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Edwards, Tiffany G. – Online Submission, 2020
The number of homeless children and youth in the United States is on the rise (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2016). Between 2016 and 2017 in the Los Angeles County Homeless Count, there was a 41% increase in the number of homeless minors (The Los Angeles Service Authority, 2017). Education is key to bringing people out of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Educational Attainment, Case Studies, Volunteers
Robson, Kelly; Squire, Juliet; Dammu, Indira – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Over the last 25 years, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has invested nearly $5.3 billion into the charter school sector, directing funds to schools in 43 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Approximately 60% of students in CSP grantee schools are from low-income backgrounds and 64% are Black or Hispanic. The CSP has played a critical role in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
Cunningham, Mary; Harwood, Robin; Hall, Sam – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
As homelessness increased among families and children during the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers created, and strengthened, the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program. The McKinney-Vento EHCY program aims to mitigate the effects of residential instability through the identification of homeless children in schools and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Health, Federal Legislation
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Pade-Khene, C. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2012
Understanding the potential or need for ICT support in education within developing countries, requires an in-depth needs assessment to comprehend, elaborate and set the desired priorities of rural schools. A Needs Assessment was conducted as part of an on-going comprehensive evaluation process of an ICT for development project, the Siyakhula…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Rural Areas, Computer Science, Information Systems
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Featherston, E. Glenn – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
This bulletin is one in the series on pupil transportation issued by the Office of Education. Its purpose is to furnish information and guidance for local school administrators and others who are concerned with school bus maintenance. Programs of school bus maintenance vary among the 48 States. Presumably all contract vehicles are maintained by…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Buses, Educational Facilities Planning, Student Transportation
Tompkins, Ellsworth – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
Within the last decade the activity period has been adopted by an increasing number of high schools, even in those unaffected by bus transportation schedules. These schools believe it is a means for developing desirable civic and social activities for "all" pupils and for applying the "total" resources of school staff and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Public Schools, Extracurricular Activities, School Organization