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Barnett, W. Steven; Jung, Kwanghee – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
In 2020 preschool participation rates substantially declined. A recent NIEER survey found that the Fall 2022 preschool participation rates had nearly returned to pre-pandemic 2019 levels. The NIEER survey asked parents of young children who were still not in preschool in the Fall of 2022 to report why they did not enroll their children. The top…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Student Participation, Attendance Patterns
Garringer, Michael; Benning, Chelsea – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2019
In the summer of 2017, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and its partners at AT&T set out on an ambitious data collection and research project intended to capture the perceptions, beliefs, and activities of American adults about the topic of youth mentoring. One core objective of this first-of-its-kind project is the focus of this…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Business, Employers
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2021
The "Exploring Implementation of Attendance Supports to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in the Providence Public School District" study examined attendance supports aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism that Rhode Island's Providence Public School District (PPSD) schools implemented in the 2018/19 school year. The study investigated what…
Descriptors: Attendance, Intervention, Public Schools, School Districts
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2019
This publication provides a comparative statistical analysis of skills development through continuing vocational training (CVT) in EU enterprises. It is based on data from the latest rounds of the CVTS survey (CVTS 5, 2015 and CVTS 4, 2010) covering EU-Member States, Norway and North Macedonia and reporting on progress towards key policy…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Job Training
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study" examined whether professional development incentives for the Oregon early childhood education (ECE) workforce members increased career lattice sign-up and increased education and training levels or workplace retention. The study…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Child Care, Disadvantaged Youth
Afterschool Alliance, 2021
The report "Time for a Game-Changing Summer, With Opportunity and Growth for All of America's Youth," finds that as participation in summer programs prior to the pandemic was on an upwards trajectory, there remained a significant number of children missing out. For every child in a summer learning program in 2019, another would have been…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, African American Family, African Americans, Access to Education
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
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2014
Often, school districts are reluctant to adopt innovative approaches to serving children breakfast in school because of logistical concerns that are easily overcome. Districts that adopt these more innovative approaches report significant increases in participation rates and improvement in student behavior and performance. This report provides…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Health, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups
Houston Independent School District, 2019
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, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Parent Participation
Houston Independent School District, 2017
The Houston Independent School District (HISD)'s campus-based vision screening program is designed to identify students who experience vision impairments, communicate the potential needs to students along with their parents/guardians, and provide service alternatives for students to receive vision care, including services that are offered free of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Visual Impairments, Vision Tests, Partnerships in Education
Manno, Michelle S.; Mancini, Patrizia; O'Herron, Charlotte – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2019
The Building Bridges and Bonds (B3) evaluation, a federally funded study of Responsible Fatherhood programs, is testing a set of three innovative approaches to help fathers with low income improve their parenting and employment skills. One innovation, Just Beginning (JB), was added to the existing fatherhood services at three community-based…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Job Skills
Afterschool Alliance, 2020
The Afterschool Alliance's fourth edition of "America after 3PM" provides a detailed accounting of the circumstances and conditions of U.S. children during the hours of 3 to 6 p.m. and compares afterschool program participation and unmet demand statistics for 2020 with results from 2004, 2009, and 2014. It identifies trends in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Participation, Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction
Burge, Bethan; Benson, Louise – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2021
Since its introduction in 2017, NFER has been contracted by Ofqual to develop, deliver and analyse the results of the National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. The NRT is administered annually and shows if student performance in English and maths at GCSE level has changed from year to year. The NRT results are based on analysis of data…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Test Results, English, Mathematics Tests
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Redford, Jeremy; Huo, Huade; McQuiggan, Meghan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
The purpose of this report is to describe basic descriptive statistics on barriers to parent-school involvement data that are available using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011). The brief begins by examining the level of parents' involvement in activities in their children's schools and the specific…
Descriptors: Barriers, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Primary Education
Sedlácek, Jan; Zelenka, Martin; Ryška, Radim – European Commission, 2020
Much is expected of higher education in addressing the challenges facing policy makers in the countries of the European higher education Area. Higher education institutions are expected to equip their graduates with the competencies needed to successfully enter a volatile labour market, and more importantly to maintain their employability…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Labor Market, Job Skills
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