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Direct linkCummings, Colleen; Dyson, Alan; Todd, Liz – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book, for the first time ever, critically examines the role of full service and extended schools. The authors draw on their extensive international evaluations of this radical new phenomenon to ask: (1) What do extended or full service schools hope to achieve, and why should services based on schools be any more effective than services…
Descriptors: Evidence, Integrated Services, Disadvantaged, Program Effectiveness
Hunter, Carman St. John; Harman, David – 1979
The result of a study on adult literacy undertaken by World Education, this book places the educational problem of adult literacy into the larger context of a changing society and offers a fresh perspective and a new way of thinking about the phenomenon. After defining functional literacy as the possession of skills perceived by particular persons…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
Download full textBraithwaite, John; And Others – 1983
This book concerns the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project, which was developed to provide quality educational programs for disadvantaged children living in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. In order to set the subsequent discussion in broader perspective, chapter 1 addresses several key issues influencing project development. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Brecher, Charles – 1973
Authored by a political scientist, the study focuses on the impact of two alternative policies, "political strategy" and "service strategy," designed to deal with the problem of poverty in American society. The central concern is the effect of the policies on the poor. The service strategy assumes that the poor differ from the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Nurcombe, Barry – 1976
This book starts with a review of the evolution of the notion of intelligence in its first chapter. In 1969, an article by psychologist Arthur R. Jensen suggested that there may be innate differences in intellectual potential between blacks and whites, and, if so, these differences should be taken into account in educational planning. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
Reynolds, Arthur J. – 2000
Although early intervention programs have enjoyed popular and legislative support, little hard data exist on the long-term consequences of these efforts. This study examined the long-term effects of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) program in Chicago. Begun in 1967, the program operates out of 24 centers, located in proximity to the elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
