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Simkin, Linda; Charner, Ivan; Dailey, Caitlín Rose; Khatri, Safal; Thapa, Sanskriti – Wallace Foundation, 2021
This report is a follow-up to a 2012-2013 study (see ED611342), which found that 77 of 100 large U.S. cities were coordinating the work of out-of-school-time providers, government agencies, private funders, and others to provide high-quality afterschool programs to the children who stand to benefit most. The report provides a look at the state of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Urban Areas, Public Agencies, Agency Cooperation
Uro, Gabriela; Lai, David – Council of the Great City Schools, 2019
In 2013, the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) published the first-ever report on English language learners (ELLs) enrolled in member districts, reporting on a range of indicators in addition to ELL enrollment and languages spoken by such students. This report updates most of the data presented in the 2013 Council ELL report, shedding light…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Urban Schools, Urban Areas, Academic Achievement
Simkin, Linda; Charner, Ivan; Dailey, Caitlin; Watts, Eric; Taub, Hannah; Adelaja, Abidemi – Wallace Foundation, 2013
Historically, afterschool programs have functioned independently with little coordination among provider organizations or agencies, and public and private funders operating in isolation. Research conducted by the National League of Cities for The Wallace Foundation profiled 27 cities that were known to be taking steps to improve coordination among…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, After School Programs, Profiles, Agency Cooperation
Lindner, Steven – 1990
This report compares dropout prevention programs in six cities. Questionnaires were completed by program coordinators, staff members, and students in order to determine what might make such a program succeed. The report includes a review of the literature, a description of methods employed in research, and summaries of survey responses in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Prevention
Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL. National Youth Gang Center. – 1999
The 1996 National Youth Gang Survey was the largest of its type ever conducted, and the results are representative of the United States as a whole. Almost 5,000 law enforcement agencies were surveyed, and more than 80% of the sample responded. Agencies in all large cities, and a random sample of smaller cities were included, as were suburban…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Group Membership, Juvenile Gangs
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 2002
This study updated statistics about public library outlet and system Internet connectivity and network services using the 1997 public library dataset produced by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Federal-State Cooperative System. Using geographic information system-based techniques, a research team at the Florida State…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Internet, Library Services, Library Surveys
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Illinois Univ., Urbana. Graduate School of Library and Information Science. – 1992
This report presents the findings of a telephone survey of 1,181 adults and 390 librarians which was conducted in 1991 to elicit information on their opinions of services libraries ought to provide; the kinds of materials that should be available to certain people; who should be responsible for libraries; groups who might be involved in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Censorship, Children, Demography
Bowden, Virginia M.; And Others – 1991
This project examined the impact of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Circuit Library Health Information Network (CLHIN) on availability and usage of medical information to health professionals and the effect of the promotion of online services, GRATEFUL MED and MEDLINE (flat rate). The project included a survey of physicians,…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Health Personnel