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FPG Child Development Institute, 2006
Education policy makers identify access to quality pre-Kindergarten programs as a critical step in early childhood development. While most agree on access, definitions of quality vary widely. A new study by the National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL) finds that families define quality in broader terms than educators,…
Descriptors: Researchers, Child Development, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation
Brooks, Martin G; Sussman, Richard A. – Equity and Choice, 1990
Compares the Schools Reaching Out programs at two elementary schools in Roxbury (MA) and New York City with four similar projects elsewhere. Describes how an intervenor not involved with the ordinary operation of the school can help design, direct, motivate, and assess a school outreach program. (DM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Outreach Programs, Parent Participation
Davies, Don – Equity and Choice, 1990
Reviews the Schools Reaching Out programs in New York City and Roxbury (MA). Describes and recommends three successful aspects of these programs: the parent center within the schools, home visits by teachers, and teacher action research teams. (DM)
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Home Visits, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences
Seeley, David S. – Equity and Choice, 1990
Assesses the Schools Reaching Out programs at two elementary schools in Roxbury (MA) and New York City. Emphasis has been on input goals, not on outcomes, so that little progress in academic achievement has actually been made. Input goals, however, have been met. (DM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Schools, Family School Relationship, Outcomes of Education
Newman, Arlene; Baum, Judith – 1989
After two semesters of implementation, Project SCOPE (School and College Organized to Promote Excellence) has created a viable structure of collaboration between Public School 152 and Brooklyn College (New York) and has undertaken a range of activities which have already had positive influence on the morale and performance of parents, students,…
Descriptors: College Role, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Vermont State Office of the State Auditor, Montpelier. – 2000
Since 1992, the Vermont Department of Education has granted funds to the University of Vermont (UVM) to operate the Migrant Education Program (MEP). This review by the State Auditor found that prior to fiscal year 1999, the Department did not make a concerted effort to oversee the MEP and, as a result, several critical programs components were not…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Migrant Education, Migrant Health Services
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The 1987-88 Saginaw (Michigan) Prekindergarten Program, funded under the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1, served 479 children at 13 elementary schools, and attained ten (62.5 percent) of its 16 achievement objectives. A list of the objectives is included in Appendix A. The program is designed to prepare inner-city 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Minority Group Children
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2008
Students and parents need ample time and accurate information to prepare for the financial burden of a college education--those who lack this knowledge base face a significant access barrier to higher education. The early intervention community is calling for a method of delivering age-appropriate information in a timely manner as one means of…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Information, Higher Education, Access to Education
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1988
The position paper of the New York State School Boards Association covers concerns of identification of the gifted and talented, program development, program evaluation, teacher qualifications, community and parental involvement, and legislation. Twenty-one recommendations are made and include the following: The definition of giftedness should be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Legislation, Gifted
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2008
Students and parents need ample time and accurate information to prepare for the financial burden of a college education--those who lack this knowledge base face a significant access barrier to higher education. This problem can be countered by the delivery of comprehensive, integrated financial aid information, an approach identified by the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Access to Education
Quay, Lorene C.; Kaufman-McMurrain, Marsha – 1993
This report is an evaluation of the Georgia Prekindergarten Program established during the 1992-93 school year. The program aimed to enhance community services, family well-being, and developmental and educational opportunities for 4-year-olds, targeting children who were eligible for public assistance or referred by a social service agency.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Programs, Low Income Groups, Parent Attitudes
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Bureau of Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1990
This evaluation of the first-year elementary school implementation of Boston's pilot "controlled choice" student assignment plan found that very little had been accomplished in planning for school improvement and that future desegregation compliance hinges on key decisions about secondary and bilingual education, and the empowerment of…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
Gibbons, Michael – 1989
The Columbus (Ohio) 1988 Magnet Schools Continuation Project needs to encourage greater parent involvement by encouraging parent-teacher organizations and informing parents of their children's accomplishments. Major objectives were to enhance the core instructional program, to provide parents with an active partnership experience in their…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Magnet Schools, Minority Group Children
Guerrero, Frank; Abbott, Lori – 1990
This first volume of a four-volume evaluation of the 1988-89 New York City School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program) comprises reports evaluating 10 innovative projects that provide reading, mathematics, writing, English as a Second Language, and computer literacy instruction. Evaluation sources included student…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Benz, Michael R.; Halpern, Andrew S. – Exceptional Children, 1987
The study of Oregon's secondary special education programs for the mildly disabled surveyed 143 administrators, 323 teachers, and 279 parents. Among results were that few districts used written interagency agreements to involve community agencies; that teachers wanted more and better parent involvement; and that follow-up of previous students was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies
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