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Download full textAlex Jacobson; Lorna Porter; Lucy Hadley; Lupita Alcalá; Jason Willis – WestEd, 2025
In 2024, WestEd partnered with Sobrato Philanthropies to conduct a strategic and economic analysis of English Learner programs in the state of California. The study sought to define the scale of economic challenges and explore underlying conditions impacting the costs of implementing English Learner programs in California in alignment with best…
Descriptors: English Learners, Second Language Programs, Program Evaluation, Best Practices
Direct linkKathleen Bolter, Contributor; Tim Bartik, Contributor; Brad Hershbein, Contributor; Michelle Miller-Adams, Contributor; Lee Adams, Contributor; Brian Asquith, Contributor; Alfonso Hernandez, Contributor; Kyle Huisman, Contributor; Iryna V. Lendel, Contributor; Gabrielle Pepin, Contributor; Bridget Timmeney, Contributor; Beth Truesdale, Contributor; Yulya Truskinovsky, Contributor – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
The Policies for Place initiative at the Upjohn Institute brings together experts from around the country to study community-based strategies to create good jobs--and how to help people get and keep those good jobs. This initiative represents a unique approach to helping people in distressed places: (1) focus on good jobs because research shows…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Place Based Education, Job Development, Employment Opportunities
Margareta Nikolovska; Siria Taurelli, Contributor; Stylianos Karagiannis, Contributor; Liia Kaarlop, Contributor; Nadezda Solodjankina, Contributor – European Training Foundation, 2024
The role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Human Capital Development (HCD) and Lifelong Learning (LLL) is more critical than ever in addressing the challenges of a rapidly changing world. These organisations bridge educational gaps, promote inclusivity, and empower individuals through innovative approaches to learning and employment. The…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Lifelong Learning, Empowerment, Educational Innovation
Michelle Miller-Adams; Kevin M. Hollenbeck; Bridget F. Timmeney; Kyle Huisman – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
The Columbus Promise, a place-based tuition-free college program for graduates of Columbus City Schools, was created in 2021 and began granting scholarships to the high school graduating class of 2022. The initial phase of the Columbus Promise is a three-year pilot covering the high school graduating classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024. The overriding…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, High School Graduates, Scholarships, Enrollment Influences
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Gender-transformative pre-primary education requires a coherent system that integrates gender considerations across all its core components for a quality service delivery. This brief presents a set of tools to support policymakers and/or practitioners to progress towards gender-transformative pre-primary education policy and programming, organized…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Sex, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Grantmakers for Education, 2023
From 2020-2022, seven national foundations collectively supported the out-of-school time (OST) field to withstand, recover, reopen and re-imagine, through the acute phases of the COVID pandemic and the ongoing impact. The funders pooled their resources through Grantmakers for Education (EdFunders), providing grants to national intermediaries…
Descriptors: Grants, Minority Groups, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedMarschall, Daniel – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this report is to examine the historical development and policy evolution of workforce intermediaries, a community-based model of education, job training and economic development practices that has become commonplace in local and regional labor markets. Workforce intermediaries broker the relationship between workers and employers,…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Training, Economic Development, Federal Legislation
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Access to pre-primary education has increased significantly in the past two decades and, as of today, boys and girls are participating equally. However, despite this gender parity in access, the pre-primary education system does not always deliver on its potential to tackle gender inequalities and address harmful gender stereotypes and norms. In…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Sex Stereotypes, Sex
Steve P. Verney; Blake Boursaw; Ryan Martin; Eunice Kim; Jeremaiah D. Simmons; Nina Wallerstein; Lisa Cacari Stone; Melissa Gonzales – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center for Advancing Behavioral Health partners with community leaders to translate research evidence into practice and policy for behavioral health equity. Equity-oriented research centers such as the TREE Center present evaluation challenges and, correspondingly, offer rich…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Interdisciplinary Approach, Evidence Based Practice, Barriers
Nugroho, Dita; Delgado, Mayra; Baghdasaryan, Bella; Vindrola, Stefania; Lata, Divya; Mehmood Syed, Ghazala – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Access to early childhood education has increased over the last two decades, with global enrolment rates showing gender parity in access among boys and girls. Despite this gender parity in access, the pre-primary education system does not always deliver on its potential to tackle gender inequities and address harmful gender stereotypes while they…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Sex Fairness, Gender Discrimination, Gender Bias
Chung, Leeva C.; McArdle-Jaimes, Daniel – Liberal Education, 2019
Achieving learning outcomes during a semester- or quarter-long course is no guarantee that students "got it"--that students have learned how to learn or that they have successfully bridged the gap between theory and practice. Higher education has developed diverse pedagogical approaches to expand the notion of teaching. Over the past…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Involvement, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
West Virginia Department of Education, 2019
STEM is an acronym for the transdisciplinary integration of the four disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM education places a priority on the study of science and math with purposeful integration of technology and the engineering design process. STEM education is an opportunity for students to collaboratively solve…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Moschella, Leah – Jobs for the Future, 2020
Developing and scaling high-quality systems of college and career pathways that help young people successfully transition through education into high-paying, high-demand careers requires strong leadership. This piece highlights key lessons about the structures and commitments that are necessary for effective leadership and governance from JFF's…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Leadership, Governance
Moore, Kristin A.; Lantos, Hannah; Murphy, Kelly; Redd, Zakia; Beckwith, Sam – Child Trends, 2018
Growing evidence suggests that Positive Youth Development (PYD), a holistic approach to developing assets and competencies, can help prepare young people for success in adulthood, including success in the workplace. At its core, PYD focuses on creating a supportive, developmentally appropriate learning setting by emphasizing positive…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Adolescent Development, Labor Force Development, Job Training
Keene, Lance; Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Black and Latino sexual minority men (BLSMM) scholars are well positioned to draw on their unique perspectives and expertise to address the health status and life opportunities (HSLO) of BLSMM. Increasingly, research related to the positionality of scholars of color suggests that the scholar's stance in relation to the community being researched…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, College Faculty, LGBTQ People, Hispanic Americans
