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Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
This study examined program participation and academic progress of second language learners, following a cohort of Texas public school students from the school years, 1992-93 to 1999-00 as they progressed through the elementary and middle grades. Researchers examined the following: changes in Texas policy related to students with limited English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Ausbrooks, Carrie Y. Barron; Barrett, Edith J.; Daniel, Theresa – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2005
This article chronicles the evolution of legislation for Texas open-enrollment charter schools to their implementation by demonstrating how these schools have (or have not) used their freedom from state-mandated requirements to develop innovative learning environments as well as to bring innovative curricula into the classroom. The investigative…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Charter Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Teacher Persistence
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Programs. – 1989
Texas's state plan for homeless education is presented in response to requirements of Title VII-B of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The plan is comprised of prefatory material, four main sections, and four appendices. The prefatory material consists of the following parts: (1) a prefatory statement; (2) a copy of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Brischetto, Robert – 1979
In a research note to a nine-volume, six-state study of the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, the author examines methodological issues involved in using statistics to measure the distribution of local fiscal capacity among school districts with different income and ethnic compositions. Using Texas as an example, the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Noland, James R.; Rand, E.W. – 1968
The major objective of this training institute was "to help critique the student teachers from the Houston, Texas, area develop knowledge and understanding of desegregation and its relationship to the teacher-learning situation in elementary and secondary schools". A further objective was to provide a cadre of new professional teachers…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1971
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of Policy Planning and Research. – 1996
School restructuring reforms have placed an increased emphasis on student outcomes as the primary qualitative measure of education systems. The Texas public school accountability system focuses attention on performance measured by standardized test scores (the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test), dropout rates, and attendance rates and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
Brischetto, Robert; Vaughan, David – 1979
To study the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, researchers gathered data on educational revenues and spending, tax effort, district wealth and income, ethnicity, and urban location in California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, and Texas. Their data analysis used various measures of educational equity and fiscal…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
American Home Economics Association, Washington, DC. – 1965
WORK WITH LOW INCOME FAMILIES HAS BEEN PART OF THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION (AHEA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION. A NATIONAL WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL, TEACHER-EDUCATORS, EXTENSION WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PERSONS WITH RELATED INTERESTS. TEXTS OF THE…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Action, Consumer Economics, Disadvantaged Youth
Direct linkGordon, David T., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2004
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Bringing Parents on Board: Strong Home-School Connections Enrich Learning Opportunities for Immigrant Kids--and Their Parents, Too (Sue Miller Wiltz); (2)…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Physical Geography, Teacher Competencies, Newsletters
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1968
Coordinated Vocational-Academic Education (CVAE), (formerly entitled Occupational Training), is the Texas Education Agency Vocational Program designed for students with special learning needs. It is intended for in-school youth possessing academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps to such an extent as to prevent them from succeeding in standard…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Conference Reports
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1967
Activities of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory are aimed at meeting the special educational needs of Mexican Americans, Negroes, and Acadian French located within the operating radius of the laboratory. Improved curricular offerings directed specifically toward the regional minorities in Texas and Louisiana have been introduced by…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Bilingualism, Black Education
Peer reviewedMontes, Felix – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
Based on the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach, the Content Area Program Enhancement (CAPE) model fosters a collaborative environment among teachers and administrators to improve achievement for English language learners. In three predominantly Hispanic middle schools in south Texas, CAPE improved reading and mathematics scores for all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrator Role, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Felice, Lawrence G. – 1975
This study evaluates the effects of busing on the subsequent achievement performance of bused black students. Differences in achievement gains or losses are hypothesized as being both a function of bused students attitudes toward busing and desegregation and of the interracial climate of acceptance in the receiving schools. Findings from data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Attitudes, Bus Transportation
Texas Kids Count Project, Austin. – 1995
This report presents information on the status of Hispanic children in Texas, with special emphasis on the comparative status of Hispanic children in counties along the Texas-Mexico border. Information was gathered from a literature review, state agencies, the 1990 decennial U.S. census, focus groups, and interviews. A demographic overview shows…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate
