Parent involvement is widely acknowledged as a central component in both overall school success and the academic success of individual children. Recognizing this, the federal No Child Left Behind Act mandates that states, districts and schools make extraordinary efforts to enhance effective parent involvement. Now, more than six years after the…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Boards of Education, County School Districts, Parent Role
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, IN. – 1979
This manual encourages teachers, business people, and administrators to create innovative local school/business programs by listing and describing American programs that have been proven successful. A directory describing the role of businesses in education is included. Additional comments and program descriptions are divided into three…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Weckstein, Paul – 1986
Chapter 1 is the largest federal education program in existence. It provides extra services to help low-achieving students and is targeted primarily at areas where low-income families reside. Parent involvement in designing and implementing the program is an essential part of Chapter 1. However, the parent involvement component is often not as…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Federal Aid
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1990
This policy manual is a guide for state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), parents, and other interested parties wishing to obtain funding for basic compensatory education programs operated by school districts under Part A of Chapter 1 of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educationally Disadvantaged
Berry, Dale W.; Feldman, Mona A. – 1983
This study examines obstacles faced by limited English-speaking adults in bilingual vocational training projects. Methods and procedures used in nine federally funded bilingual vocational training projects to resolve the identified obstacles are documented, and their usefulness is assessed. The purpose and background of the study are first…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education
Crespo, Orestes I., Comp.; Louque, Patricia, Comp. – 1984
A resource handbook is presented that provides an overview of parent and community involvement to assist local and state education agencies, higher education institutions, and other nonprofit organizations in enhancing the partnership between school and home for the benefit of minority language group students. The guide covers the following…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Educational Policy
Dannenberg, Arlene C. – 1984
This handbook on the advisory and decision-making aspects of parent involvement provides information and skill-building activities to help parents establish, maintain, and increase the effectiveness of parent advisory councils (PAC) for bilingual education programs in Massachusetts. Chapter 1 describes the legal background and the basic structures…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills
Berney, Tomi D.; Lin, Jan C. – 1990
Project CHOICE was designed to offer Chinese-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) the opportunity to study business, technical, and computer subjects at Seward Park, and Washington Irving High Schools; subsequently, Norman Thomas High School was substituted for the latter school. Students received instruction in English as a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Berney, Tomi D.; Alvarez, Rosalyn – 1990
This project provided 360 students at South Bronx High School (New York) with instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL); Native Language Arts (NLA); the bilingual content area subjects of mathematics, science, and social studies; and computer literacy. The goal of the project was to provide instructional and support services to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedTucker, G. Richard – Focus, 1980
A comparison of the salient characteristics of Canadian and United States bilingual education programs suggests various settings where it would be desirable to introduce children to schooling in their home language. These settings include: (1) the various ethnic communities in the United States, (2) multilingual developing countries, (3) parts of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
August, Diane; And Others – 1995
The guide provides analysis and guidance on issues that arise in serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students through Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act. It is intended for Title I coordinators at state and local levels and administrators of related programs serving LEP students. The guide presents the issues in the order in which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agency Role, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Christenson, Sandra; And Others – 1995
Taken from findings of federally financed ABC dropout prevention programs--ALAS (Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success), the Belief Academy, and Check & Connect--this report discusses the barriers and supports to effectively intervening and achieving school completion among high-risk students. The first section presents information…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies, Community Involvement
