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Download full textJohnson, Bethany; Weber, Adam; Ying, Chris – US Agency for International Development, 2021
Since 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked in more than 80 countries to ensure that children and youth have access to the education and skills they need to be productive members of society. The launch of USAID's Education Policy in 2018 encouraged USAID Missions to be as adaptive, flexible, and responsive…
Descriptors: International Organizations, International Programs, Federal Programs, Educational Strategies
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Direct linkHauptli, Meghan V.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora – American Journal of Education, 2013
This article examines the federal role in adolescent literacy from its roots in Lyndon B. Johnson's administration with the Economic Opportunity Act (1964) through the Reading for Understanding grants of 2010. The authors consider the extent to which the recent attention to and changes in the federal approach to adolescent literacy can be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Federal Government, Government Role
Whitehurst, Grover – Brookings Institution, 2009
Former President George W. Bush finished his tenure without having won congressional renewal of his No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policy. With President Barack Obama now at the helm, NCLB is up for debate. Brown Center Director Grover "Russ" Whitehurst examines Reading First, a key component of NCLB, that aims to ensure that all children…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Ayers, Jeremy; Miller, M. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Although a growing body of research points to the critical need to foster reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills for students in order to ensure their success in college, careers, and life, these efforts have tended to focus more on developing literacy skills in the early years, often ignoring secondary students. The outcome has…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Programs, Secondary School Students, Middle School Students
Stern, Sol – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report chronicles the record of the Reading First program as a research-based approach to teaching children to read, from early successes as a strict program whose funding would be distributed to states and districts using reading curricula whose effectiveness had been validated by scientific study, to one of eased eligibility that permitted…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Educational Research
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2007
The Reading First program was designed to help students in kindergarten through third grade develop stronger reading skills. This report examines the implementation of the Reading First program, including: (1) changes that have occurred to reading instruction; (2) criteria states have used to award sub-grants to districts, and the difficulties, if…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills, Compliance (Legal)
