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Download full textEinspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 2001
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, High Risk Students
Gaylord, Vicki, Ed. – Institute on Community Integration (NJ1), 2004
This issue of the quarterly publication focuses on Achieving Secondary Education and Transition Results for Students with Disabilities. Editorial introduction notes that today's educational systems are being called upon to re-examine how they prepare students with disabilities for adult life. The shift toward greater participation by students with…
Descriptors: Community Services, Nontraditional Education, Disabilities, Accountability
Einspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 2000
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Einspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 1999
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Case, Annette; Burchfield, Erin; Sommers, Paul – 2001
Unemployment wage data were evaluated to assess employment, job retention, and wage progression for graduates of Community Jobs (CJ), a short-term public job creation program for the hard to employ in the state of Washington. The following were among the findings: (1) 66% of all participants were employed after graduating from CJ; (2) 53% were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Vocational Education, At Risk Persons
Jewett, Janet – 1991
This report presents a research-based framework for identifying high-quality early childhood centers. Quality in a school-based early childhood center is identified by: (1) classroom parameters, including curriculum and adult-child interaction; (2) client parameters, relating to children, families, and communities; and (3) school structure…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Development Centers, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Alssid, Julian L.; Gruber, David; Mazzeo, Christopher – 2000
As entitlements for students, "Average Daily Attendance" funding (ADA), Title I and Pell Grants can provide a stable funding base to support college bridge programs targeted to at-risk students and dropouts. In most states, school districts can re-enroll out-of-school students and draw additional ADA money from the state. College bridge…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
