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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Evidence of Program Quality and Youth Outcomes in the DYCD Out-of-School Time Initiative: Report on the Initiative's First Three Years
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Russell, Christina A.; Mielke, Monica B.; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
In September 2005, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) launched the Out-of-School Time Programs for Youth (OST) initiative to provide young people throughout New York City with access to high-quality programming after school, on holidays, and during the summer at no cost to their families. Working closely with…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Implementation, Youth Programs, Agency Cooperation
Evidence of Program Quality and Youth Outcomes in the DYCD Out-of-School Time Initiative: Report on the Initiative's First Three Years. Executive Summary
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Russell, Christina A.; Mielke, Monia B.; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
In September 2005, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) launched the Out-of-School Time Programs for Youth (OST) initiative to provide young people throughout New York City with access to high-quality programming after school, on holidays, and during the summer at no cost to their families. Working closely with…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Implementation, Youth Programs, Agency Cooperation
Model Literacy Programs: Save the Children. Evaluation Findings from the 2005-06 School Year
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White, Richard N.; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2007
During the 2005-06 school year, Save the Children supported 47 local programs in its model literacy initiative. Twenty of the sites operated for the first time during the 2005-06 school year, while 15 began operation in the spring of the 2004-05 school year, and the remaining 12 began operation during the 2003-04 school year. Services at local…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, After School Programs, Literacy, Literacy Education
Evaluation of New Century High Schools: Profile of an Initiative to Create and Sustain Small, Successful High Schools. Final Report
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Foley, Eileen M.; Klinge, Allan; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2007
The evaluation of the New Century High Schools (NCHS) initiative examined operations and student outcomes in 75 schools from 2002-2003 through 2005-2006. This report, the final in a series of annual evaluation reports, presents data collected over those years, with a focus on school year 2005-2006. The NCHS initiative grew out of a program theory…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, School Effectiveness, Effective Schools Research
New Century High Schools: Evaluation Findings from the Second Year
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Rubenstein, Michael C.; Reisner, Elizabeth R.; Coon, Michelle J.; Fabiano, Lara – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2005
The New Century High Schools (NCHS) initiative so far has launched three rounds of new small high schools in New York City, working in collaboration with the Department of Education of the City of New York (DOE), the teachers' and principals' professional associations, and a consortium of funders led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. New…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Facilities, Institutional Characteristics, Student Diversity