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Download full textSmith, Tara; Murphy, Lucretia; Thorne, Carrie – Jobs for the Future, 2019
This report examines community feedback to shed light on the impact technical assistance (TA) has on place-based programs for people in disadvantaged communities. Focusing on how TA can shape practices, expand stakeholder knowledge, and enhance stakeholder networks, it offers guidelines for future TA investments.
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Community Programs, Disadvantaged, Program Effectiveness
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Direct linkPolikoff, Morgan S.; Wrabel, Stephani L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Debate over the design of state and federal accountability systems is an important ongoing issue for policy makers. As we move toward next-generation accountability through No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) waivers and reauthorization drafts, it is important to understand the implementation and effects of key elements of prior accountability systems.…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Accountability, Federal Legislation
Wimer, Christopher; Harris, Erin – Harvard Family Research Project, 2012
As the only federal funding stream that provides dedicated funds for afterschool programs across the country, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative plays an important role in supporting the innovation that takes place in afterschool programs. Social innovation has been defined as "a novel solution to a social…
Descriptors: Social Problems, After School Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Finance
Crane, Eric W.; Huang, Chun-Wei; Derby, Kenwyn; Makkonen, Reino; Goel, Aditi M. – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2008
This descriptive analysis provides a statistical profile of California's Title I school districts in program improvement. As an independent analysis of these districts in the aggregate, it is intended to inform the context for district improvement as California rolls out and refines its district intervention strategies. A key finding of this study…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Improvement, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
TRIGG, GORDON P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE PROGRESS REPORTS FROM THE OFFICE OF URBAN AFFAIRS ON (1) PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER TITLES II-A AND I-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT (ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT EDUCATION, AND YOUTH SERVICES), (2) ACTIVITIES OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS UNIT, (3) INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1994
A House of Representatives subcommittee hearing addressed the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on Chapter 1 and bilingual education needs and services in California. Statements were received from legislators, Los Angeles educational administrators and teachers, teacher educators, early childhood providers,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged
Central California Action Associates, Inc., Fresno. – 1969
The Central California Action Associates, Inc. (CCAA Inc.) was funded under the Migrant Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity to help farm workers solve their problems. The 7-county area has been characterized by high agricultural wealth and a low wage scale when compared to the surrounding cosmopolitan areas. The minimal education level…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Laborers
PDF pending restorationJackson, Charmaine – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2003
For several decades, education has assumed a vital role in this country's economic, social, and political development, catapulting less advantaged citizens into higher social classes and the political process. A testament to education's fundamental importance in our society are the numerous programs designed during the 1960s to eliminate the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Financial Aid Applicants, College Applicants, Federal Government
