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Perry, Bob; Hampshire, Ann; Gervaxoni, Ann; O'Neill, Will – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
"Let's Count" is a preschool mathematics intervention implemented by The Smith Family from 2012 to the present in "disdvantaged" communities across Australia. It is based on current mathematics and early childhood education research and aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework. Let's Count has been shown to be effective…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Curriculum, Intervention, Disadvantaged Environment
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Abrantes, Pedro; Roldao, Cristina; Amaral, Patricia; Mauritti, Rosario – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
The article analyses the main benefits of a Portuguese programme, launched in 1996, which was designed to support schools in segregated districts (TEIPs). The first part of the article presents a theoretical framework, before moving on to the main features of the TEIP programme in contemporary Portuguese society and education. An explanation of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Formative Evaluation, Program Descriptions
Duffy, Helen; Brown, Jim; O'Day, Jennifer – California Collaborative on District Reform, 2009
The Fresno-Long Beach Learning Partnership is a collaboration that aims to improve student outcomes, accelerate achievement for all students, and close achievement gaps by capitalizing on shared systemic capacity-building across two high-need districts. The Partnership is a joint effort of the third- and fourth-largest districts in California to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Superintendents, Leadership, Partnerships in Education
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Brown, Eleanor A.; Dillenburger, Karola – Child Care in Practice, 2004
Sure Start is a Government project that aims to prevent social exclusion by targeting children between 0 and 4 years of age living in areas of social and economic deprivation. This study examined whether a Tier 2 Behaviour Support Service within a local Sure Start project was able to bring about improvements in children's behaviour and the levels…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Isolation, Psychotherapy, Behavior Problems