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Fain, Amy; Contreras, Diane Eason – Voices in Urban Education, 2016
Oklahoma implemented universal pre-K in 1998. It is one of only five states that has or is implementing universal preschool, and for several years has served more four-year-old children than any other state. The organization, Community Action Project (CAP) Tulsa, occupies a unique position in this work. As one of the largest anti-poverty agencies…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Student Promotion, Poverty Programs
Aber, J. Lawrence; Morris, Pamela; Wolf, Sharon; Berg, Juliette – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This article examines the impacts of Opportunity New York City-Family Rewards, the first holistic conditional cash transfer (CCT) program evaluated in the United States, on parental financial investments in children, and high school students' academic time use, motivations and self-beliefs, and achievement outcomes. Family Rewards, launched by the…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Rewards, Family Programs, High School Students
Purtell, Kelly M.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Planning and preparing for life after high school is a central developmental task of American adolescents, and may be even more critical for low-income youth who are less likely to attend a four year college. This study investigates factors that led to the effects of the New Hope Project, a work-based, anti-poverty program directed at parents on…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Program Effectiveness, Developmental Tasks, Poverty Programs
Wilson, Terry; Moore, Kelli Cole – College and University, 2010
Twenty-seven five-year-olds walk into kindergarten on the first day of school in southeastern Kentucky. On average, nine of those children live in poverty, two were born to mothers who did not complete high school, two were removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect, and fourteen are from single-parent homes: this according to statistics…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Quality of Life, Poverty Programs, School Community Programs
Foss, Louisa L.; Generali, Margaret M.; Kress, Victoria E. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 2011
Counselors frequently counsel clients who live in poverty. The authors describe the new CARE model that addresses the influence of multiple systems on poor clients' experiences. A social justice, humanistic intervention, the CARE model emphasizes cultivating a positive counseling relationship with poor clients, empathizing with their unique…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Counseling Techniques, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged
Behrman, Jere R.; Gallardo-Garcia, Jorge; Parker, Susan W.; Todd, Petra E.; Velez-Grajales, Viviana – Education Economics, 2012
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread worldwide as a new form of social assistance for the poor. Previous evaluations of CCT programs focus mainly on rural settings, and little is known about their effects in urban areas. This paper studies the short-term (1- and 2-year) effects of the Mexican "Oportunidades" CCT program…
Descriptors: Evidence, Incentives, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
Henderson, Michael B. – Education Next, 2010
Voucher programs and their supporters have had a tough last few years. The Florida Supreme Court declared vouchers in that state unconstitutional in 2006. Three years later, the Arizona Supreme Court did the same. In 2007, voters in Utah handed a resounding defeat to a voucher program there. In 2009, the U.S. Congress refused to continue funding…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, State Legislation
Hyson, Marilou; Hossain, Kamal; Chowdhury, Didarul Anam – Young Children, 2010
One of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh has faced many challenges during its almost 40-year history as an independent nation. Yet the country has recently made substantial progress in improving young children's survival and protection. It now provides health care, nutrition, immunization, and education…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Bloom, Leslie Rebecca – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2009
Access to post-secondary education for welfare recipients has been profoundly curtailed by social and welfare policies. However, many low-income mothers know that post-secondary education is the best means to escape poverty. This article focuses on five "student mothers" who have persisted in fulfilling their dreams of a college education with the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Academic Achievement, Welfare Recipients, Low Income Groups
Roushias, Christos; Barton, Angela Calabrese; Drake, Corey – Educational Media International, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to present the rationale and principles that guided the design and development of PARENTS, a multimedia case-based environment. Following a development research approach, the tenets of constructivist learning, and the advantages of case-based instruction, we developed a multimedia program in which we utilized and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Urban Schools, Science Teachers, Multimedia Materials
Clemente, Aina Tarabini-Castellani – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2007
This article analyses the new educational mandate for Latin America, exploring its repercussions on the design and development of certain educational policies. In particular, it concentrates both on the anti-poverty educational agenda (at a global level) and on targeted educational policies (at a regional, national and local level), analyzing, on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Assessment
Chambers, Bradford – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Describes the program, initiated in 1980, to improve national literacy in Nicaragua by sending student volunteers to the countryside and adult volunteers to the urban slums as teachers. (Condensed from "Interracial Books for Children Bulletin," No. 2, 1981, p3-7.) (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Developing Nations, Literacy Education

Hughes, Colin – Child Welfare, 1995
Discusses child poverty and child welfare practice in Canada. Focuses on the goals and activities of Campaign 2000, a pan-Canadian movement intended to secure implementation of the 1989 House of Commons resolution to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. (MDM)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Federal Legislation

Wharf, Brian – Child Welfare, 1995
Identifies the major themes that have emerged in this special issue on child welfare in Canada, and presents a critique of the policies and practices now dominating the Canadian child welfare enterprise. Outlines the changes required to move child welfare from its residual stance into an enterprise that develops a capacity for innovative practice.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Garrison, John W., II; Landim, Leilah – Grassroots Development, 1995
The Citizens' Campaign Against Hunger and Poverty and For Life is a nongovernmental organization in Brazil that recruited and organized more than three million volunteers to distribute food baskets, support gardening and water projects, provide basic health care, create jobs, assist homeless children, and encourage local and state governments to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
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