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Johnson, 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
Adler, Martha A. – 1999
The America Reads Challenge Act of 1997 created a nationwide effort to meet President Clinton's challenge for American citizens to volunteer as reading tutors "to ensure that every American child...learns to read well and independently by the end of third grade" (USDOE, 1997). Research has shown that volunteer tutors can be effective in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Oral Reading
McMahon, Susan I., Ed.; Raphael, Taffy E., Ed. – 1997
This is a comprehensive text about beliefs, issues, and practices at the forefront of literacy education--language, ethnic, and academic diversity; authentic assessment; and social construction of meaning and knowledge--explored through the lens of a cohesive instructional design, the Book Club Program. It presents a pedagogical model based on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Diversity (Institutional), Elementary Secondary Education
Handel, Ruth D. – 1990
This ethnographic study describes the relationships involved in the Partnership for Family Reading, a collaborative project between Montclair State College and a low-income urban school district to promote parent involvement in children's literacy development. Participant observation and other ethnographic research methods were used to produce…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Role, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs