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Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Schwartz, Heather L.; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2013
Research shows low-income students suffer disproportionate learning loss over the summer and because those losses accumulate over time, they contribute substantially to the achievement gap between low- and higher-income children. The Wallace Foundation is funding a five-year demonstration project to examine whether summer learning programs can…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, School Districts, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Schwartz, Heather L.; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2013
Research shows low-income students suffer disproportionate learning loss over the summer and because those losses accumulate over time, they contribute substantially to the achievement gap between low- and higher-income children. The Wallace Foundation is funding a five-year demonstration project to examine whether summer learning programs can…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, School Districts, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Alfonso, Mariana – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
The Community College Research Center (CCRC) conducted a study to better understand how two-year public colleges react to new state merit-based financial aid programs by evaluating the institutional behavior of each of Florida's 28 community colleges before and after the Florida Legislature created the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship (FBFS)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Incentives, Student Financial Aid, Institutional Characteristics
Sullivan, Timothy J.; Rothberg, Robert A. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1977
Involving teachers in program planning and offering new incentives for inservice training, the Osceola Teacher Education Center is a cooperative venture of Osceola County (Florida) and Florida Technological University. (JT)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, County Programs, County School Districts, Incentives