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Daniel Hamlin – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2024
The significant decrease in student achievement levels following the pandemic has become a pressing national problem, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts showed some of the sharpest academic achievement declines in the country. To assist schools in recovering from the pandemic, the federal government allocated three waves of funding through its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Trend Analysis, COVID-19, Pandemics
Houston Independent School District, 2021
Title I, Part A; Title II, Part A; and Title IV, Part A funds are provided to the Houston Independent School District (HISD) through the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). All three funds focus on enhancing student achievement. Title I, Part A…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
In the report, "Addressing Education Inequality with a Next Generation of Community Schools: A Blueprint for Mayors, States, and the Federal Government" (ED614128) the Brookings Institution's Task Force on Next Generation Community Schools recommends the transformation of U.S. schools into community schools. This executive summary of the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs
Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
During few times in America's history has leadership in education been more critical. Far too many communities continue to face the enduring impacts of systematic racism and generational poverty. The nation's schools have also been impacted by COVID-19 and, for many, the effects are staggering and could last for years. At the same time, as the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Needs
National Archives and Records Administration, 2015
The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education adopts final requirements for the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program, authorized under section 1003(g) of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). These final requirements make changes to the current SIG program requirements and implement…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Manspile, Eleanor; Atwell, Matthew N.; Bridgeland, John M. – Civic, 2021
Immigrants are a vital part of America and help form the backbone of the economy and communities. Too often, however, immigrants are not given the same educational opportunities or necessary attention as their native-born peers in high school, leading to lower high school graduation rates and postsecondary attainment. Immigrant students face added…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Access to Education, Barriers, High School Students
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
The Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) discretionary grants program aims to reduce the persistent achievement gap between Native American and Alaska Native (NA/AN) youth and their peers in reading and English language arts (ELA) and college readiness in reading. NA/AN students enter school with varying levels of skill in…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Achievement Gap, American Indian Languages
Tanenbaum, Courtney; Cole, Susan; Autumn, Stephanie; Chavez, Suzette; Cinque, Alexa; Sowers, Jayne – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
The Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) discretionary grants program aims to reduce the persistent achievement gaps between Native American and Alaska Native (NA/AN) youth and their peers on measures of reading and English language arts (ELA) (NCES 2015) and on measures of college-readiness in reading (ACT 2017). One reason…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Achievement Gap, American Indian Languages
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Kern, Lee; Evans, Steven W.; Lewis, Timothy J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
Recent efforts to improve American educational practices have focused on determining the efficacy of interventions and instructional practices via randomized controlled trials. Aligned with this effort, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), the primary funding agency for experimental research in education, has organized grant funding into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Practices, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods