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Lyzz Davis; Kathy Terry; Molly Cain; Samantha Sniegowski; Brandie Semma – American Institutes for Research, 2024
The Lone Star Stem (LSS) program was designed to increase high-quality STEM education opportunities and outcomes for high-need students in Texas. The focus of the program was on implementing rigorous coursework that helps students gain the skills, postsecondary credentials, and experience necessary to embark on well-paying careers in STEM fields.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, STEM Education, Disadvantaged, Student Participation
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Education Endowment Foundation, 2022
COVID has potentially reversed a decade of progress in closing the attainment gap. The evidence is clear that disadvantaged students have fallen further behind during the pandemic. This guide is designed as a practical starting point to support school leaders to develop, implement and monitor an evidence-informed approach to their Pupil Premium…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita – RAND Corporation, 2019
This appendix supplements the report "Effectiveness of Screened, Demand-Driven Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers an Evaluation of the New Orleans Career Pathway Training. Research Report. RR-2980-DOL" (ED618674). The appendix reproduces the instruments used in the analysis presented in the full report. The following are…
Descriptors: Job Training, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Screening Tests
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Huichao Xie; Heidi Layne; Mardiana Bte Abu Bakar; Mercy Jesuvadian; Ng Ee Lynn; Chew Ping Phoon; Rita Lim; Stephanie Chai; Loh Jie Ying; Jing Cheah; Kenneth Poon – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2024
The number of low-income families in Singapore is increasing. Young children from impoverished backgrounds are at risk of development gaps and challenges. Research has shown that the accumulation of risk factors from adverse childhood experiences can lead to weaker outcomes later in life. The NTUC First Campus (NFC) launched the Child Support…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Poverty, At Risk Persons, Child Development
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Pierson, Ashley; Rooney, Kathryn – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Created in 2016, Alaska's Pre-Elementary Grants (PEGs) allow school districts to design, develop, and expand affordable and accessible preschool in their communities. PEGs aim, in particular, to serve historically disadvantaged students. This study aimed to help Alaska stakeholders better understand how districts implemented the grants and what…
Descriptors: State Aid, Preschool Education, Grants, School District Autonomy
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study looking at implementation of Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG) programs, the characteristics of PEG districts and the students served, and the student outcomes related to participating in state-funded preschool, including participating in a PEG program. Data sources included documents submitted by…
Descriptors: State Aid, Preschool Education, Grants, School District Autonomy
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "State-Funded Preschool in the Last Frontier: Alaska's Pre-Elementary Grant Program" study examined the implementation of Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG) programs in Alaska, the characteristics of PEG districts and the students served, and the student outcomes related to participating in state-funded preschool, including participating in…
Descriptors: State Aid, Preschool Education, Grants, School District Autonomy
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Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
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Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Lower-skilled workers in the United States face a shrinking pool of employment opportunities. To combat this, the city of New Orleans' Office of Workforce Development (OWD) developed a job training program with a grant, awarded in 2014, from the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund. The program, Career Pathways, was designed to help…
Descriptors: Job Training, Disadvantaged, Unskilled Workers, Career Pathways
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Baran, Evrim; Bilici, Sedef Canbazoglu; Mesutoglu, Canan; Ocak, Ceren – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
Recent reports call for reformed education policies in Turkey in accordance with the need to develop students' knowledge and skills about STEM education and improving STEM workforce in the country. This research implemented an integrated out-of-school STEM education program for 6th grade students who come from disadvantaged areas in a large urban…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grade 6, After School Education, Disadvantaged
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Lynch, Julianne; Walker-Gibbs, Bernadette; Herbert, Sandra – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
In 2010, the Australian government established the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme--a funding agenda to promote programmes that respond to the under-representation in higher education of people from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Many government-funded programmes and projects have since emerged that respond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Higher Education, Mentors
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Sosa, Sandra I.; Peek, Sarah; Muhammad, Sharien; Gonder, Ty; Cook, Janice; Bolton, Jessica; Parrish, Mark S. – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2015
Homeless youth in the United States is rapidly increasing with more children living in unstable or temporary environments. They may encounter difficulties meeting enrollment requirements, have poor attendance, low academic performance, and experience behavioral and emotional issues. The reauthorization of McKinney-Vento Act (MCKV) in 2002 was…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Educational Practices
Frizzell, Matthew; Rentner, Diane Stark; Kober, Nancy; Braun, Matthew; Ferguson, Maria – Center on Education Policy, 2017
This report serves as a legacy document for the Ford Foundation's More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative. It summarizes the approaches to and outcomes and challenges of successful MBLT strategies around the country. The report includes data from a survey for Ford Foundation MBLT grantees across the country and from case studies in Denver,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies, Grants
Hanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers
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Zvoch, Keith – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
Multilevel modeling techniques facilitated examination of relationships between fidelity indicators and outcomes associated with a summer literacy intervention. Three-level growth models were specified to capture the extent to which students experienced instruction and to demonstrate the ways in which dosage-response relationships manifest in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Summer Programs, College School Cooperation, Intervention
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