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Download full textGallagher, Sean; Maxwell, Nan L. – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2019
Changes in the credentialing market have produced a complex, multilayered ecosystem with a demand for shorter credentials that are focused around job market competencies. Community colleges are well positioned to lead this emerging market for three reasons. (1) Their dual mission to offer both traditional degrees and workforce development programs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Role, Institutional Mission, Labor Force Development
Boller, Kimberly; Harman-Smith, Yasmin – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2019
Australia is the only country in the world that regularly collects comprehensive information about the holistic development of children entering their first year of school. Known as the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), the data gathered from this work guides national and state policy. These types of measurements are useful for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Choi, Jane; Richman, Scott; Dolfin, Sarah – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2018
Teachers play a crucial role in helping students develop the skills needed for success in school, career, and life. These skills--which are a focus in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)--include higher-order thinking and complex literacy skills, such as reading, writing, and citing evidence from texts. Professional development (PD) can…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Thinking Skills, Literacy, Faculty Development
Harris, Barbara; Petersen, Dana – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2019
This brief presents a promising approach to supporting young children's early math skills development. The approach synthesizes the influence of parents, the home environment, and children's health care providers, and is being implemented by Reach Out and Read. Reach Out and Read is a program in which health care providers give young children new…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Young Children
Goldring, Ellen B.; Grissom, Jason A.; Rubin, Mollie; Rogers, Laura K.; Neel, Michael; Clark, Melissa A. – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2018
In 2014, The Wallace Foundation launched the Principal Supervisor Initiative (PSI), a four-year, $24 million-dollar effort to redefine principal supervision in six urban school districts. The initiative sought to help districts transform a position traditionally focused on administration, operations, and compliance to one dedicated to developing…
Descriptors: Principals, Supervisors, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership
Harris, Barbara; Petersen, Dana; Wulsin, Claire Smither – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2017
The brief explains how exposing young children to early math concepts supports their development of reasoning and problem solving skills and later success in and out of school. It describes the unique ways each of five family engagement programs funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation developed, tested, and integrated early math learning into…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Family Involvement
Harris, Barbara; Petersen, Dana – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2017
This brief presents a promising approach to supporting the development of early math skills in young children. The approach synthesizes the influence of parents, the home environment, and children's health care providers, and is being implemented in Washington State by Reach Out and Read. Reach Out and Read is a program in which health care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development
Johnson, Cleo Jacobs; Madoff, Ava; Richman, Scott; Johnson, Matthew; Gentile, Claudia – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
For many years, the Kauffman Foundation has focused efforts on improving education for children in Kansas City. Prior to opening the Kauffman School, the Kauffman Foundation operated several programs that addressed the challenges faced in urban education, such as Project Early (an early childhood program), Project Choice (a high school dropout…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Dropout Prevention, Urban Schools
The Educational and Behavioral Impacts of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter School. Working Paper 43
Johnson, Matthew; Johnson, Cleo Jacobs; Richman, Scott; Demers, Alicia; Gentile, Claudia; Lindquist, Eric – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
The Kauffman School is a public charter school that serves students from low-income neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri. This paper used a matched comparison group design to estimate the impacts of the Kauffman School on student achievement, attendance, and suspensions. We found that the Kauffman School had positive and statistically…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Charter Schools, Low Income Groups, Comparative Analysis
