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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Walsh, Rachael – Online Submission, 2008
Since 1965 the federal government has attempted to provide low socioeconomic status students with equal access to postsecondary education through the Higher Education Act and its multiplicative programmatic efforts. Implemented as one such program in 1998, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, has been…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Disadvantaged
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
Response to Intervention (RTI), as a model for improving services to all students, has been a growing phenomenon since the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004. The National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) defines RTI as "the practice of (1) providing high-quality…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Needs, General Education, Learning Disabilities
Burdette, Paula; Etemad, Pontea – Project Forum, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) arose, in part, from the limited success of the pre-referral process, an approach advocated in the 1980s and 1990s, and accurately measuring the discrepancy between aptitude and achievement in young children. Reflecting these concerns, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Programs, Eligibility, Disabilities
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Goebel, Camille A.; Umoja, Aminata; DeHaan, Robert L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2009
Undergraduate college "science partners" provided content knowledge and a supportive atmosphere for K-5 teachers in a university-school professional development partnership program in science instruction. The Elementary Science Education Partners program, a Local Systemic Change initiative supported by the National Science Foundation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Elementary School Science, College Students, Mentors
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Hall, Megan R.; Rowell, Ginger Holmes – Journal of Statistics Education, 2008
This paper describes 25 National Science Foundation supported projects that have innovations designed to improve education for students majoring or minoring in statistics. The characteristics of these projects and the common themes which emerge are compared with the American Statistical Association's (ASA) guidelines for developing statistics…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Guidelines, Statistics, Curriculum Development
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. National Support Systems Project. – 1982
The document contains abstracts of over 100 Dean's Grants Projects, federally supported programs designed to prepare regular education teachers to work with mainstreamed handicapped students. Projects are grouped alphabetically by state and the abstracts provide information on project title, principal investigator(s) sponsoring unit, year of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Mainstreaming
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1978
The guide presents information on 53 federally funded projects for gifted and talented students. Projects are arranged according to geographic regions, and entries usually contain information on such aspects as funding level, population, administration and organization, staffing, curriculum description, dissemination, evaluation, and the address…
Descriptors: Directories, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Gifted
Dobris, John; Herman, Beatrice – 1976
This document provides an abbreviated descriptive summary of each Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I project implemented by local education agencies in New York State during fiscal year 1976. The information is presented by county. Financial data is indicated. Amendments to the original Title I, ESEA, include Public Law 89-750…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (DHEW/OHD), Washington, DC. – 1977
Listed are approximately 80 projects funded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Among projects are demonstration treatment centers, innovative demonstration centers, demonstration resource centers, training demonstrations, and research projects. Information on each project usually includes the following: project number, title, brief…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs
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Young, Lauren S. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1975
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Federal Programs, Multicultural Education
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Grotberg, Edith H. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1975
Explains what the Office of Child Development (OCD) is, and describes its goals and activities. (HMV)
Descriptors: Agencies, Counseling, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Rosenberg, Beatrice – 1970
The need for day care services is steadily growing as more mothers enter the labor force. This booklet describes the major efforts being made to provide these services. Included are efforts by all levels of government, unions and management, hospitals and universities, women's groups, and other public and private programs. (BH)
Descriptors: Day Care, Employed Women, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Smith, Skee – American Education, 1976
Many communities across the country are finding that their problems--whether social, political, or economic in origin--can be diminished if not solved outright through continuing education for adults. Adult education projects under the sponsorship of the Office of Education's Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCE) program were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Problems, Community Services, Federal Programs
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Yarbrough, Cecil L. – Planning and Changing, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Program Descriptions
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