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Burgin, Ximena D.; Daniel, Mayra C.; Riley, Carolyn F. – TESL-EJ, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled educational communities across the world into emergency remote models of instruction. This study documented the perceptions of 11 teachers from the State of Illinois regarding the quality of online instruction in their schools and their unexpected challenges from March of 2019-2020 academic year. Three points of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Educational Change
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
This report examines what is known about enrollment, discipline, and support staff in alternative schools, among other objectives. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzed data on alternative schools for school years 2013-14 and 2015-16 from Education's Civil Rights Data Collection (most recent years available); visited selected school…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Disproportionate Representation
Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Gwynne, Julia A.; Stitziel Pareja, Amber; Allensworth, Elaine M.; Moore, Paul; Jagesic, Sanja; Sorice, Elizabeth – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2014
Significant attention is currently focused on ensuring that children are enrolled in preschool. However, regular attendance is also critically important. Children with better preschool attendance have higher kindergarten readiness scores, this is especially true for students entering with low skills. Unfortunately, many preschool-aged children are…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Preschool Education, Attendance Patterns
Bridges, Margaret; McElmurry, Sara – Institute of Human Development (NJ1), 2010
Bilingual education has taken center stage in Illinois with a new education mandate; many public preschools will be required to offer bilingual education to all three- and four-year-olds who do not speak English. Dual-language (DL) classrooms represent one very promising model in bilingual education that is being used to develop these new…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Bilingualism
Davila, Erica R.; de Bradley, Ann Aviles – Educational Foundations, 2010
This article explores the sociopolitical context of education policy, particularly as it relates to Latina/o education. The authors highlight the status of Latinas/os within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to examine the impact of education policy designed to benefit few and disenfranchise most. They draw attention to the injustices of Latinas/os…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Education, Politics of Education, Evaluation
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
Success for All (SFA) is a comprehensive reading, writing, and oral language development program for students in pre-K through eighth grade. Its underlying premise is that all children, including those with limited English proficiency, can and should be reading in English at grade level by the end of third grade. (SFA can impact Spanish literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Tutoring, Reading Achievement, Parent Participation
DeDeo, Carrie-Anne, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This double issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" focuses on one of the central components of complementary learning: family involvement. As outlined in the Theory & Practice article, investments in family involvement are important across ages and settings and through the co-constructed efforts and shared responsibilities of many…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten