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McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Pane, John F.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Martorell, Paco; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2014
Many students lose knowledge and skills over the long summer break, and research suggests that low-income students fall further behind over the summer than their higher-income peers. Voluntary summer learning programs may provide an opportunity to stem summer learning loss and give struggling students additional learning opportunities. The Wallace…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Randomized Controlled Trials
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Pane, John F.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Martorell, Paco; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2014
Prior research has determined that low-income students lose more ground over the summer than their higher-income peers. Prior research has also shown that some summer learning programs can stem this loss, but we do not know whether large, district-run, voluntary programs can improve students' outcomes. To fill this gap, The Wallace Foundation…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Randomized Controlled Trials
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Pane, John F.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Martorell, Paco; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2014
Prior research has determined that low-income students lose more ground over the summer than their higher-income peers. Prior research has also shown that some summer learning programs can stem this loss, but we do not know whether large, district-run, voluntary programs can improve students' outcomes. To fill this gap, The Wallace Foundation…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Students, Randomized Controlled Trials
Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan – State Education Standard, 2015
The Wallace Foundation is funding a multiyear demonstration project to determine whether voluntary, district summer learning programs can stem summer learning loss for low-income students. Six districts--Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Florida), Pittsburgh, and Rochester, New York--were selected for the demonstration project and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Sokolow, Jayme A. – Center for Civic Education, 2008
This is school climate study of the Center for Civic Education's School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program at Ritter Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania for the academic year 2006-7. Ritter, like most of Allentown's schools, is a majority-minority school. Hispanic, African American, Middle Eastern, and immigrant students outnumber…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Violence, Educational Environment, Demonstration Programs
Haslam, M. Bruce; Rouk, Ullik – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2006
The Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute was founded in 1978 on the belief that "university and school teachers across the country have a strong, mutual interest in the improvement of teaching and learning in the schools." The core goal of the model is to establish a sustainable partnership between districts and universities in order to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teachers, Leadership, Exhibits
Pecosh, Joseph – 1988
California University of Pennsylvania developed Project Technology Education Curriculum Help (TECH) for two school districts in Western Pennsylvania. Six objectives were achieved: (1) organized two pilot school districts to serve as curriculum models in technology education for other schools throughout the commonwealth; (2) established California…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Burwick, Andrew; Bellotti, Jeanne; Nagatoshi, Charles – US Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau, 2004
Father involvement enhances children's well-being. A growing body of research supports this conclusion, showing that children with involved fathers exhibit greater school readiness, increased cognitive development, higher levels of empathy, and other positive characteristics (Administration for Children and Families 2004a). Research also indicates…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs
Danks, Barbara – 1980
This demonstration project was conducted to create an awareness among the least educated adults in Armstrong and Indiana counties of Pennsylvania of the availability of Adult Basic Education (ABE) opportunities at the ARIN Adult Learning Center and its satellites. The project was carried out by means of a public relations program. Activities…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination
Gruber, Samuel C. – 1996
Since 1976, the Cumberland Valley School District (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) has offered an external high school diploma program for adults that combines academic achievement with life skill competencies. In 1995-1996, the Cumberland Valley School District received funds to recruit three educational agencies/school districts willing to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs, Extension Education
Kinter, Ona Kay; Steczak, Cheryl – 1987
A study examined the success of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Exemplary Program Project for Vocational Education in implementing and replicating exemplary vocational education programs, disseminating information about successful programs to local education agencies, and motivating school officials and teachers to develop or replicate…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Klinedinst, Mary Reid; Green, Katherine – 1992
Each summer since 1990, a select group of Pennsylvania high school students has taken part in the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Teaching (PGST), held at Millersville University. The school is dedicated solely to the profession of teaching and brings together sophomores and juniors who have expressed an interest in teaching as a career. This…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Grade 10, Grade 11
Cianflocco, Sam C. – 1975
This practicum report describes in detail the efforts of a High School Task Force made up of 21 teachers to establish and operate a model high school as part of a new 4-4-4 educational plan for the Erie, Pennsylvania, schools. The Strong Vincent Comprehensive High School Renewal Site utilized curriculum revision, quarter course offerings, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
McCloskey, I. L. – 1976
This report describes the background and results of a project to establish a school-based job placement service in the Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The center's activities, based on a previously-developed model, included these components: (1) Cooperative job development with the Bureau of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Job Placement
Hawk, Kim; And Others – 1994
Project CONNECT (Inmate Advocacy) was developed to provide counseling to inmates involved in the education programs at Fayette County Prison in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, before and immediately following their release. Twenty-one inmates who had been selected through a screening process received individual basic skills remediation in a classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Advocacy, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation