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Sadovnik, Alan R. – 1994
This book provides a sociological and historical analysis of the evolution and demise of a state college's educational opportunity program, the goal of which was to compensate for unequal pre-college education and provide equal opportunities for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. The program was an example of a special…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Labeling (of Persons)
Download full textNewark City School District, OH. – 1994
Chapter 1 In-Class programs are designed to improve the curriculum and instruction for Chapter 1 students, increase coordination and student time on task, enhance student self-esteem, and increase the student's academic achievement and test scores. This report describes a Chapter 1 In-Class Service model used within the Newark (Ohio) school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Planning, Disadvantaged Youth
Felan, Blanche Z. – 1988
This handbook provides guidelines for designing and establishing a vocational assessment center to address the special needs of educationally disadvantaged adults. Section I contains introductory comments on the problem of undereducated and underemployed adults and SAC's efforts to develop an assessment and advisement process specifically for this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Career Counseling
PDF pending restorationManasevit, Leigh M.; Cowan, Kristen Tosh – 1995
On October 20, 1994, President Clinton signed into law the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. This statute contains amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, including the reauthorization of Chapter 1, as the newly entitled Title I. The reauthorized Title I drastically restructures the direction of former remedial…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) (P.L. 98-211 as amended) and New Jersey State Chapter 212 were enacted to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) to expand and improve their educational programs to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children. Each eligible LEA must apply…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal)
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) provides financial assistance to state (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to meet special educational needs under the same formula that governed the allocation of Title I funds. The guidance in this document only pertains to the Chapter 1 program that provides…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compliance (Legal), Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disabilities
Smith, Eric J.; Pellin, Barbara J.; Agruso, Susan A. – 2003
This monograph describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of the full-day, literacy-focused Bright Beginnings program for disadvantaged preschoolers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in North Carolina. Key components of Bright Beginnings are a child-centered curriculum with strong language development and literacy emphasis,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Following up on the first two phases (1976-82) of the "District Practices Study" of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as presented in a resource book and seven special reports, this report is devoted to the study's third and final phase. During phase III (1982-83), researchers visited 14 sites to describe their…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
Lopez, M. Elena; Balle, Kris – 1993
This guide, volume four of a six-part series, describes several community-outreach methods and provides practical outreach suggestions that are based on experience, as well as typical problems and the ways practitioners have chosen to resolve them. The guide is divided into three parts. Part 1 focuses on recruitment. Specific topics cover ways of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Programs
McGivney, Veronica – 2000
The groups least represented in education and training provision in the United Kingdom are those who are also the most socially and economically disadvantaged: long-term unemployed people; low-wage manual workers; people with poor literacy and no qualifications; members of some black and Asian communities; older adults; homeless people; single…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Students
