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Whinnery, Erin; Rafa, Alyssa; Wolff, Kate – Education Commission of the States, 2018
Creative Youth Development (CYD) is a long-standing practice that fuels students' potential by intentionally integrating creative skill-building, inquiry and expression with positive youth development principles. In CYD programs, young people create original work through arts experiences and apply their creative skills to solve problems. These…
Descriptors: Creativity, Skill Development, Program Descriptions, Disadvantaged Youth
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Hughes, Hilary E.; Moulton, Matthew; Andrews, Gayle – Middle Grades Review, 2016
In this article we explore some of the challenges, constraints, and what we refer to as glimmers of revelation that occurred during an experiential, community-based teacher education course that we designed and co-taught in spring 2015. Trying to take seriously Kumashiro's (2009) notions that justice-oriented teacher education happens "only…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Power Structure, Program Descriptions
Duggan, Anne; Portilla, Ximena A.; Filene, Jill H.; Crowne, Sarah Shea; Hill, Carolyn J.; Lee, Helen; Knox, Virginia – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
This implementation research report describes the local programs, home visiting staff, and families who participated in the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE), a national evaluation of the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program launched in 2011. This national evaluation is…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits
Moore, Sarah H.; White, Linda Ann – 1975
This evaluation report identifies recent trends of Title I and examines their cost. The question said to be addressed is whether Title I financed activities in Georgia have any positive effect on the learning outcomes of participating children. Chapters deal with basic statistics for FY 74, pupil participation, expenditures, impact on achievement,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
Hensley, Mary; And Others – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1977
The Atlanta Area Vocational Technical School's course in consumer education and family life skills is taught in various community rehabilitation centers to such groups as alcoholics, prison probationer parolees, and drug offenders. Focus is on such topics as money management, value clarification, buying foods and services, insurance, housing, and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Disadvantaged
Gibson, Ruth – American Vocational Journal, 1977
Describes the activities and programs of Georgia's Vocational Opportunities Clubs of America, a vocational youth organization for disadvantaged and handicapped students designed to meet the special needs of potential dropouts. By 1977, a total of 6,500 students were participating in local clubs throughout the State in contests, leadership…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Extracurricular Activities, Handicapped Students, Potential Dropouts
Resources for Welfare Decisions, 2002
This issue provides information on recent publications and resources on outcomes for teenagers in families receiving or transitioning off the welfare rolls and in innovative youth development programs for those and other at-risk youth. Thirteen publications are listed for additional information. A list of 17 Web sites for more information is…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Education, Bibliographies
VocEd, 1979
The Georgia Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) program for underachieving or alienatated youth focuses on combining vocational competencies and adjustment with remedial academic instruction in a classroom atmosphere where disadvantaged students can experience success and become interested in learning. An important program success…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Mahon, J. Patrick – High School Magazine, 1997
Captures the cooperative spirit of a suburban Georgia high school with 2,000 highly mobile students from 60 countries and speaking over 30 different languages. Staff work to counter stereotypical assumptions and use diversity as a positive resource for learning and promotion of individual excellence. Diversity-management strategies related to…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Moore, Sarah H.; And Others – 1975
This report provides descriptions and statistics on Georgia's ten Youth Development Centers designed for the care of delinquent children. Title I courses include business education, cultural enrichment, small appliance, furniture repair, and basic skills, with an emphasis on the latter. Results of the enrichment courses fall in the cognitive,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Delinquency, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Nash, Charles R. – 1978
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has established a policy that a graduate of a Georgia high school should be given the opportunity to attempt a college education in the University System. The Special Studies Program was organized to facilitate this ideal. The fundamental objectives of the program are to: (1) provide greater…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Basic Skills
Eyster, George W. – 1975
Volume 1 presents a summary of the methodology, problems, and recommendations of seven projects demonstrating the coordination of public library with public schools services for disadvantaged adults. The summary covers personnel (clients, orientation of undereducated adults to library services, readers' profiles, library cards, and advisory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This evaluation of programs conducted in fiscal 1978 under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) consists of an overall picture of the 1978 YEDPA program experience and case studies of programs in 12 states. Findings and recommendations are presented concerning the implementation of YEDPA programs by Comprehensive Employment…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies