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Ximena P. Suarez-Sousa; Boyd L. Bradbury – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This mixed-methods explanatory study focused on analyzing the impact that National School Lunch Program eligibility had on (a) scholastic performance; (b) Appraisal of the Academic Influences Inventory results; and (c) the rates of absenteeism, tardiness, and disciplinary referrals within large groups of American Indian and White students in…
Descriptors: National Programs, Lunch Programs, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status
Schirm, Allen, Ed.; Kirkendall, Nancy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day. To qualify their children each year for free or…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
Administration for Children & Families, 2008
This document conveys mandatory policies that have their basis in Federal Law and/or program regulations. It also provides interpretations of Federal Statutes and program regulations initiated by inquiries from State Child Welfare agencies or Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Regional Offices. The manual replaces the Children's…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Federal Legislation, Child Welfare, Tribes
Frey, James H.; Oishi, Sabine Mertens – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Eligibility
Davies, Pat, Ed. – 1995
This book presents international perspectives on access and participation of adults in higher education in selected European countries. The book begins with an introduction by Pat Davies and includes papers detailing and providing examples of practices and policies of higher educational institutions regarding adult students in the following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, College Admission
Baumberger, Julie P.; Harper, Ruth E. – Corwin Press, 2006
Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides: (1) Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Career Development, School Counselors, Guides
Fogg, Neal; Sum, Andrew; Mangum, Garth – 1999
The case for and consequences of redefining poverty were considered. The analysis focused on the following issues: (1) remeasuring poverty in a time of prosperity; (2) alternative poverty measures; (3) consequences of and enhanced poverty threshold; (4) assessing the performance of employment and training programs in achieving income adequacy…
Descriptors: Classification, Cost Indexes, Costs, Definitions