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Direct linkLindsay Ellis Lee; Anne N. Rinn; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2024
The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) is the most widely used norm-referenced creativity test used in gifted identification. Although commonly used for identifying talent, little is known about how creativity tests, like the TTCT-Figural, contribute to the probability of being identified as gifted especially with underrepresented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Identification, Creativity Tests, Creative Thinking
Download full textRanalli, Dennis; Templin, Joe; Applebaum, Maggie – US Department of Agriculture, 2021
This report responds to the requirement of PL 110-246 to assess the effectiveness of state and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals. Direct certification is a process conducted by the states and by local educational agencies (LEAs) to certify eligible children for free meals without the need for household applications.…
Descriptors: National Programs, Lunch Programs, Certification, Eligibility
Returning to the Intent of Government School Meals: Helping Students in Need. Backgrounder. No. 3399
Butcher, Jonathan; Menon, Vijay – Heritage Foundation, 2019
The National School Lunch Program's (NSLP) original goal was to help students in need, but policy changes in the past decade have made students from middle-income and upper-income families eligible for federally funded school meals. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), an expansion of the NSLP enacted in 2010, effectively created a federal…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Student Needs, Low Income Students, Educational Policy
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2012
Homelessness is a lack of fixed, regular, and adequate housing often resulting from extreme poverty; economic hardship due to job loss, illness, or a similar reason; or devastation following a natural disaster. According to the Urban Institute, the mean income of families experiencing homelessness is less than half the federal poverty line. This…
Descriptors: Food, Homeless People, Youth Programs, Nutrition
Hagert, Celia – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2007
In this testimony Celia Hagert, senior policy analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities, testifies in support of CSHB 454, which relates to the provision of free lunch and breakfast to all enrolled students in certain school districts and campuses. Houston Independent School District (HISD) started serving free breakfast to all students…
Descriptors: School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Costs
Peer reviewedTaylor, Bryan P. – Integrated Education, 1972
The text of testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs concerning the participation of the San Diego Independent School District in the National School Lunch program, by the district superintendent. (JM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Administration, Educational Resources
McGee, Jerry C.; And Others – 1991
The Sam Houston State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa used a 32-item questionnaire to collect discrete data on early childhood programs in Texas. Also collected were individuals' impressions, attitudes, and readiness plans for early childhood program expansion. The survey was a response to legislative developments, particularly a 1990 Texas…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Eligibility, Full Day Half Day Schedules
Hagert, Celia – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2005
The Center for Public Policy Priorities supports HB 2574. Why encourage school districts to offer free meals to all students? The link between adequate nutrition and improved academic performance creates a clear incentive for Texas to increase participation in the school breakfast and lunch programs, particularly among low-income children.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Eligibility, Lunch Programs
