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Augustine, Catherine H.; Engberg, John; Grimm, Geoffrey E.; Lee, Emma; Wang, Elaine Lin; Christianson, Karen; Joseph, Andrea A. – RAND Corporation, 2018
Across the country, school districts, their stakeholders, and policymakers have become increasingly concerned about suspensions, particularly about suspending students from elementary school and disproportionately suspending ethnic/racial minority students. Suspended students are less likely to graduate, possibly because they miss the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Urban Schools, Suspension, Program Effectiveness
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Kim, Ha Yeon; Hsin, Lisa B.; Snow, Catherine E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Most U.S. classrooms serve students with various linguistic and academic needs. Tier-I universal approaches support English language learners (ELLs) without segregating them into a different track and thereby constraining future learning opportunities. The current study examines whether Word Generation (WG), a Tier-I discussion-based program…
Descriptors: Equal Education, English Language Learners, Poverty, Program Effectiveness
Snyder, Catherine; Stevenson, Olivia – Grantee Submission, 2021
"G[superscript 2]ROW STEM" is an Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant funded by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. "G[superscript 2]ROW STEM" targets high-need middle school students, particularly females and minorities, that tend to be underrepresented in STEM careers.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Middle School Students, Females, Minority Group Students
Shriner, James G.; Carty, Susan J.; Rose, Chad A.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Kim, Myungjin; Trach, John S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
This study explored the effects of a web-based decision support system ("Tutorial") for writing standards-based Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). A total of 35 teachers and 154 students participated across two academic years. Participants were assigned to one of three intervention groups based on level of "Tutorial"…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Web Based Instruction, Intervention, Comparative Analysis
Decker, Paul T.; Mayer, Daniel P.; Glazerman, Steven – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2004
Teach For America (TFA) was founded in 1989 to address the educational inequities facing children in low-income communities across the United States by expanding the pool of teacher candidates available to the schools those children attend. TFA recruits seniors and recent graduates from colleges around the country, people who are willing to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education, Low Income Groups, Equal Education
Karen Barbara Patterson – ProQuest LLC, 2003
The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) suggests that the general education setting is the most appropriate placement for all students with disabilities based on its mandate for the least restrictive environment. Because many children with disabilities have historically been educated in self-contained…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities