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W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2009
This report describes efforts to provide seamless transitions from early to elementary education. Specifically, it details SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids), a five-year initiative funded by the Kellogg Foundation, which has contributed a unique, community-based perspective to the national conversation on what it takes to…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Case Studies, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)
Hexter, Holly – 1990
This paper describes state, institutional, and other community-based programs deemed exemplary (on the basis of design imperatives) for successful interventions to promote meaningful access of minority group youth to postsecondary education. The imperatives include early intervention, comprehensive and integrated intervention, intervention…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Pindus, Nancy; Koralek, Robin; Martinson, Karin; Trutko, John – 2000
The extent of coordination and integration of welfare and work force development systems was examined in a study that involved site visits to 12 localities in 6 states. The following factors were found to promote coordination: a previous history of coordination; a strong local economy and low unemployment; access to technology; greater financial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Cooperation