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Download full textNational Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel. – 1975
The survey was conducted for the following purposes: (1) to provide a sampling of successful vocational special needs programs throughout the country that were developed as the direct result of the motivation and support provided by PL-90-576 and (2) to make available to educators and other interested parties examples of vocational programs that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Handicapped Students
Funkhouser, Janie E.; Moore, Mary T. – 1985
The summary descriptions of state programs in compensatory education (SCE) contained in this report update information presented in the 1981 Bay Area Research Group (BARG) report. A more restrictive definition of compensatory education is used in this current report, whereby only programs in which a specific target population is named and in which…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationDobris, John, Comp.; Herman, Beatrice, Comp. – 1974
An abbreviated descriptive summary of each ESEA Title I project implemented by local education agencies in New York State using fiscal year 1974 ESEA Title I Federal funds is provided in this publication. The exceptions are in New York City, comprising the counties of Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, and Richmond. Projects for New York City are…
Descriptors: Agencies, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Collins, Ray – 1973
Many Indians are leaving their communities to seek employment in the cities, but because of lack of education and social prejudice are forced to live under poor conditions. The Indian Education Center in Vancouver has an adult basic education program that includes counseling. The center tries to help all Indians referred to it; so far it has…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, American Indians, Community Organizations
Pima County Schools, Tucson, AZ. – 1975
The three-year Special Experimental Adult Basic Education (ABE) Project was established in Tucson, Arizona, in order to identify and recruit residents known to have minimal academic skills or a minimal ability to communicate in the English language. ABE services, developed to meet individual needs, were offered in the home by project teachers when…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1974
The Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children (REPSAC) is a group educational program for "high risk" (of low birth weight and with various handicaps) Spanish American children. It aims to provide successful experiences for these children in both English and Spanish language learning and in improving cognitive and…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Attitudes, Bilingual Students, Community Involvement
Bursik, Jake; Kerkes, Thomas – 1974
The principal purposes of the preparation program at North Central Technical Institute (NCTI), Wausau, Wisconsin, were to provide opportunities for certain students to further their general academic development and to explore various vocational fields. Students intended for the preparatory program were those identified by their high school records…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Instruction
Criner, Beatrice H., Ed. – 1974
This report is based upon one component of an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project in the Lenoir County, North Carolina, public schools for the 1973-74 school term. Programed Tutoring was developed as a supplement to classroom teaching. The three basic skills of reading (sight reading, word analysis, and comprehension) are broken…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 1989
Reviews research on instructional practices that help at-risk students. The programs reviewed fall into three general categories: prevention programs at the primary level, classroom change programs, and supplementary/remedial programs. Lists general features that characterize these programs. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
Nabokov, Peter; And Others – 1976
The final report describes the generally successful development and use of two new instructional models for adult basic education (ABE): a peer instruction model and an instructional system for consumer decision making. Section 1 examines the two year application of the peer instruction model, first developed for the military, in various adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Delta Opportunities Corp., Greenville, MS. – 1972
The Adult Education Component of the Delta Opportunities Corporation (DOC) operated learning centers in four Mississippi delta counties for educationally disadvantaged rural poor adults. The centers served an excess of 200 participants, preparing them for General Education Development Tests (GED) and providing prevocational and adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Wolfson, J. G. E. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a computer-based education project in which PLATO terminals were used to facilitate education of disadvantaged South African adult Blacks. South Africa's socioeconomic and political background, problems of adult learners, reasons for using a computer-based solution, and project funding are discussed, and project observations and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Lew, Art – 1971
This report details the Scientific Programming Course that is a part of "Project SOUL." The course is intended for underprivileged high school juniors and seniors having an interest in mathematics or science and aspirations to attend college. The report is divided into three sections. In section I, the administration and operation of the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Evaluation. – 1975
Fifteen tables present data on Texas Title I programs. Information provided includes basic statistics for 1965-75, Title I programs for 1974-75, participants in ESEA Title I funded programs by grade level, expenditures and participation in instructional activities, noninstructional support services, personnel salaried through Title I, statistical…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
