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Henig, Jeffrey R.; Hula, Richard C.; Orr, Marion; Pedescleaux, Desiree S. – 1999
This study traced the relationships among demographic change, political change, and education in: Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; and the District of Columbia. Although each city is different and has experienced periods of enthusiasms for school reform, all four cities are dealing with objective indicators of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Political Influences
Download full textPeterson, Paul E.; Greene, Jay P.; Howell, William G.; McCready, William – 1998
The Washington Scholarship Fund Pilot Program (WSF) was established as a privately funded voucher program for low-income families in the District of Columbia. The WSF awarded its scholarships by lottery, making it possible to evaluate it as though it were a randomized experiment. The responses of qualified families with children in public schools…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Groups
Ready, Timothy – 1991
The passage from adolescence to adulthood of a group of young Latino immigrants, all of whom attended a Washington (District of Columbia) high school called the Multicultural Career Intern Program (MCIP) in the 1980s, is traced. Background and circumstances suggested that these youths were at-risk, but most made good use of their MCIP-related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
