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Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1994
Several Maryland schools are experimenting with Roots and Wings, a collaborative project of Saint Mary's County Schools, the state education department, and Johns Hopkins University. Funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation, the pilot project's goals are to guarantee every child's successful completion of elementary school and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Education
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Banerji, Madhabi; Malone, Pat – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Summarizes results of 1990-91 study of pilot program (SHAPE) using a multiagency approach to provide individualized support services to at-risk middle-school students. Presents detailed case analyses of three selected students representing three target groups. Students having difficulty adjusting to school demands resulting from moderate family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Behavior Problems
Claus, Richard N.; And Others – 1979
During 1978-79, the third year of the three-district Cooperative Project in American Indian Development, three of six objectives were met and three partially fulfilled. On a $58,425 budget, planners successfully increased Indian parents' involvement in the project and conducted two pilot studies. The first, to research the dropout rate of Saginaw…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Studies
Sabatino, Melissa; Rumbaut, Marilyn – 1993
In 1989, a long-term partnership began between International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and the Austin Independent School District (AISD) to form Project A+ (later named the A+ Coalition), a program designed to be a catalyst for educational improvement by identifying fundamental changes needed to enhance education and to marshal community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Budgeting, Cooperative Programs
Spotts, Robert; Evenson, Jill – 1977
Utilizing a pre/post test design, the progress of first year Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) students (experimental group) toward projected EBCE student outcomes was compared with that of non-EBCE students (control group) at three school sites which employ the EBCE model developed by Far West Laboratory (FWL). Also, the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
Diaz, William A.; And Others – 1982
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) demonstration was a large-scale test of a school-conditioning guaranteed jobs program for teenagers from low-income families. Unlike previous youth employment programs, the YIEPP linked school and work by offering jobs to all youth who met the eligibility criteria and who also agreed to remain…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs