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Truancy Rates and Truancy Reduction in the District of Columbia. Testimony before the Committee of the Whole and the Committee of the Judiciary of the Council of the District of Columbia
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Liberman, Akiva – Urban Institute, 2012
High rates of truancy at some DC schools are receiving considerable attention. The Family Court cannot realistically be a primary response to the chronic truancy of thousands of chronically truant high-school students, Senior Fellow Akiva Liberman of the Justice Policy Center told the City Council. Liberman commented that family-based…
Descriptors: Truancy, High School Students, High Schools, Courts
Parents: The Missing Link in Education Reform. Hearing Before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session (Indianapolis, Indiana, November 16, 1987).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
A hearing was held to discuss models for successful parent involvement in education and to bring attention to several state and local programs that facilitate home-school partnerships. Two panels of witnesses from several states testified about: (1) teacher's ways of involving parents in the classroom; (2) ways in which parental involvement can…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Community Programs, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
King Latin Grammar Magnet Middle School: 1990-1991. Formative Evaluation.
Robinson-Lewis, G. – 1991
An evaluation of the first year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Latin Grammar Magnet Middle School in Kansas City, Missouri, is reported. The program is evaluated in terms of enrollment and program capacity, implementation, perceptions and achievement. Findings indicate that certain instructional goals (i.e., computer application, public speaking,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Enrollment, Formative Evaluation