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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
This report highlights the major themes and policy implications for implementing Head Start and other early childhood programs. The report is a synthesis of already issued and preliminary information from GAO reports and reviews that examined federal and state center-based programs, barriers to Head Start service delivery, and early childhood…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Harris, Linda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
In May 2000, the United States Department of Labor awarded sizable Youth Opportunity (YO) Grants to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities. These communities were among the most economically distressed communities in the nation, all characterized by high drop out rates, high youth unemployment rates, greater incidence of…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education
Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Martinez, Felipe; O'Day, Jennifer; Stecher, Brian; Taylor, James; Cook, Andrea – US Department of Education, 2007
This report presents findings about accountability from two longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of "No Child Left Behind" (NLS-"NCLB"), and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under "No Child Left Behind" (SSI-"NCLB"). The research teams for these two…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement