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Direct linkJohnson, Odis, Jr. – Review of Educational Research, 2012
Since 1976, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has relocated low-income children of color from public housing communities to less racially and economically isolated neighborhoods in an effort to improve their developmental opportunities. This article provides the first comprehensive evaluation summary of seven relocation…
Descriptors: Relocation, Federal Programs, Minority Group Students, Urban Youth
Download full textChang, Theodora – Center for American Progress, 2011
As Congress moves to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, it should authorize a program to provide comprehensive services that create the conditions for students to learn in the classroom. These "wraparound" support services range from primary health and dental care to family engagement strategies. For many…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Public Schools, Integrated Services, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Center for Educational Research, 2012
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, is a federally-funded system of grants that focuses on preparing low-income students to enter and succeed in postsecondary educational programs. GEAR UP grants extend across 6 school years and require that funded districts begin providing grant services to students no…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
Maloney, Catherine; Lopez, Omar – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2012
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, is a federally-funded system of grants that focuses on preparing low-income students to enter and succeed in postsecondary educational programs. GEAR UP grants extend across 6 school years and require that funded districts begin providing grant services to students no…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
Abelev, Melissa; Vincent, M. Bess; Haney, Timothy J. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
One of the important misconceptions in the American view of poverty is that people are poor because they do not work. This article presents an exercise, the "bottom line," which helps dispel students' misconceptions about the working poor. Through extensive primary-data collection and assembling a budget for low-skilled workers, the exercise: (1)…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Misconceptions, College Students, Democratic Values
Texas Center for Educational Research, 2011
The federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, project strives to equalize low-income students' access to higher education by increasing their participation in rigorous coursework, providing expanded opportunities for low-income students and parents to learn about postsecondary educational opportunities…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
Darrow, Catherine L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The objective of this report is to review studies that report language and literacy outcomes associated with preschool curriculum-based interventions. Results from studies reporting on interventions targeting preschool children from low-income families were included regardless of the specific type of program. Although the majority of preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Rainey, Katharine; Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Lopez, Omar – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2011
The federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, project strives to equalize low-income students' access to higher education by increasing their participation in rigorous coursework, providing expanded opportunities for low-income students and parents to learn about postsecondary educational opportunities…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students
Bomer, Randy; Dworin, Joel E.; May, Laura; Semingson, Peggy – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: This is the first research study to examine the content basis of Payne's in-service teacher education program, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, though others who have reviewed the book have agreed with our analysis. The study took place within a policy context in which the federal government, with the passage of the No…
Descriptors: Poverty, Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged, Criticism
PDF pending restorationAdministration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 2001
This pamphlet, in English- and Spanish-language versions, offers information to parents on the functioning and benefits of Head Start, a federal program for preschool children from low-income families. The pamphlet's sections answer the following questions: (1) "What Is Head Start?" (2) "What Can the Head Start Program Offer to Your…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how supporters for TRIO and Gear Up, the two main federal programs that encourage low-income students to prepare for college, are girding for a battle over a proposed budget merger. (EV)
Descriptors: College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Reynolds, William M., Ed. – 1973
The National High School Debate Problem Area for 1973-74 centers on the questions, "What is the role of the federal government in extending public assistance to all Americans living in poverty?" This collection of federal government documents and periodical articles supplements the "ERIC First Analysis" of the topic (CS 500…
Descriptors: Debate, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Government
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1992
This 18th annual report to Congress, covering the program year 1989-1990, outlines the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each state…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
This document consists of examples of budget forms to assist school district superintendents in North Carolina in administering funds for programs for low-income students under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. General information is supplied on the following topics: (1) budgets; (2) amendments; (3) substitute teacher…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet summarizes responses by 49 states (Massachusetts did not respond) to the General Accounting Office questionnaire on state efforts to integrate human services programs. The questionnaire focused on low income families. Responses to the questionnaire indicate the following: (1) 23 states have integrated all their service delivery…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
