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Download full textMyint-U, Athi; O'Donnell, Lydia; Phillips, Dawna – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2012
This technical brief describes updates to a database of dropout prevention programs and policies in 2006/07 created by the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands and described in the Issues & Answers report, "Piloting a searchable database of dropout prevention programs in nine low-income urban school districts in the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Databases, Maintenance
Peer reviewedDurrance, Joan C.; Rubin, Rhea J. – Public Libraries, 1989
Presents an overview of the National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored Let's Talk about It Program. The intended audience is examined, the role of the scholar analyzed, and the special responsibilities of the discussion leader delineated. Results of the program are evaluated and suggestions for planning a program are offered. (six references)…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Discussion Groups, Financial Support, Humanities
Snow, Charles W. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of inservice day care training programs in the United States. The study covers programs which were partially or totally supported with federal funds. Questionnaires were sent to 161 programs which were in operation during the 1980-1981 fiscal year. Responses were obtained from 70 programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Huntington, Gail S.; And Others – 1992
This report describes results of an evaluation of respite care programs and crisis nursery programs for children with disabilities, based on survey forms received from 81 programs and site visits to selected programs across the United States. The survey of crisis nursery programs and the survey of respite care programs gathered data on amount of…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Eligibility
O'Donnell, Kevin; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
This E.D. TAB report presents selected data on adults' participation in work-related educational activities in the United States over a 12-month period from 2002-03. These data are from the Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program. Interviews were conducted with a nationally…
Descriptors: Adult Education, National Surveys, Telephone Surveys, Job Training
Solomon, Janet Stern – 1985
A study examined the effectiveness of Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in providing employment and training assistance for dislocated workers in Maryland. Four areas--participants, program content, funding, and performance--were assessed. Despite its imperfections, JTPA seemed to do a good job of establishing a partnership of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1995
A third-party national evaluation of the basic grants section of the Adult Education Act was conducted in September 1990. Although clients eligible for adult secondary education (ASE) constituted the largest segment of the target population, enrollments were highest in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs and most programs primarily served…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1994
A third-party national evaluation of the basic grants section of the Adult Education Act was conducted in September 1990. The study drew on data from the following sources: 1990 mail survey of all federally supported local service providers; longitudinal study of local programs that provided information on the characteristics of more than 22,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Schug, Mark C.; Western, Richard D. – Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, 1999
The effectiveness of school-to-work (STW) in Wisconsin was examined through a review of the data from the following sources: STW implementation reports; follow-up surveys of youth apprenticeship graduates, parents, and employers; and telephone interviews with curriculum directors from 45 Wisconsin school districts. Of the practices and innovative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
