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Education and Literacy
Examines whether charter schools draw high- or low-achieving students, how they affect the racial mix in the city's public schools, what achievement gains they realize, and what longer-term outcomes, as in graduation and college-entry rates, are expected.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois / Cook County / Chicago
Education and Literacy
Recommends state policies to improve community college students' retention and completion rates through enhanced tutoring, counseling, and other supports, as well as alternative instructional models that allow working adults to learn in flexible formats.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio;North America / United States (Western) / Colorado;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Washington
Education and Literacy
Recommends state policies to improve community college students' retention and completion rates through enhanced tutoring, counseling, and other supports, as well as alternative instructional models that allow working adults to learn in flexible formats.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio;North America / United States (Western) / Colorado;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Washington
Education and Literacy
Recommends state policies to improve community college students' retention and completion rates through enhanced tutoring, counseling, and other supports, as well as alternative instructional models that allow working adults to learn in flexible formats.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio;North America / United States (Western) / Colorado;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Washington
Education and Literacy
Profiles eight Wallace-supported approaches to preparing future principals to succeed in improving troubled city schools, including establishing clear expectations so that university preparation programs can craft training accordingly.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois / Cook County / Chicago;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Missouri / St. Louis County / St. Louis;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Rhode Island / Providence County / Providence;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois / Sangamon County / Springfield;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Indiana / Allen County / Fort Wayne;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts / Hampden County / Springfield;North America / United States (Southern) / Kentucky / Jefferson County
Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy
Presents a case study of community organizing for school reform by Chicago ACORN: how its coalition of community groups, training programs, teacher unions, and others shaped leadership development, district policy, school capacity, and student outcomes.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois / Cook County / Chicago
Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy
Assesses the impact of community organizing for school reform on student outcomes such as attendance and test scores, school-community relationships, parent engagement, teacher morale, and policy and resource distribution at the system level.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania
Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy
Assesses the impact of community organizing for school reform on student outcomes such as attendance and test scores, school-community relationships, parent engagement, teacher morale, and policy and resource distribution at the system level.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania
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