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Coombs Richardson, Rita; Vafa, Sherry; Litton, Freddie – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2017
By providing early access to education, early childhood and community-based programs are helping to close the achievement gap prevalent among children from impoverished homes.
Descriptors: Poverty, Access to Education, Achievement Gap, School Community Relationship
Lavery, Lesley; Carlson, Deven – Educational Policy, 2015
Interdistrict open enrollment is the nation's largest and most widespread school choice program, but our knowledge of these programs is limited. Drawing on 5 years of student-level data from the universe of public school attendees in Colorado, we perform a three-stage analysis to examine the dynamics of student participation in the state's…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, School Districts, School Choice, Student Records
Wiesman, Karen Wheeler – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Funding public schools has been an ongoing struggle since the inception of the United States. Beginning with Jefferson's "A General Diffusion of Knowledge" that charged the states with properly funding public schools, to the current day legal battles that continue in states across the Union, America struggles with finding a solution to…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Public Schools, State Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Micklo, Stephen J. – 1992
This study was conducted to identify and validate the work-related problems of public school teachers in Florida's Prekindergarten Early Intervention Program which targets economically at-risk 3- and 4-year olds. The study was designed to answer three questions: (1) What problems are perceived to be most bothersome and occur most frequently? (2)…
Descriptors: Demography, Discipline Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Parent Participation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1968
As discussed in several addresses at a New York State Board of Regents symposium, the task of continuing education in New York State includes adult basic education, job training, and other forms of involvement by educators and other segments of society in efforts to enable individuals, communities, and organizations to function effectively in a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Child Development Services. – 1991
Guidelines are presented for New York's prekindergarten program for 4-year-old children from economically disadvantaged families, which is intended to provide the young child with a comfortable, secure, and inviting transition from home to school. Eligible providers are public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, who…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged Youth
Thomas, Earl Preston – 1977
While it is understood that state compensatory education funds will probably do little to close the gap in public school expenditure levels between wealthy and poor New Jersey districts, it is still important that the educational consumer and the interested observer understand how the system works. Compensatory education funds are the source of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Office for the Education of Homeless Children and Homeless Youth. – 1991
This manual is designed to be used to acquaint Michigan State school and community members with provisions and requirements of the Steward B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990. This act authorizes local and intermediate school districts to use competitive funding and to implement innovative laws, policies, and procedures that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Board of Education Role
Smith, David L. – 1995
During the 1993 session, the Nevada State Legislature enacted into law Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 385.347, commonly known as the Nevada School Accountability Law. It requires all schools in Nevada to inform the public of the performance of public schools throughout the state. School accountability was accomplished through a system of reports…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Data Analysis, Data Collection