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Peer reviewedFreedman, Marc; Jaffe, Natalie – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Discusses a specific type of mentoring: matching retired, older persons with young people enduring a crisis period in their lives. Programs such as the Teaching Learning Communities (T-LC) Mentoring Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan, assign elders as mentors and tutors to junior high school students in danger of dropping out. Strong elder-youth bonds…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Intergenerational Programs
Peer reviewedLyons, Charles W. – Children Today, 1986
Describes a successful intergenerational program resulting from the collaboration of agencies in Pennsylvania which work with senior citizens and young children. Agencies provided training and support for the cooperatively developed project. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Intergenerational Programs
Download full textWatt, David L. E. – 1991
In this evaluation of The Latin American Literacy Project, eight major recommendations are made based on firsthand observations of the project, discussions with staff and students, the evaluation of new program implementations, the interpretation of results from language proficiency and achievement tests, and the analysis of extensive video…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Intergenerational Programs
