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LiBetti, Ashley – Bellwether Education Partners, 2019
This publication is part of the "Leading by Exemplar" project, a multi-year study conducted by Bellwether Education Partners. In this project, every aspect of the Head Start exemplars' program design and practice was closely examined in an effort to understand each program's "secret sauce." Leading by Exemplar has three goals:…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Best Practices
Johnson, Beth; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2011
In 2009-2010, Positive Behavior Support (PBS) was implemented on 80 Austin Independent School District (AISD) campuses with support from the AISD PBS team. Through PBS, campuses develop a continuum of systemic and individualized strategies delivered within school-wide, classroom, and individual student systems. A separate research brief report…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Intervention, School Districts
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Bloomquist, Michael L.; August, Gerald J.; Horowitz, Jason L.; Lee, Susanne S.; Jensen, Cheryl – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2008
This paper summarizes an effort to transpose and sustain the evidence-based Early Risers "Skills for Success" conduct problems prevention program in a real world community service system. The Early Risers program had previously been implemented by a local agency within the context of research-based operations. In the current initiative,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Program Implementation, Financial Support
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2010
This report to Congress provides critical information about the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program (CMHI), including the characteristics of children, youth, and families as they enter the CMHI; the outcomes attained for children and youth, and their caregivers and families after entry into the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Financial Support, Individual Characteristics, Outcomes of Treatment
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Smith, Mark; McKay, Euan; Chakrabarti, Mono – Improving Schools, 2004
Over the past couple of decades, residential special schools in Scotland have faced fundamental changes to the way they operate. This has involved the withdrawal of state funding, a shrinkage of the sector and a situation in which schools now have to sell their services in a market economy in order to survive. This article gives a brief outline of…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Special Schools, Behavior Problems, Children
Wenglinsky, Harold – 1997
Little agreement exists on which school expenditures and resources are most likely to improve student resources or whether resources really matter at all. This study compiles a national database of school finance information and analyzes the data to address the importance of school expenditures. Data were collected from the National Assessment of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Databases, Educational Administration