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Hamilton, Laura; Gross, Betheny – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
The pandemic affected the lives and social-emotional experiences of every student to some extent. Along with the unprecedented closures of schools across the country in March 2020, virtually all social activities ceased. Students were cut off from their teachers, with uneven access to live instruction and hands-on, collaborative learning. There…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Interpersonal Relationship
De La Rosa, Mari Luna; Tierney, William G. – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2006
Rather than promote access, college admissions and financial aid processes often create a series of barriers that the poorest student must overcome to get to college. The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California directed a three-year research initiative,…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Student Financial Aid, College Admission, Interviews
Ashby, Suzanne; Garza, Cris; Rivas, Maggie – 1998
How public deliberation can be used to bring together schools and communities with linguistic and cultural diversity so that they can focus on educational reform is discussed. Public deliberation is described and its purposes reviewed. Three public engagement formats, forums and study circles, focus groups, and citizens' juries, are described. One…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Cultural Differences, Decision Making, Diversity (Student)
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
This guide's 11 sections are: "Evolution of Whole School Reform (WSR) in New Jersey"; "Department of Education Organizational Structure in Support of Urban Education Reform"; "Whole School Reform Regulations"; "School Management Teams: Leading the Process"; "Becoming a Whole School Reform School";…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Ascher, Carol – 1988
This paper summarizes the major points raised at a conference on "School/Community Collaborations: Policy Implications for Urban Education" held in New York City (New York) on May 12-13, 1988. Schools or school districts have successfully collaborated with businesses, unions, schools of higher education, hospitals, youth agencies,…
Descriptors: Community Role, Community Support, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Walker, B. J., Ed. – Cityschools, 1995
"Cityschools" reports on research regarding the transformation of urban schools to make this research more accessible to practitioners in urban classrooms. This theme issue focuses on youth violence, exploring how some schools, families, and communities are working together to organize their resources and to design strategies to fight violence.…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Astrein, Bruce; Steinberg, Adria – 1985
This report summarizes a working conference held at the Educational Technology Center in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education to explore the uses of educational technology in urban schools and offer recommendations for developing policies and programs. Participants included urban practitioners, researchers, professors, policy…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Frazier, Gloria G.; Sickles, Robert N. – 1993
As part of the Directory of Innovations Series, this volume provides information about programs and practices for educational improvement and school restructuring. It provides brief overviews of about 150 high school or district-wide programs with descriptions of the following: (1) goals; (2) location; (3) demographics; (4) how it works; (5) how…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Education Law Center, Inc., Newark, NJ. – 1998
This document contains the following "Abbott Opinions": (1) "Early Childhood Education"; (2) "Adequate School Facilities"; (3) "Supplemental Programs and Whole School Reform in Elementary Schools"; (4) "Supplemental Programs in Middle and High Schools"; and (5) "Planning Programs and Budgets…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Lewis, Magdalena C. – 1993
The Padres a la escuela (PAE) or Parents in the School program in San Antonio (Texas) encouraged the participation of Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The successes of the PAE program are used in this guidebook to help parents, program staff, and policy makers in similar efforts. This handbook describes the history,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Planning. – 1989
This report presents results of a comprehensive survey of the Goldsboro (North Carolina) City School System conducted during the 1988-89 school year. The purpose of the survey was to determine long-range planning implications for the areas of organization, facility utilization, facility needs, site development, and media facilities. The report is…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Media, Educational Planning
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1983
This publication presents a statistical overview of each elementary, intermediate, junior high, senior high, and special education school in the New York City public school system for the 1981-1982 school year. Data are provided on physical facilities, pupil enrollment, ethnic composition, class size, student promotion, Title I status, free lunch…
Descriptors: Attendance, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Koopman, Roberta; And Others – 1989
This paper evaluates the Seattle (Washington) School District's 5-year Bilingual Resource Service Model project. The project aimed to improve bilingual education services for elementary limited English proficient students of Chinese, Laotian/Hmong/Mien, Vietnamese, or Cambodian native language backgrounds by increasing the instructional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cambodians, Chinese Americans, Coordination
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Office of Intercultural Programs. – 1991
This report evaluates the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District (DMICSD) Intercultural programs. The following types of programs are in place: (1) a Voluntary Transfer Program; (2) paired schools; (3) magnet schools; (4) Extended Day Kindergarten; (5) English as a Second Language (ESL)/Bilingual Education; (6) a Bilingual…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Deffenbaugh, W.S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
The demand for Bulletin 1915 No. 44, School Administration in the smaller cities, having been so great that the supply was soon exhausted, and the demand for it still being great, a new-bulletin regarding the administration of schools in the smaller cities has been prepared. The information contained in it was collected by means of a…
Descriptors: School Administration, Urban Schools, Superintendents, Principals