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Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance, 2017
This resource was prepared for a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) State in response to a request for examples of States that support local Early Learning Councils. Local Early Learning Councils are public-private partnerships that work to align and strengthen a comprehensive early childhood system and to coordinate funding coming…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Li, Amy; Mishory, Jen – Century Foundation, 2018
Many states are passing "free" college plans, and policymakers at both the state and federal level continue to debate the merits of national "free college" or "debt-free college" proposals, also known as Promise programs. Both federal and state "free" college proposals are geared toward a policy objective of…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Policy, Educational Finance, College Attendance
Julianelle, Patricia – National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2008
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the main federal program concerning the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. It provides federal funding to states, which then distribute the funds to their school districts through a competitive application process; the funds are used to ensure that children and youth…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2014
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Colorado Children's Campaign, which provides the best available state- and county-level data to measure and track the education, health and general well-being of the state's children. "Kids Count in Colorado!" informs policy debates and community discussions, serving as…
Descriptors: Child Health, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Holistic Approach
Hinkle, Betty R.; And Others – 1989
This report provides a summary and evaluation of Colorado's local and state program activities during 1988 under Chapter 2 of the U.S. Education and Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Teacher training, inservice activities, and local improvement programs received the highest allocations of available Chapter 2 funds. Colorado's local school…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Francis, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The name of the United States School Garden Army was adopted in March, 1918. The work of the organization is an expansion of work undertaken by the Bureau of Education in 1914. The scale upon which it was done was limited by the finances that could be secured for it. The acute demand for food production growing out of the war conditions made…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Educational Environment, School Activities
Anderson, Jean E. – 1994
This report, which is intended for individuals developing family literacy (FL) programs, contains background information on the research, development, operation, evaluation, and outcomes of federal- and state-level FL initiatives. Discussed in section 1 are the following topics: the importance/benefits of FL programs; definitions of literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education