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Kyle DeMeo Cook; Stephanie Michelle Curenton; Olivia Nazaire; Daphne Babrow; Christine Haas; Sara Moran – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
Universal prekindergarten initiatives have increased at the local and state levels. With the goals of supporting children's development and increasing families' access to high-quality, affordable early learning opportunities, prekindergarten programs have gained political support and funding. Approaches to program design and implementation vary…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Program Design, Program Implementation
Vitzthum, Virginia – Wallace Foundation, 2023
Out-of-school-time (OST) arts programs in historically marginalized communities have much to teach policymakers, funders, and arts program leaders--as well as educators at large. Furthermore, the researchers of a paper in Arts Education Policy Review argue that the arts, and OST arts in particular, can help us reimagine ways to design learning…
Descriptors: Art Education, After School Programs, Equal Education, Disadvantaged
Stephanie S. Machado – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite the link between school-lunch participation and student health, only half of adolescents with the program in their schools participate on a given day. A multi-pronged school lunch promotion intervention was implemented in middle and high schools in an urban, low-income school district to improve school lunch participation and reduce food…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Health, Student Participation, Intervention
McBurnie, Chris; Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
Since the onset of COVID-19, governments have launched technology-supported education interventions to ensure children learn. This paper offers a narrative synthesis of emerging evidence on technology-based education to understand the current experiences of learners, teachers and families. Studies find that few students in low- and middle-income…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Access to Education
Kirk, Stacie M.; Kirk, Erik P. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: The effects of increases in physical activity (PA) on early literacy skills in preschool children are not known. Methods: Fifty-four African-American preschool children from a low socioeconomic urban Head Start participated over 8 months. A 2-group, quasi-experimental design was used with one preschool site participating in the PA…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, African Americans
Smith, Caroline Altman; Baldwin, Christopher; Schmidt, Gretchen – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
Ten years ago, community college presidents' most valued datum was the number of students enrolled, which drove the colleges' funding. Providing access to higher education for the millions of students without the time, money, or academic preparation to attend a traditional four-year college was (as it always had been) their top priority. Today, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Community Colleges, College Preparation
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial", investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students by providing SAT/ACT test preparation, financial aid consulting, and college admissions guidance in an…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Low Income, High School Students
Miller, William F.; Thalacker, Brenda L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, sponsored by the IRS, offers free tax services for individuals with low-to-moderate incomes, the elderly, disabled and/or those who lack English language proficiency. Although established by the IRS in 1969, it is administered by partnering community based volunteer organizations throughout U.S.,…
Descriptors: Taxes, Public Agencies, Accounting, Universities
Wood, Sarah; Mayo-Wilson, Evan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of school-based mentoring for adolescents (11-18 years) on academic performance, attendance, attitudes, behavior, and self-esteem. Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The authors searched 12 databases from 1980 to 2011. Eight studies with 6,072 participants were included, 6 were included in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Adolescents, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
Gunn, Barbara; Vadasy, Patricia; Smolkowski, Keith – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This article discusses the kinds of instructional activities that young children need to develop basic language and literacy skills based on recent research and program evaluations. This includes approaches to develop alphabetic understanding, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and oral language. Activities and materials from the Pre-kindergarten…
Descriptors: Program Design, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Young Children
Rondini, Ashley C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education reports that students who are the first in their families to pursue an undergraduate education comprise a minority of the student population at public four-year educational institutions, and comprise an even smaller percentage at elite, private four-year institutions (Engle, Bermeo, and O'Brien 2006). This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, First Generation College Students, Program Design, Low Income

Boyce, Cheryl A.; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Lopez, Michael L.; Tarullo, Louisa B. – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
This article describes the development of the Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium, a research partnership between the Administration on Children, Youth and Families and the National Institute of Mental Health. The Consortium is designed to assess mental health needs of low-income children and optimal approaches for addressing these needs.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Low Income
McDaniel, Anna M.; Casper, Gail R.; Hutchison, Sondra K.; Stratton, Renee M. – Health Education Research, 2005
The purpose of this study was to design and test the usability of a computer-mediated smoking cessation program for inner-city women. Design and content were developed consistent with principles of user-centered design. Formative and summative evaluation strategies were utilized in its testing. The summative evaluation was designed to test…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Smoking, Females, Testing

Ryan, Sarah; Whittaker, Catharine R.; Pinckney, Joyce – Preventing School Failure, 2002
This article discusses the characteristics of the Kennedy Kids and Adults Together program, a successful elementary mentoring program for students and community members. Ten steps for establishing such a program are outlined and the results of a program evaluation conducted with students, family members, teachers, and mentors are reported.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship, High Risk Students
Fruchter, Norm; And Others – 1992
This book presents findings of a study that identified and analyzed 18 recently developed programs or reform efforts in the United States that stress effective parental involvement. Chapter 1 provides a review of education literature and research on parent involvement from 1945 to 1985 and situates newly emerging efforts within the current climate…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Low Income
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