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Hsieh, Vicki – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California is on the cusp of implementing universal preschool--a step that could help level the playing eld for young children. Over the next few years, all four-year-olds will become eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK), which has been part of the state's early learning programs since 2012. In the report, "Setting the Stage for…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Implementation, State Programs, Equal Education
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Nienhusser, H. Kenny; Connery, Chelsea – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
The higher education policy implementation landscape has substantially shaped postsecondary education opportunities for undocumented youth, who are already negatively affected by discriminatory public policies, and institutional agents, who are often unprepared to address their needs. Guided by Bressers's contextual interaction theory that…
Descriptors: College Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Educational Policy, Educational Opportunities
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Santelices, Maria Veronica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena; Venegas, Alejandra – Higher Education Policy, 2022
During the last ten years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started admission programs to increase equity in higher education that consider the achievement of students in the context of educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores persistence rates of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Program Implementation, Equal Education
Hill, Laura E.; Prunty, Emmanuel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California is on the cusp of implementing universal preschool--a step that could help level the playing eld for young children. Over the next few years, all four-year-olds will become eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK), which has been part of the state's early learning programs since 2012. In the report, "Setting the Stage for…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Programs, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Mukhamejanova, Dinara; Konurbayeva, Zhadyra – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2023
Purpose: This study examines diaspora engagement and return migration programs aimed at providing diaspora youth with an opportunity to obtain higher education in Estonia and Kazakhstan. In particular, the authors sought to identify the main motivations, benefits and challenges of the programs, as well as understand how the programs contribute to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Cross Cultural Studies, Higher Education
Hill, Laura; Prunty, Emmanuel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
California is on the cusp of implementing universal preschool--a step that could help level the playing eld for young children. Over the next few years, all four-year-olds will become eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK), which has been part of the state's early learning programs since 2012. In this report, the authors examine the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Programs, Equal Education, Access to Education
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Shi, Jiayi; Sercombe, Peter – Education as Change, 2020
In 1998, the People's Republic of China implemented an education policy, the "School Consolidation Policy", which entailed merging small rural schools with larger ones. It has had a massive effect on rural people across China, and as a result of it, over 60% of schools in outlying areas have closed. The policy's implementation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Consolidated Schools, Educational Policy
Education Commission of the States, 2019
In December 2015, the U.S. Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and, with it, ushered in a new era of education policy in America. Leaving behind many of the most criticized aspects of its predecessor, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), this new incarnation of the primary federal legislation guiding K-12 education provides state and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Art Education
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Rhim, Lauren Morando – Center for Learner Equity, 2021
Charter schools' autonomy and flexibility provides them with the opportunity to find ways to close the performance gap between students with and without disabilities, but deep-seated, systemic challenges often cause individual charters to struggle to do so on their own. For cities with an established charter sector, a city-wide, collaborative…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, COVID-19
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Allen, Ann; Roberts, J. Kessa – Rural Educator, 2019
Employing concepts of place and space, we consider the implementation of Early College initiatives in two small school districts in Ohio, situated in very different regions of the state. One is a rural district near the foothills of Appalachia, and the other is a small town district on the shores of Lake Erie. The paper examines data collected…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Bound Students, High School Students, Rural Schools
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Gross, Betheny; DeArmond, Michael – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2020
Barriers to summer enrichment and learning experiences reinforce gaps in resources and opportunities in public education that face students from lower-income households. In a growing number of cities, new support structures are emerging to help parents overcome barriers to summer enrichment and learning for their children. These supports provide…
Descriptors: Barriers, Enrichment Activities, Educational Opportunities, Low Income Groups
Fox, Christine; Jones, Rachel – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2018
State education leaders are committed to providing leadership to ensure that all students have access to personalized, engaging learning experiences supported by digital instructional materials and resources. With the transformation to digital learning, more and more states are enacting policies and guidelines to support the implementation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials, Educational Opportunities, Educational Technology
Hook, Margaret Mary Remstad – ProQuest LLC, 2018
As human rights education initiatives expand globally, there is wide variation among contexts about what human rights education is and accomplishes beyond a basic transmission of knowledge of rights. In an Andean highland province in Peru, two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)---Fe y Alegria and IPEDEHP---have collaborated over the course of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Educational Quality, Educational Opportunities
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Santelices, María Verónica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
During the last 10 years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started to implement admissions programs that consider the achievement of students in the context of the educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores the program theories in a sample of these…
Descriptors: College Admission, Equal Education, Selective Admission, Institutional Characteristics
Education Commission of the States, 2017
In December 2015, the U.S. Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and, with it, ushered in a new era of education policy in America. Leaving behind many of the most criticized aspects of its predecessor, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), this newest incarnation of the primary federal legislation guiding K-12 education provides state and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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