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US Agency for International Development, 2011
In late 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah commissioned a new Agency-wide Education Strategy to ensure that USAID's global education investments would be informed by recent Presidential policy guidance; grounded in the most current evidence-based analysis of educational effectiveness; and aimed at…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Strategies, Public Agencies, Technical Assistance
Jacob, Brian A.; Ludwig, Jens – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2008
One of the best ways to avoid being poor as an adult is to obtain a good education. Individuals with higher academic achievement and more years of schooling earn more than those with lower levels of human capital. This is not surprising given that we believe that schooling makes people more productive, allowing them to command higher wages in the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Economically Disadvantaged, Outcomes of Education, Evidence
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Smith, Lana; Ross, Steve; McNelis, Mary; Squires, Martha; Wasson, Rebecca; Maxwell, Sheryl; Weddle, Karen; Nath, Leslie; Grehan, Anna; Buggey, Tom – Education and Urban Society, 1998
Describes the characteristics, implementation, and evaluation of eight school restructuring designs in an impoverished, urban, district in 1995 in Memphis (Tennessee). Type of program design, quality of professional training, resources, principal leadership, and teacher support affected the restructuring. (MMU)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Schools