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Download full textMyint-U, Athi; O'Donnell, Lydia; Phillips, Dawna – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2012
This technical brief describes updates to a database of dropout prevention programs and policies in 2006/07 created by the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands and described in the Issues & Answers report, "Piloting a searchable database of dropout prevention programs in nine low-income urban school districts in the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Databases, Maintenance
Bellotti, Jeanne; Rosenberg, Linda; Sattar, Samina; Esposito, Andrea Mraz; Ziegler, Jessica – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Passed in response to the 2008 recession, the Act's purpose was to create jobs, pump money into the economy, and encourage spending. Through the Act, states received $1.2 billion in funding for the workforce investment system to provide…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Focus Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities
US Department of Education, 2009
The Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) program is one of the federal TRIO programs, a group of eight outreach programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education that are designed to support and assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to attainment of a postbaccalaureate…
Descriptors: Awards, Outreach Programs, Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Evaluation. – 1994
This report is an interim statistical report, addressing characteristics of the Starting Points Preschool Program in Louisiana, and containing information on children who were enrolled in 1993-94. The Starting Points Preschool Program was initiated in 1992-93 through the United States Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 in order to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Eligibility, Enrollment
Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Hale, Margaret Marcus; Chan, Tsze – US Department of Education, 2006
Created in 1972, the Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) Program, one of eight TRIO Programs, funds EOC projects at two- and four-year colleges and universities and public or private agencies or organizations to assist adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter or continue a postsecondary education program. Participants in EOC projects…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Student Financial Aid
Abram, Robert; Schroeder, Paul E. – 1977
This report presents the data from a national survey which was designed to answer the question, "What is the status of vocational education in correctional institutions?" The data were collected from 459 institutions (state, federal, military, and jail) which offered vocational education at the time of the survey; the purpose of the survey was to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Humphrey, Justin G.; Carey, Nancy L. – Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2002
In 1972, Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) became the fourth of the TRIO Programs. EOCs provide counseling and information on college admissions to qualified adults who want to enter or continue a program of postsecondary education. EOCs coordinate with nearby postsecondary institutions and engage in activities designed to involve and acquaint…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Postsecondary Education
