What do you do when a change in enrollment policies leaves you with more than 600 students in a first-term university calculus class, three-quarters of those students had a failing mark in mathematics in the pre-enrollment test, you planned a series of remedial activities for the second term, and the COVID-19 pandemic shuts the university down…

The Hawai'i State Department of Education is excited to provide a comprehensive menu of engaging summer learning opportunities for students in the upcoming summer months. This summer, offerings will span all grade levels, from a transition program for incoming kindergartners to paid summer internships for our graduating seniors. Schools have…

The Hawai'i State Department of Education is excited to provide a comprehensive menu of engaging summer learning opportunities for students in the summer months. Summer learning has been expanded beyond the traditional summer school model to appeal to and reach as many students as possible. Offerings will span all grade levels, from a transition…

Most experienced educators recognize that many students will not complete optional assignments, and often those students who need additional help do not seek assistance. Current research demonstrates that students in underrepresented populations (see definition below) are less likely to seek support than others because they see needing help as a…

The Southern Education Foundation's (SEF) Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Consortium for Innovation and Change was instituted in 2011 to advance creative and promising initiatives that enhance institutional practice and student outcomes. In keeping with the SEF mission, these innovations specifically address educational barriers that…

This report describes an experimental project to provide alternative employment and vocational training programs to talented disadvantaged young persons. The target audience for the project was disadvantaged youths with exceptional learning abilities, i.e., youths who were unemployed or underemployed and who needed basic and remedial education to…

Students with mild disabilities often have difficulties with organization and written performance. These students can be helped by a combination of effective instructional strategies, compensatory strategies, and technological tools. Planning and organizing tools can encourage activities such as concept mapping, story webbing, brainstorming,…

Since a high percentage of Native American students who begin college do not graduate, a summer survival program was created to assist Native American students in developing their scholastic abilities. The data establishing the need for such a program were provided by a study that compared the performance of all Native Americans enrolled in…

Volume II of the St. Louis Public Schools evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into two parts, each focusing on one component. Component Five, 'Non-public Schools, services and projects' serviced 18 Catholic and 5 Lutheran schools.…

This report discusses a number of academic and recreational activities carried out under the Atlanta Public Schools 1981 Summer Program. Included are summer high school courses, remedial programs, alternative and work study programs, enrichment activities, and community vocational and recreational programs for elementary, middle and high school…

The Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act were reviewed to determine how the various service delivery areas (SDAs) planned to assess and improve the reading and mathematics skills of participants. Telephone interviews with program officials at 200 randomly selected SDAs found that local school…

In 1990, Queensborough Community College (QCC) conducted a Pre Freshman Summer Program (PFSP) to improve first-time freshmen's basic verbal and mathematical skills and to ease students' transition from high school to college by orienting them to college life. PFSP services, which included remedial instruction, comprehensive counseling, and…

Public schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, used a Title IV Part A grant to assist American Indian elementary and secondary school students in receiving passing grades and improving school-related behaviors. Canoncito Navajo Reservation, the Isleta Pueblo, and urban Indian students in Albuquerque participated in the program. Personnel consisted of…

During the 1986-1987 school year, 80 educationally and economically disadvantaged students from three counties in Virginia were recruited into a program that was designed to support their education and encourage them to stay in school. Students participated in after-school workshops to improve their decision-making and interpersonal skills, and…

The City University of New York (CUNY) New York City Technical College (New York) piloted an "immersion" developmental-studies program for CUNY applicants who failed one or more of three admissions assessments (reading, writing, mathematics). If successful, the program may serve as a case study for remediation reform. The program…