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Direct linkFurlong, John, Ed.; Lunt, Ingrid, Ed. – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2020
HEPI's last foray into the debate on academic selection suggested grammar schools are successful in helping their poorer pupils reach highly-selective universities. In this response, a diverse set of voices use the latest evidence to challenge the idea that grammar school systems serve pupils better than comprehensive schools. This collection of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools, Selective Admission
Sutton Trust, 2015
The pupil premium was introduced by the Coalition government in April 2011 to provide additional funding for disadvantaged pupils. The main difference between the premium and previous funding for disadvantaged pupils is that the premium is linked to individual pupils. On July 1, 2015, The Pupil Premium Summit organized by the Education Endowment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap
Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
"Research Messages 2014" is a collection of summaries of research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in 2014 in the context of changing economic, industrial, social and education conditions, organised under the following broad categories: (1) Productivity: to sustain and build Australia's human…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Haskins, Ron, Ed.; Barnett, W. Steven, Ed. – Brookings Institution, 2010
This volume explores whether the nation's early childhood programs are boosting child development and preparing children for schooling and proposes reforms that would improve the programs. The volume contains contrasting papers on the success of Head Start, Early Head Start, and home-visiting programs and on policies that would improve these three…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Child Development
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
Taylor, Dianne L., Ed.; Kemper, Elizabeth A., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers explores federal, state, and local efforts across the United States to ensure that all students have equal and equitable educational opportunities. The book begins with an introduction, "Title I Schoolwide Programs: Examining Evidence from the Field" (Dianne L. Taylor and Elizabeth A. Kemper). Section 1,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
PDF pending restorationReisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1982
The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) was assessed to determine the effectiveness of the TIERS in meeting its statutory objectives. A second purpose was to outline directions for the future of the system in light of enactment of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Focus was on assisting the United States…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Urban Institute: Policy and Research Report, 1993
Five articles review drawbacks of traditional programs for at-risk youth, discuss alternatives based on a new definition of risk, and cite examples of helpful programs. They focus on identifying at-risk youth, providing caring and services, measuring service demand, removing obstacles to learning, and special needs of migrant youth. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Allen, Joseph P.; Philliber, Susan – 1991
An evaluative study was done of the Teen Outreach Program, a national, multi-site effort to reduce teenage pregnancy, school failure, and dropout. The study sought to identify the critical "active ingredients" of the program responsible for its success. The study was based on analyses of data collected at 114 different sites nationally,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Barnett, W. Steven, Ed.; Boocock, Sarane Spence, Ed. – 1998
A major objective of this collection is to involve researchers in a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in the long-term effects of early childhood education on poor children and their families. The book begins with a series of reviews that provide general overviews of research on the long-term effects of early childhood education. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Parenthood
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This 2-volume set contains 10 papers, 5 in each volume, that review and evaluate findings from the Youth Research and Technical Assistance Project, whose purpose was not only to explore studies and evaluations related to youth training and employment programs but also to provide a broader synthesis of evidence, findings, and research from related…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs, Job Training
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
This document presents five winning entries in the second annual competition for papers reporting research and policy studies on the topic of youth employability. In their paper entitled "The Impact of Employment and Training Programs on the Work Attitudes of Disadvantaged Youth," Michael Forcier and Andrew Hahn review and synthesize the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Potential
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 2000
This document contains nine papers devoted to the labor market problems faced by out-of-school and other disadvantaged young people in the United States and policy options and strategies for addressing those problems. The papers update the data on out-of-school young adults, review the lessons learned from past youth programs and policies,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
