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Pugh, David – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
This article describes strategies used by the author in intermediate level reading, writing and social studies-history GED classes in Harlem and the Bronx. Since four out of five of the New York State TASC exams are based on reading, I assign extensive reading and discussion, as well as strategies for answering multiple-choice questions. In…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Equivalency Tests
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Sarah L. Hoiland; JungHang Lee; Norberto Michel Hernández Valdés-Portela – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background/Context: The Holistic Oasis for Parents' Education (HOPE) Program is an on-campus summer program designed to serve the whole student with a three-dimensional support model. Low-income, Black, and Hispanic parents experienced some of the most egregious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reflects the demographics of one in three…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Parents, Community College Students, Minority Group Students
Shaviro, Charles; Dvorkin, Eli; Bowles, Jonathan; Gallagher, Laird – Center for an Urban Future, 2021
This data brief is intended to shed light on the scope and scale of the disparities in college attainment across New York City. The analysis is conducted on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 and 2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. More specifically, it looks at educational attainment for working-age (age 25-64) residents of the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Urban Areas, Adult Students, Urban Renewal
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2020
With funding from the National Science Foundation in 2014, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched a five-year project to demonstrate the efficacy of regional ecosystems of community colleges, four-year higher education institutions, and STEM-driven business in facilitating the retention and persistence of students in STEM fields. This…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Business Relationship, Community Colleges, Colleges
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2020
This report demonstrates the power of business-higher education partnerships to create new kinds of STEM pathways that provide educational opportunity and economic mobility for underrepresented students. With funding from the National Science Foundation in 2014, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched a five-year project to demonstrate…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Business Relationship, Community Colleges, Colleges
Hildreth, Jeanine L.; Butler, Alisha N. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2018
The 2016-17 school year marked the third full school year of operation of the Parent Leadership Institute (PLI) of Children's Aid (CA). The PLI is funded via a 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant. Key goals of the PLI include: (1) improving the capacity of parents to effectively engage in the school community in support of their…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Adult Education