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Killion, Joellen; Sommers, William A.; Delehant, Ann – Solution Tree, 2022
Collaborative staff development in education is the vehicle to student success, and research shows that the closer professional learning is to daily practice, the more meaningful and impactful it will be. Written with deep respect for the work educators do in their classrooms each day, this practical resource illustrates the importance of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Workplace Learning, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
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Julie Fitz; Julie Woods; Naomi Duran; Jennifer McCombs – Learning Policy Institute, 2025
Student participation in summer programming can be an effective way to address students' academic and developmental needs. When well implemented and well attended, summer enrichment programs, academic programs, and employment programs have demonstrated positive outcomes for youth in areas related to program content, including academic achievement…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Regional Characteristics
Kimkoff, Tamara; Fiore, Tom; Edwards, Jessica – IDEA Data Center, 2020
This guide describes key steps for developing a well-thought-out plan for evaluating a State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP). The guide provides considerations for how to incorporate each step into an evaluation plan, as well as a series of worksheets that correspond to each step and can be used to facilitate the planning process. The guide,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, State Standards, Educational Legislation
TNTP, 2017
This report is drafted with state leaders and policy makers in mind, including those who work with or support these education leaders. The information shared in this report will likely be most relevant to states that have either not yet considered a new data system on teacher preparation providers, are only now starting to consider the idea, or…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Information Systems, Data Collection, Best Practices
Hanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers
Canney, Melissa; Mezera, Danielle – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2020
Given that work-based learning (WBL) can -- and should be -- a key driver of student career readiness in these efforts, it is essential that all states have a robust work-based learning continuum of experiences and exposure that spans K-16. WBL is an essential element of career and technical education (CTE), and ExcelinEd's CTE Playbook series…
Descriptors: Program Development, Work Experience Programs, State Policy, Educational Policy
Mezera, Danielle; Suffren, Quentin – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
In its first (see ED609912) and second (see ED609958) Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbooks, ExcelinEd explored the importance of strengthening state CTE programs, provided a high-level view of how states can undertake this critical work, and illustrated the vital role that cross-sector partnerships play in developing robust CTE pathways.…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Program Evaluation, Vocational Education, Educational Quality
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
"Fostering Youth Transitions" is a state-by-state data compilation designed to show state policymakers and other key stakeholders how young people are faring as they move from foster care to adulthood. The report shows the clear need for better policies and practices to give young people in foster care the opportunity to have brighter…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Young Adults, Transitional Programs, Data
Pierce, Jennifer; Jackson, Dia – Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research, 2017
P.S. 52 Sheepshead Bay School in Brooklyn, New York, serves more than 850 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. After scores on the 2014 New York State English language arts assessment were unsatisfactory, first-year principal Rafael Alvarez searched for a way to improve academic outcomes for his…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness
Education Trust-West, 2024
In 2019, California passed legislation that called for the creation of its longitudinal data system, the Cradle-to-Career (C2C) Data System. Since then, the state has allocated $40.52 million in funding to support the agency's efforts. Given the substantial state investment and the potential for more, better, and accessible data to answer critical…
Descriptors: State Programs, Statewide Planning, Data Collection, Information Dissemination
Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Carlson, Julianna; Alvira-Hammond, Marta – Child Trends, 2021
This issue brief is one in a series examining timely topics that are relevant to Black families and children in the United States. The series identifies key information and opportunities for consideration by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, and others interested in supporting the progress of Black families and…
Descriptors: African American Family, African American Children, Public Policy, Access to Education
US Government Accountability Office, 2016
Enacted in 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) brought numerous changes to existing federal employment and training programs, including requiring the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Education (Education) to implement a common performance accountability system across the six WIOA-designated core programs. WIOA…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Legislators, Accountability, Job Training
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Leung, Melanie; O'Neal, Desiree; Ondrasek, Naomi; Melnick, Hanna – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
Since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the United States in March 2020, districts across the nation have faced the difficult task of reopening schools safely and keeping them open. It is useful to learn from the successes of districts that have used multilayered mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of in-school transmission. This brief…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Marion, S. F.; Gonzales, D.; Wiener, R.; Peltzman, A. – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
State policymakers are confronting well-documented intersecting crises -- medical, economic, and racial -- with especially dire implications for educational equity. State education leaders face a moral urgency to both understand and respond to the challenges students are experiencing and to do so in ways that address burgeoning equity gaps.…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Opportunities, Program Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Hagan, Katherine; Jarmolowski, Hannah; Roza, Marguerite – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2019
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that state education agencies (SEAs) conduct periodic resource allocation reviews (RARs) in districts that serve low-performing schools. The mandate represents a new opportunity for states and districts to examine the connection between resource allocation and academic outcomes, but the language of…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Resource Allocation, Guidelines, Educational Legislation
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