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Shah, Bela P. – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2009
In cities and towns across America, millions of children and youth get out of school by mid-afternoon but have neither a safe, supervised place to go nor a structured or engaging activity in which to participate. Because the hours between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. are when young people are most likely to be affected by crime or to engage in risky…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Urban Programs, Partnerships in Education, State Programs
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. – 1990
A conscious strategy for educational reform has guided the 1990 efforts of the Boston/Chelsea (Massachusetts) Urban Team. Elements of the strategy include the following: (1) acknowledging that the individual school, not the state or federal program, is the fundamental unit of education; (2) breaking down the compartmentalization of bilingual,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Follettie, Joseph F. – 1976
General features of local and national programs for assessing achievements referencing the common instruction are discussed within a single mastery achievement testing framework. The envisioned programs differ only in informative detail. Most such differences are viewed as amenable to formalization and the basis for distinguishing between local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Classification