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Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Schwartz, Heather L.; Zakaras, Laura – RAND Corporation, 2013
Research shows low-income students suffer disproportionate learning loss over the summer and because those losses accumulate over time, they contribute substantially to the achievement gap between low- and higher-income children. The Wallace Foundation is funding a five-year demonstration project to examine whether summer learning programs can…
Descriptors: School Districts, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students, Planning
Bulgakov-Cook, Dina – Wake County Public School System, 2010
NovaNET is a technology-based teacher-facilitated educational approach used at schools to support students at risk of not meeting graduation requirements to accrue credits in a variety of subjects. NovaNET contributes to the WCPSS goal of closing achievement gaps and creating opportunities for all students to graduate on time. In 2008-09, 38…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Graduation Requirements, Achievement Gap, High Schools
Parsad, Basmat; Heaviside, Sheila; Williams, Catrina; Farris, Elizabeth – 2000
Summer-term projects are an important component of the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP), legislated under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In 1998, a nationally representative survey of MEP summer projects examined project characteristics, types of instructional and support services offered, and the projects' student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Garin, Robert H. – 1979
Universities offering the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Texas were compared, and students presently enrolled in graduate business courses at East Texas State University (ETSU), Dallas, were surveyed. In addition, a marketing proposal to increase student enrollment is proposed. The following seven universities that offer MBA…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Enrollment, Evening Programs, Higher Education