The Philadelphia Education Research Consortium--or PERC--was launched in August 2014 as an innovative partnership designed to provide research and analyses on some of the city's most pressing education issues. This partnership was forged among the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's charter school sector, and Research for Action (RFA).…

What does it take to deliver WorkReady Philadelphia's high-quality career-connected programming? In short, it's all about the "elements"--those essential components of the system that combine to produce success for young people. This 2011-12 WorkReady report reinforces this theme by using visual aspects of the "Periodic Table of…

The final report describes a project designed to serve preschool handicapped children in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Seven service components are outlined: creating public awareness of programs and services available to previously unserved handicapped individuals; locating, identifying, and verifying unserved handicapped persons; providing…

A segment of a 3-year dental research project involving 2,000 school children aged 5-13 conducted in a rural Pennsylvania county, this study presents 1 component in a 3-pronged attempt to determine the effectiveness of a school-based dental health delivery system. The implementation procedures of this program are described as involving:…

Presented is the first of two volumes on evaluation findings for a preschool handicapped project with six objectives--to create public awareness on available services; to identify and locate all handicapped children, ages 0 to 4 years, 7 months; to provide diagnostic evaluation services; to provide preschool programs as a special target area; to…

Describes a process that measures the varying performance of county mental health systems in achieving goals. Performance and relative need are then used to make differential allocation of state funds for services. The process reinforces attempts to meet goals, and has lowered the gap in per capita funding. (Author/JAC)

As mandated by Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law (Act 124), the document presents the Department of Public Welfare's 1979 report on child abuse. Following an introductory section is a brief section on the nature and scope of the problem. Section III outlines the past year's activities of the Department of Public Welfare's Office of…

In Pennsylvania, instructional-support teams are being used as prereferral intervention groups to help teachers garner necessary school resources to meet students' increasingly complex academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs. Onsite training elements include collaboration and team building, instructional assessment, instructional…

In 2000 and 2001, the Team Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board (Team PA WIB) and its partners worked jointly to address Pennsylvania's workforce needs and respond to the need of its customers through new initiatives, new partnerships, and new strategies. The Team PA WIB and its partners continued implementation of the state's vision to create…