Financial Incentives For Teen Parents To Stay In School What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

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Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

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Total Pages : 21 pages
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Download or read book Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial incentives for teen parents are components of state welfare programs intended to encourage enrollment, attendance, and completion of high school as a means of increasing employment and earnings and reducing welfare dependence. The incentives take the form of bonuses and sanctions to the welfare grant related to school enrollment, performance, and completion. The programs typically provide case management and social services to supplement financial incentives. One study of financial incentives for teen parents met the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards and a second study met WWC evidence standards with reservations. The two studies included more than 2,000 pregnant or parenting teens in the Ohio Learning, Earning, and Parenting program (LEAP) and the California Cal-Learn program. Financial incentives for teen parents had potentially positive effects on staying in school, no discernible effects on progressing in school, and no discernible effects on completing school. (Contains 4 footnotes and 17 appendices.) [This publication was produced by the What Works Clearinghouse. The following studies are reviewed in this intervention report: (1) Long, D., Gueron, J. M., Wood, R. G., Fisher, R., & Fellerath, V. (1996). "LEAP: Three-Year Impacts of Ohio's Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance among Teenage Parents." New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation; and (2) Mauldon, J., Malvin, J., Stiles, J., Nicosia, N., & Seto, E. (2000). "Impact of California's Cal-Learn Demonstration Project: Final Report." Berkeley, CA: University of California, UC DATA.].

Program Evaluation

Author : Susan P. Giancola
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506357431
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Program Evaluation written by Susan P. Giancola and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Program Evaluation: Embedding Evaluation into Program Design and Development provides an in-depth examination of the foundations, methods, and relevant issues in the field of evaluation. With an emphasis on an embedded approach, where evaluation is an explicit part of a program that leads to the refinement of the program, students will learn how to conduct effective evaluations that foster continual improvement and enable data-based decision making. This text provides students with both the theoretical understanding and the practical tools to conduct effective evaluations while being rigorous enough for experienced evaluators looking to expand their approach to evaluation.

New Chance. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

Author : What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book New Chance. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report written by What Works Clearinghouse (ED) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New Chance," a program for young welfare mothers who have dropped out of school, aims to improve both their employment potential and their parenting skills. Participants take GED (General Educational Development) preparation classes and complete a parenting and life skills curriculum. Once they complete this first phase of the program, they can receive occupational training and job placement assistance from "New Chance," which also offers case management and child care. One study of "New Chance" met What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. This randomized controlled trial, including over 2,000 women, was conducted in 16 sites in 10 states: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Based on this one study, the WWC considers the extent of evidence for "New Chance" to be small for completing school. That study did not examine the effectiveness of "New Chance" in the domains of staying or progressing in school. "New Chance" was found to have potentially positive effects on completing school. (Contains 7 footnotes.) [The following study is reviewed in this intervention report: Quint, J. C., Bos, H. M., & Polit, D. F. (1997). "New Chance: Final report on a comprehensive program for young mothers in poverty and their children." New York, NY: MDRC.].

School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Author : Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483320014
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book School, Family, and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Clearinghouse Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Clearinghouse Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Parenting Matters

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309388570
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

WWC Quick Review of the Report "Rewarding Persistence

Author : What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book WWC Quick Review of the Report "Rewarding Persistence written by What Works Clearinghouse (ED) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents" examined whether community college students are more likely to persist in school if they are offered financial incentives tied to school performance. The study included 1,019 low-income parents enrolled at two Louisiana community colleges. Eligible students who had not previously taken college-level courses at the community college and volunteered to participate were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the performance-based scholarship or a control group that did not. The study authors analyzed school transcript data to assess effects on college enrollment and credits earned. The financial incentive program increased the percentage of community college students who were enrolled the second semester after random assignment, and increased the average number of credits they earned during the first two semesters after random assignment. For students whose follow-up period was not interrupted by Hurricane Katrina, study authors reported that the intervention group was significantly more likely than the control group to be enrolled in school four semesters after random assignment and had earned significantly more credits over that period. What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) found the described research consistent with WWC evidence standards, citing the study as a well-implemented control trial, while recognizing that Hurricane Katrina interrupted the study's follow-up period and affected examination of longer-term impacts. [The following report was the focus of this "Quick Review": "Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents." L. Richburg-Ayes, T. Brock, A. LeBlanc, C. Paxson, C. E. Rouse, and L. Barrow. MDRC, 2009 (ED503917).].

Resources in Education

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Check & Connect. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

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Total Pages : 15 pages
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Download or read book Check & Connect. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Check & Connect" is a dropout prevention strategy that relies on close monitoring of school performance, as well as mentoring, case management, and other supports. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewed six studies on "Check & Connect" that were designed to assess the program's effectiveness. Four of these studies passed WWC relevance screens--they focused on the program's effectiveness among middle and high school students and examined outcomes from at least one of the three relevant domains: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. Of these four studies, one met WWC evidence standards and another met WWC evidence standards with reservations. These latter two studies included a total of more than 200 students attending Minneapolis high schools. In both studies the students entered the program at the beginning of the ninth grade. The studies examined the program's effects in three dropout prevention domains considered by the WWC: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. These two studies found positive effects on staying in school and potentially positive effects on progressing in school. The studies found no discernible effects on completing school on time (within four years of entering ninth grade). (Contains 8 footnotes.) [This publication was produced by the What Works Clearinghouse. The following two studies are reviewed in this intervention report: (1) Sinclair, M. F., Christenson, S. L., Evelo, D. L., & Hurley, C. M. (1998). Dropout Prevention for Youth with Disabilities: Efficacy of a Sustained School Engagement Procedure. "Exceptional Children," 65(1), 7-21; and (2) Sinclair, M. F., Christenson, S. L., & Thurlow, M. L. (2005). Promoting School Completion of Urban Secondary Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities. "Exceptional Children," 71(4), 465-482.].

