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Understanding and Supporting the Educational Needs of Recently Arrived Immigrant English Learner Students: Lessons for State and Local Education Agencies
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Umansky, Ilana; Hopkins, Megan; Dabach, Dafney Blanca; Porter, Lorna; Thompson, Karen; Pompa, Delia – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2018
Recently arrived immigrant English learners (RAIELs) are a highly diverse group, encompassing important subgroups such as students with refugee status, unaccompanied minors, and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFEs). RAIELs arrive in the U.S. filtering into all grade levels, with varied initial English proficiency levels,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English Language Learners, Student Needs, Student Diversity
Student Volunteering in English Higher Education
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Holdsworth, Clare; Quinn, Jocey – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Volunteering in English higher education has come under political scrutiny recently, with strong cross-party support for schemes to promote undergraduate volunteering in particular. Recent targeted initiatives and proposals have sought to strengthen both the role of volunteering in higher education and synergies between higher education and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Volunteers, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
Evaluation of the New York City Dropout Prevention Initiative. Final Report on the Middle Schools for Year Two, 1986-87.
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the middle school Dropout Prevention Program (DPP) of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) focuses on student characteristics, program services, and outcomes. The 29 DPP middle schools were divided into two models. Fifteen of the schools comprise Project…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Evaluation of the New York City Dropout Prevention Initiative. Final Report on the High Schools for Year Two, 1986-87.
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) in 13 high schools focuses on student characteristics and outcomes, with a discussion of a set of statistical data on program services, findings on school-level indicators of program effectiveness, and an analysis of…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention