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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
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Parker, Caroline E.; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Irwin, Clare W. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2014
The number of English language learners has grown in the Northeast & Islands Region over the past decade. While the total student population shrank 3.5 percent between 2001/02 and 2009/10, the population of English language learner students grew 7.6 percent and now constitutes 6.1 percent of students in the region, up from 5.5 percent in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English Language Learners, Urban Areas, Language Proficiency
UNICEF, 2012
Teacher absenteeism is a global phenomenon. It is recognised in numerous studies and policy documents as one of the most critical causes of children's impaired learning and moral growth, and as a barrier to national and international development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Education For All (EFA). This research is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Employee Absenteeism, Elementary School Teachers
Schagen, Ian; Shamsan, Yarim – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Private schooling in the third world is on the increase and in particular in one of the low-income areas of India, where a data analysis on Hyderabad has been carried out. The University of Newcastle has conducted an initiative research in Hyderabad on the impact on pupils' progress in Reading and Spelling tests. This initiative was called…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonics, Educational Research, Research Methodology