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Download full textWong, Kenneth – 2003
As part of the federal government's war on poverty, Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed to provide financial assistance to local education agencies serving areas with high concentrations of children from low-income families. This digest explores the implementation of Title I from its beginnings as the first and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Burnett, Gary; And Others – 1994
Critics of the Federal Title I and Chapter 1 compensatory education programs to increase the academic skills of disadvantaged children suggest that the return for the Federal investment has been small and that designers have not created programs that work. When the compensatory education programs were conceived, their promise was immense. During…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
