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US Department of Education, 2014
The human brain develops rapidly in the first five years of life. High-quality early learning experiences can have a profound and lasting positive effect on young children during these years, setting the stage for success in kindergarten and beyond. This is especially true for young children with high needs who are from low-income families; who…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Altstadt, David – Jobs for the Future, 2012
Less than 25 percent of college students who take any developmental education courses earn a credential within eight years. Over the past three years, the six states in the Developmental Education Initiative have developed and enacted unprecedented changes in policy and practice in an effort to reverse these dismal outcomes. "Ahead of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Best Practices, Developmental Studies Programs, Case Studies
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Xu, Haixia; Morris, Libby V. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to understand the consortial approach to distance education at the state level, with a focus on examining the way three state-level virtual universities engaged colleges and universities in participating in distance education initiatives. Specifically, three research questions guided this study: (1) What structure was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrative Organization, Consortia, State Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1990
This publication celebrates a quarter century of Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs in Ohio. Characteristics of Title I from its origin in 1965, through the change of Title I to Chapter 1 in 1982, to the present, are reviewed. Of particular concern are basic premises of Title I, administrative problems in getting the program going,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1967
THE MAJOR THRUST OF UNIT ACTIVITIES DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF OPERATION, JUNE 1, 1965 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1966, WAS TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE STATE. DEVELOPING CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL OFFICIALS WAS AN EARLY EFFORT. SUCH COMMUNICATION RESULTED IN THE UNIT'S MAKING COST PLANS FOR DEVELOPING…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Program Descriptions, Research Coordinating Units, State Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1969
This final report explains the purpose of the Ohio Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit and its activities and accomplishments from its inception July 1, 1965, to August 31, 1969. The three specific objectives of the Ohio Unit are: (1) to gather data concerning employment, emerging occupational trends and future job projections,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Occupational Information, Program Descriptions, Research Coordinating Units
Children's Defense Fund-Ohio, Columbus. – 2002
The Healthy Start and Healthy Families programs offer children up to age 19, parents, and pregnant women in Ohio the health services families need, including doctor's visits, prescriptions, hospitalization, immunizations, prenatal care, eyeglasses, dental care, and mental health care. This tool kit was designed to help practitioners in programs…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Eligibility, Enrollment
Mentor Exempted Village School District, OH. – 1974
Presented are 1973-74 program objectives, related procedures and timelines, and a preliminary evaluation of an Ohio program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) pupils which has the following basic goals: the evaluation of various administrative models for providing instruction to EMR students, the development of curriculum based on measurable…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Peters, Randal E.; Svedkauskaite, Asta – Learning Point Associates, 2008
The major purpose of this descriptive report is to provide an overview of the structure, capacity, and roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) across five states--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin--in the Great Lakes region, within the context of the broader statewide systems of support for educational improvement and progress.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, State Departments of Education, School Districts
Youth Service America, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report, summarizing the proceedings at a February 1988 conference at Brown University on youth service, presents briefly an overview of the emerging network of youth service programs in the following states: (1) Minnesota; (2) Pennsylvania; (3) California; (4) Massachusetts; and (5) Ohio. Rationales for youth service are analyzed. Eight…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Program Descriptions, Program Development
National Center for Early Development & Learning, Chapel Hill, NC. – 2002
This issue of the NCEDL Spotlight Series newsletter adds California and Ohio to a re-analysis of findings from an earlier report looking at the move to establish a state pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-olds in Georgia, Illinois, New York, South Carolina, and Texas. Key figures in political and educational circles in these seven states were…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Preschool Children
Simmons, Wilber – G/C/T, 1978
The article discusses the implementation of services to gifted and talented (G/T) public School students in Ohio including a schedule for establishing the program, definition of G/T, use of pre-existing resources in the schools, establishment of 10 task force groups, and community support. (PHR)
Descriptors: Community Support, Definitions, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This fifteenth annual report provides a summary of activities offered in Ohio through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information presented includes (1) statistics for fiscal 1980, (2) participation trends, (3) instructional impact, (4) expenditure and staffing patterns, (5) parent involvement, and (6) five-year trends. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Gallagher, James J.; Clayton, Jenna R.; Heinemeier, Sarah E. – 2001
Among the major educational policy shifts in recent years has been the establishment of state-funded prekindergarten programs. This study extends an earlier one of the development of prekindergarten policy in five states by focusing on policy development in two additional states, California and Ohio. Potential informants in each state who were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Schilder, Diane – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
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