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Xavier Bonal; Sheila González Motos – European Educational Research Journal, 2025
The spatial, institutional and social configurations of school supply and demand are crucial aspects in understanding the various mechanisms of production and reproduction of socio-spatial inequalities in education. The same policy instruments may have different effects depending on the characteristics of local education markets and the dynamics…
Descriptors: School Segregation, School Desegregation, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child body mass index (BMI). Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Will Davis; Daniel Kreisman; Tareena Musaddiq – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
We estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child BMI. Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. With administrative data from a large school district in Georgia, we use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Eligibility
Arendale, David R.; Colvin, Deltha Q. – Online Submission, 2022
(Purposes) There are two purposes of this history. The first was to describe how the EOA National Best Practices Clearinghouse identified, described, and evaluated evidence that was focused on effective educational practices for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) and TRIO students who were economically…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Access to Education, Best Practices
Coco, Marlena – Online Submission, 2022
This report summarizes the results of the AISD CTE Program Analysis Scorecard for the 2020-2021 school year. The CTE Program Analysis Scorecard results focus on three components of program outcomes: (a) program alignment, (b) quality of instruction, and (c) access and equity. Program outcomes provide information about program effectiveness and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Moreno, Marissa; McKinney, Lyle; Burridge, Andrea; Rangel, Virginia Snodgrass; Carales, Vincent D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
In an effort to increase college access and success rates, the state of Texas has expanded dual enrollment programs and Early College High Schools (ECHS) that provide students with the opportunity to begin their collegiate careers while still in high school. More recently, these dual enrollment and ECHS programs have tried to broaden inclusion…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Enrollment Rate
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Noguera, Pedro A. – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
For some time now, it has been evident that the policies pursued by the United States to elevate the academic performance of students, particularly those who are most economically disadvantaged, have not produced the results that were promised or hoped for. This paper analyzes the efforts of schools and school districts to improve academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, High Stakes Tests, Educational Legislation
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Nudzor, Hope Pius – Journal of Educational Change, 2012
In most parts of the world today, the goal of providing all children with free and Universal Primary Education (UPE) has received broad national and international support and some educational systems have evolved from predominantly "fee-charging" towards "fee-free" status in recent times. In Ghana, for example, the endorsement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Problems
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Burger, Kaspar – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
A number of authors have investigated the impact of early childhood education and care programs on the development of children. Often they have focused on the effects on children from socio-economically disadvantaged families. To assess the effects of various preschool programs on cognitive development, recent key studies were reviewed. In…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Education
Gassman, Marybeth – Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2010
Journalist Elizabeth Redden brings to the surface several salient issues in her article entitled, "Reaching Black Men." First, she illuminates that fact that access is not enough when it comes to educating African American men. Second, she points to the importance of having campus-wide initiatives to support the success of Black men. And…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Males, African American Achievement, African American Education
Kern, Angela Haywood – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Culturally/linguistically diverse and economically disadvantaged students are under-represented in gifted education programs. White middle-class children tend to be afforded the opportunity of gifted education services. This study analyzed Ashe City Schools' journey to implement Project U-STARS-PLUS in order to identify and serve…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, School Districts, Economically Disadvantaged, Standardized Tests
Figlio, David N.; Rouse, Cecilia E.; Schlosser, Analia – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
The relatively poor academic achievement of black and Hispanic students has been a national concern since the passage of the "Elementary Secondary and Education Act" in 1963. Frustrated with relatively slow progress in closing these educational gaps, the most recent reauthorization of the ESEA, the "No Children Left Behind Act of…
Descriptors: Incentives, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Grading
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Winfield, Linda F. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1986
Reviews research on the effectiveness of Title I programs in promoting educational equity. Focuses on general evaluations and studies of equity of access, equity of participation, level of participation, and equity of outcomes. Concludes that one reason Title I has failed is that its regulations are confusing and too restrictive. (KH)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Programs
Kornhaber, Mindy Laura – 1997
This study examined three federally supported programs that utilize Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in the identification of giftedness in economically disadvantaged and minority group youth. Following an extensive review of the literature, three chapters examine each program in detail. Each chapter first sets the identification…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Sholonsky, Hagith R. – Journal of Educational Thought, 1980
Four major arguments for government support of formal education are presented and their policy implications discussed in terms of the prospects they hold for children and youth of poor families in Israel. Official data and relevant studies are examined for evidence of the actual consequences of implemented policies. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
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