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Zhou, Yu; Jiang, Yong; Zhang, Beibei – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of Puhui kindergartens (PhKs), an innovative type of kindergarten proposed by the Chinese government as part of a 2010 national policy for the development of universal early childhood education, from the perspective of parents. Altogether, 28,732 Chinese parents, randomly sampled…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Student Development
Baroody, Karen; Rho, Lois – Education Resource Strategies, 2016
"The Rewards of Perseverance" tells the story of a district with a clear vision, stable leadership, and deliberate evolution in response to change. Located just north of Houston, AISD has faced daunting challenges since the 1990s--including a significant increase in high-need students, and more rigorous state tests. At the same time, the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment
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Frock, David – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: This exploratory research project aims to seek an effective process for identifying supervisors of part-time student employees who also serve in a mentoring capacity. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on a review of literature and an evaluation process focused on established traits and functions of mentoring as applied to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Employment, Supervision, Supervisors
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Liu, Peng – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
This article reviews the literature on how Chinese turnaround schools are improved in practice. It starts by defining turnaround schools in the Chinese context, and then discusses the essential reasons why such schools exist. Approaches to improving turnaround schools, successful experiences of transforming turnaround schools, and the challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Turnaround, Educational Change, Literature Reviews
Rotberg, Iris C.; Wolf, Alison – 1977
Congress has requested that the National Institute of Education (NIE) assess the current effectiveness of compensatory education programs in meeting their fundamental purposes, and examine a alternative methods by which the effectiveness of compensatory programs might be improved. These requests are included in the provisions of Section 821,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This interim report, the first of three requested by Congress from NIE, is in response to Congress' instructions to NIE via the 1974 ESEA amendments to (1) conduct a study of compensatory education programs which would examine the fundamental purposes and effectiveness of the programs, (2) analyze ways of identifying children in greatest need of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Boards of Education, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness