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Junge, Melissa; Krvaric, Sheara – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
While the federal government spends billions of dollars every year on federal education programs, federal policymakers and education advocates often lament that these programs do not achieve their intended results--specifically, increasing student academic achievement. To address this problem, policymakers and advocates typically debate the merits…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Lachlan-Hache, Jonathon; Naik, Manish; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2012
The School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, initially enacted as part of the "No Child Left Behind" amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, underwent a substantial transformation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Under the new program, states identified 2,172 persistently low-achieving schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Change
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1980
A current project of the Southeastern Public Education Program (SEPEP) of the American Friends Service Committee is strengthening the implementation of parental involvement requirements of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Toward this end, SEPEP has provided technical assistance to parent advisory council members in…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Associations, Parent Participation
ROBY, WALLACE – 1966
THIS EVALUATION BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECTS CAUTIONS ABOUT MAKING GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD. THE REPORT NOTES, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH AN EVALUATION CAN BE USEFUL IN ESTABLISHING BASELINE DATA AND…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Community Action, Compensatory Education