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Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1984
The Ford Foundation's City High School Recognition Program (conducted in l982-83), was designed to find, document, and recognize the overall progress made in recent years by inner city high schools that previously had been failing. Through a blend of $l,000 recognition awards and $20,000 project grants, the program sought to reinforce the most…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, High Schools, Improvement Programs
Peer reviewedRhine, W. Ray – American Psychologist, 1983
Since the early 1960s, Project Follow Through has used psychologists to develop effective educational models for economically disadvantaged children. The successful utilization of psychologists has implications for two central issues: roles for such professionals in social intervention research, and future uses of planned variation and sponsorship…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Experiments, Educational Methods
Download full textNational Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1999
The ways states are improving their literacy services for adults with disabilities were examined through a national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) and National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) and case studies of three states: Oklahoma, Illinois, and Connecticut. The OVAE/NIFL…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Case Studies
