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Download full textPublic Policy Forum, 2003
Today in Milwaukee 11,163 children receive vouchers to attend 107 different private schools. What began as an experiment in market-based education reform has grown to be one of the largest educational programs in the state of Wisconsin. Over the past five years, the Public Policy Forum has conducted a census of all schools participating in the…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Urban Schools, Private Schools
Kirkpatrick, Nanda D.; And Others – 1991
This paper describes magnet school programs offering a special or enhanced curricula to attract an ethnically diverse population at all grade levels in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD). Researchers collected data through interviews, site visits, brochures, campus programs summaries, and an analysis of the Student Master File.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Koopman, Roberta; And Others – 1989
This paper evaluates the Seattle (Washington) School District's 5-year Bilingual Resource Service Model project. The project aimed to improve bilingual education services for elementary limited English proficient students of Chinese, Laotian/Hmong/Mien, Vietnamese, or Cambodian native language backgrounds by increasing the instructional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cambodians, Chinese Americans, Coordination
Kirkpatrick, Nanda D.; And Others – 1991
This report describes after-school programs available in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD). Fifty-nine sites offer either after-school child care or instruction to elementary school students in the HISD. Magnet's Extended Instructional Day program is the largest and the Houston Committee for Private Sector Initiatives'…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Black Students, Children
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Office of Intercultural Programs. – 1991
This report evaluates the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District (DMICSD) Intercultural programs. The following types of programs are in place: (1) a Voluntary Transfer Program; (2) paired schools; (3) magnet schools; (4) Extended Day Kindergarten; (5) English as a Second Language (ESL)/Bilingual Education; (6) a Bilingual…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Wheelock, Anne – 1986
Practices of attendance, suspension, and non-promotion in middle schools in Boston (Massachusetts) encourage at-risk students to drop out. School policies and practices, student data, and interviews with at-risk students were reviewed to determine which practices encourage disengagement from school. Personal narratives are included. Major findings…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Demonstration Programs
Braden, William; And Others – 1988
This report examines preschool and early primary education in the Chicago (Illinois) public schools, and its impact on disadvantaged minority children. Statistical data were gathered by a survey of 196 kindergarten teachers. For comparison, the survey was also sent to kindergarten teachers in Wilmette (Illinois), a Chicago suburb. Part 1,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
