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King, Jacqueline E.; Yin, Jessica – Center for American Progress, 2022
There are long-standing educator shortages in particular subject areas and localities. Recent teacher polls and reports from states and localities indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has broadened and deepened these shortages. At the same time, enrollment in teacher preparation programs has fallen. These trends have led state policymakers, pre-K…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Johnson-Staub, Christine; Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Home visiting is one tool used to prevent child abuse and improve child well-being by providing education and services in families' homes through parent education and connection to community resources. This toolkit provides state policymakers and advocates with strategies for extending and expanding access to state- or federally-funded home…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Child Caregivers, Family Programs, Cooperative Programs
National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, DC. – 1984
This issue brief addresses policy and administrative questions in preschool special education. Background information is provided on the history of early intervention and predictions for the future are made. Research is presented on early childhood special education effectiveness (longitudinal and shorter-term studies and third-party evaluations)…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Handicap Identification
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
In the summer of 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Education conducted a survey of promotion policies and practices in Pennsylvania schools in response to a request for information from the State Board of Education. This document presents the major findings from the analysis of data from the 423 school districts that completed the survey. A…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Program Descriptions
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
This report reviews the use of federal foster care funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for emotionally disturbed and delinquent adolescent boys placed in the Rite of Passage (ROP) program which operates three facilities on Indian land in Nevada. The report indicates: (1) California counties paid about $434,000 in Title IV-E funds for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, American Indian Reservations, Certification
Howard, Bessie – 1983
This final report on the Mathematics Teacher Resource Development project of the District of Columbia schools identifies the background and project objectives, with a description of the project; outlines the external evaluation design; and describes the results. The target population consisted of teachers needing courses to meet mathematics…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Planning, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education