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Chupak, David; Weaver, Sandy; Bond, Lindsay Meyer – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
American colleges and universities serve more minors (i.e., children under the age of 18), than adults and traditional-age college students. Higher education institutions provide services and programs, such as childcare programs, youth-serving educational activities, and pre-college learning or employment. Campuses are open for transient visitors…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Child Welfare, College Programs, Ancillary School Services
Tyler, Ralph W. – 1974
The subject of this paper is the schooling of children of the poor. In the past most children of the poor obtained very little education in the school; in fact it operated largely as a sorting agency for them. With the increasing demand for universal education, the schools and the public have become conscious of the schools' inadequacy in reaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Williams, Samuel L. – 1975
This report describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a model for classroom observation designed to improve instructional supervisory skills and enhance teaching and learning. The project was carried out in 10 (Broward County, Florida) elementary schools with the principals and six teachers from each school involved. The aims of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Reynolds, Ruth C.; Ogletree, Earl J. – 1985
This study addresses the issues surrounding the status of latchkey programs in the United States. These issues include concerns about the responsibilities and roles of parents, schools, and community agencies in providing care for latchkey children, the types of programs that need to be developed, and the types of "survival skills"…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Services, Daily Living Skills, Early Childhood Education
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1985
The Educational Priorities Panel (EPP) conducted a mail survey of New York City school library staff, a telephone survey of community school districts, and an analysis of budget and payroll data for library services. Additionally, two member agencies, the Citizen's Committee for Children and the Women's City Club, undertook a cooperative study on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Expenditures, Library Instruction
Wanat, Carolyn L. – 1991
The research goals of this study were to determine the special school needs of single-parent children; the effectiveness of schools in addressing those needs; and school policies, programs, and practices that would better address the needs of these children. Subjects were principals of Iowa schools with seventh and eighth grades; single parents of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Family School Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Needs