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US Department of Education, 2006
This issue of the Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Technical Assistance Center's "ERCMExpress" introduces the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF), a free public service that provides information on planning, designing, funding, building, improving and maintaining safe, healthy, high-performance schools. NCEF is…
Descriptors: School Safety, Resource Centers, Information Centers, Information Services
Bass, Martha; Davis, Robin Works; Harris, Marlive; Marcum, Paul – 2000
The Texas Reading Club is designed to encourage youth to read for pleasure and to promote library usage.A statewide theme is selected each year that emphasizes ways in which reading expands young minds and encourages children to use their imaginations. The year 2000's theme, "Invent the future! READ!," emphasizes ways in which reading…
Descriptors: Inventions, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Program Development
Herrera, Carla; Arbreton, Amy J. A. – 2003
Boys & Girls Clubs in New York City and Boston participated in a 3-year initiative to provide and enhance services to underserved teens. Researchers collected data via surveys of club members and staff; cost surveys of club administrators; interviews, focus groups, and observations at each club; and attendance information. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, High Risk Students
Hutinger, Patricia; Johanson, Joyce; Potter, Judy; Schneider, Carol – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2005
The Expressive Arts Outreach (EAO) project, housed at the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) at Western Illinois University, was funded in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) as a 3-year outreach project. The target population was 3-8 year old children with a wide range of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Disabilities, Outreach Programs, Visual Arts
Shapiro, Ronald G. – 2001
The "Career Explorations" and "From College To Career" programs are both evening outreach programs in which sons and daughters of IBM employees are invited to the IBM Somers location to learn about careers and preparing for the job market. All sessions feature IBM employee presenters talking about the work they do. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, College Students, Community Involvement
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2000
Health problems impede the academic performance of 12 percent of students. Schools are in a unique position to help their state's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs connect with parents who lack health insurance for their children. This booklet provides suggestions to help school staff identify, inform, and help to enroll families…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children
Texas State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 2002
Under a legislative mandate, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board conducted a study of the "best practices" in women's athletic development programs at Texas public colleges and universities. The study was to focus on programs that offer outreach through summer camp experiences to high school girls to encourage them to participate in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Ethnicity, Females, High School Students
Keyes, Carol R. – 2000
Noting the importance of the parent-teacher relationship to maintaining good home-school partnerships, this paper discusses the research on parent-teacher partnerships, including factors that affect the development of effective relationships: (1) the degree of match between teachers' and parents' cultures and values, (2) societal forces at work on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Outreach Programs, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Haynes, Elizabeth A., Comp. – 1996
This guide describes programs relevant to institutions of higher education administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (other than those administered by the Office of University Partnerships). Each program description provides information on: the program's purpose, possibilities for involvement, funding information,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Barillas, Roxana; Horner, Dawn – 2000
About 1.5 million uninsured children in California are eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families, the state's primary public health insurance programs for children. The Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides a natural entry point for reaching these eligible families. This briefing report was written for WIC…
Descriptors: Child Health, Coordination, Eligibility, Enrollment
Rouk, Ullik – Insights on Education Policy, Practice, and Research, 2000
This publication reviews a public-engagement program entitled "Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools." The program, which was implemented with help from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, called for policymakers to interact with the public in study circles in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The report relates what the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Burlingame, Phyllida; Hutson, Rutledge; Levin-Epstein, Jodie – 1999
This report offers strategies to prevent unintended pregnancy in an era when the nation's welfare program has a changed mission, more money, and greater reach. The report discusses types of links between welfare offices and family planning services being developed in California, Georgia, and Washington, identifying barriers and challenges to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Early Parenthood, Family Planning
Malone, James F.; Miller, Karen S.; Miller, Randy M. – 2003
This document describes a distance career counseling program developed over several years by a multidisciplinary team of career counseling, technology, and business development experts. The program, called ReadyMinds, provides personalized distance career counseling to a range of clients: undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Information Systems, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems
Norfles, Nicole – 2001
In 2000, the National TRIO Clearinghouse embarked on a study of the extent of access to computer-based technology of TRIO Talent Search (TS) students and the role TS projects play in providing access. Responses from all TRIO programs show that the access of TS students to technology is limited. Only 66% of TS students have access to computers and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, College Preparation, Computer Uses in Education, High School Students
Williams, Valerie L. – 2002
Programs developing and supporting partnerships between scientists and elementary and secondary school classrooms have been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as other federal funding agencies. This document reports on a study exploring the impacts, challenges, and strategies of programs that link science graduate and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
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