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Houston Independent School District, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston Independent School District (HISD) moved to online instruction as it closed its campuses and district offices until social distancing guidelines are lifted. HISD @ H.O.M.E. (Home-based Online Mobile Education) is designed to maintain productive instruction for students using computers, laptops, iPads,…
Descriptors: Parent Surveys, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Houston Independent School District, 2020
The Title I, Part A program (Title I) is legislation included in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Title I, Part A was designed to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Poverty
Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
This installment reporting on the 47th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll of American's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools focuses on American's views of the value of a high school and a college education and the affordability of college. It is the first year the poll included enough respondents to be able to break out sentiments of specific demographic…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Attitudes, Public Opinion, Higher Education
Sallie Mae Bank, 2016
"How America Saves for College 2016," the sixth in the series, again looks at American parents with children under the age of 18 and captures data on how, and how many, parents are saving for college and other tactics they may be using to build a plan to pay for college. The survey also tracks the values parents associate with higher…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Paying for College, Higher Education, Money Management
Rideout, Victoria; Katz, Vikki S. – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2016
The data in this survey offer a unique perspective from low- and moderate-income families with school-age children in the United States. They reveal many of the nuances and complexities of digital life among lower income families today. Because lower-income parents are not usually the focus of studies on technology and learning, this report offers…
Descriptors: Parent Surveys, Access to Computers, Ownership, Internet
Sallie Mae Bank, 2015
"How America Saves for College 2015" marks the fifth time Sallie Mae has reported on the theories and practices behind how parents feel about saving for college and what they are doing to save for college. This study reports on the values that parents associate with higher education and their attitudes toward paying for it. In addition,…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Paying for College, Higher Education, Money Management
Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Rainey, Katharine – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2011
Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has provided funding to new charter schools through Charter School Program (CSP) grants designed to provide support for the planning and implementation of effective new charter programs. Grants are awarded to state education agencies, which then provide funding to approved charter schools through…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Enrollment, Student Characteristics
Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Rainey, Katie; Whipple, Allyson – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2008
The federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, project strives to equalize low-income students' access to higher education by increasing their participation in rigorous coursework, providing expanded opportunities for low-income students and parents to learn about postsecondary educational opportunities…
Descriptors: State Programs, School Districts, College Readiness, College Preparation
Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Sheehan, Daniel – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2007
The federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, strives to equalize low-income students' access to higher education by increasing their participation in rigorous coursework, providing expanded opportunities for low-income students and parents to learn about postsecondary educational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Grants
Shapley, Kelly; Sturges, Keith; Sheehan, Daniel; Weiher, Gregory R.; Hughes, Christina; Howard, Joseph – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2006
The Texas Education Agency's (TEA's) state GEAR UP project--Texans Getting Academically Prepared (TGAP)--has provided interconnected activities supporting early awareness of and preparation for higher education among low-income and minority students, their families, and schools in six South Texas school districts. Over its six years, the state…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Minority Group Students, Low Income Groups, Middle School Students
Texans Getting Academically Prepared (TGAP): Year Five Evaluation Report, September 2003-August 2004
Shapley, Kelly; Pieper, Amy; Vicknair, Keven; Sheehan, Daniel; Weiher, Gregory R.; Hughes, Christina; Howard, Joseph – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2005
In October 1999, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) received a GEAR UP state grant. TEA's project, Texans Getting Academically Prepared (TGAP), was originally a five-year grant. However, additional federal funding extended the project for a sixth year. TGAP begins at the middle-school level to prepare low-income and minority students for higher…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Minority Group Students, Low Income Groups, Middle School Students