Schools and Families

Author : Dorothy Rich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Schools and Families written by Dorothy Rich and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Risk Families & Schools

Author : Lynn Balster Liontos
Publisher : University of Oregon ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book At Risk Families & Schools written by Lynn Balster Liontos and published by University of Oregon ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. This book was released on 1992 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides help for educators in meeting the challenge of involving parents and extended families of at-risk children with ideas on how to communicate with low-income, nonwhite, and non-English-speaking parents.

The Promise of Adolescence

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309490111
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Promise of Adolescence written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescenceâ€"beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€"is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescenceâ€"rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish.

The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning

Author : Peter Barrett
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464813787
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning written by Peter Barrett and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning: A Synthesis of the Evidence provides an excellent literature review of the resources that explore the areas of focus for improved student learning, particularly the aspiration for “accessible, well-built, child-centered, synergetic and fully realized learning environments.†? Written in a style which is both clear and accessible, it is a practical reference for senior government officials and professionals involved in the planning and design of educational facilities, as well as for educators and school leaders. --Yuri Belfali, Head of Division, Early Childhood and Schools, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills This is an important and welcome addition to the surprisingly small, evidence base on the impacts of school infrastructure given the capital investment involved. It will provide policy makers, practitioners, and those who are about to commission a new build with an important and comprehensive point of reference. The emphasis on safe and healthy spaces for teaching and learning is particularly welcome. --Harry Daniels, Professor of Education, Department of Education, Oxford University, UK This report offers a useful library of recent research to support the, connection between facility quality and student outcomes. At the same time, it also points to the unmet need for research to provide verifiable and reliable information on this connection. With such evidence, decisionmakers will be better positioned to accurately balance the allocation of limited resources among the multiple competing dimensions of school policy, including the construction and maintenance of the school facility. --David Lever, K-12 Facility Planner, Former Executive Director of the Interagency Committee on School Construction, Maryland Many planners and designers are seeking a succinct body of research defining both the issues surrounding the global planning of facilities as well as the educational outcomes based on the quality of the space provided. The authors have finally brought that body of evidence together in this well-structured report. The case for better educational facilities is clearly defined and resources are succinctly identified to stimulate the dialogue to come. We should all join this conversation to further the process of globally enhancing learning-environment quality! --David Schrader, AIA, Educational Facility Planner and Designer, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Association for Learning Environments (A4LE)

Adolescent Mothers in Later Life

Author : Frank F. Furstenberg
Publisher : Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Mothers in Later Life written by Frank F. Furstenberg and published by Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique profile of long term adaptation to early parenthood emerges from this analysis of a landmark study of the life histories of approximately 300 teenage mothers and their children over a seventeen year period.

Cultivating Parental Involvement in Middle Schools: A Case Study

Author : Dr. Marcia Griffiths-Prince
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557154146
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Parental Involvement in Middle Schools: A Case Study written by Dr. Marcia Griffiths-Prince and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the perceptions of middle school teachers, parents and administrators regarding parental Involvement. The research garnered can be used to improve the relationship between home and school, ultimately increasing academic performance and partnership among the two entities. Teachers, School Administrators, and Students in Teacher Preparation Programs will find this book to be a tremendous resource for academic success and partnership building.

Dropping Out

Author : Russell W. Rumberger
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674063163
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Dropping Out written by Russell W. Rumberger and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of kids in the developed world finish high school—but not in the United States. More than a million kids drop out every year, around 7,000 a day, and the numbers are rising. Dropping Out offers a comprehensive overview by one of the country’s leading experts, and provides answers to fundamental questions: Who drops out, and why? What happens to them when they do? How can we prevent at-risk kids from short-circuiting their futures? Students start disengaging long before they get to high school, and the consequences are severe—not just for individuals but for the larger society and economy. Dropouts never catch up with high school graduates on any measure. They are less likely to find work at all, and more likely to live in poverty, commit crimes, and suffer health problems. Even life expectancy for dropouts is shorter by seven years than for those who earn a diploma. Russell Rumberger advocates targeting the most vulnerable students as far back as the early elementary grades. And he levels sharp criticism at the conventional definition of success as readiness for college. He argues that high schools must offer all students what they need to succeed in the workplace and independent adult life. A more flexible and practical definition of achievement—one in which a high school education does not simply qualify you for more school—can make school make sense to young people. And maybe keep them there.

Handbook on Family and Community Engagement

Author : Sam Redding
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1617356700
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Family and Community Engagement written by Sam Redding and published by IAP. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six of the best thinkers on family and community engagement were assembled to produce this Handbook, and they come to the task with varied backgrounds and lines of endeavor. Each could write volumes on the topics they address in the Handbook, and quite a few have. The authors tell us what they know in plain language, succinctly presented in short chapters with practical suggestions for states, districts, and schools. The vignettes in the Handbook give us vivid pictures of the real life of parents, teachers, and kids. In all, their portrayal is one of optimism and celebration of the goodness that encompasses the diversity of families, schools, and communities across our nation.