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Download full textSavannah, Shirley – 1973
The Creative Learning Center, funded under the Emergency School Assistance Program, addressed three problems related to the Dallas school district's 1971-72 desegregation plan: (1) lack of opportunity for racial mixing; (2) racial stereotyping; (3) preconceived ideas causing suspicion and hostility when races do mix. The Center was a model of how…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Attitudes, Demonstration Centers, Desegregation Methods
Slavin, Jill A.; Taylor, Myrtice M. – 1974
The Atlanta Public Schools operated a pilot project under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) from July 1, 1973 through June 30, 1974. The pilot project was subdivided into two parts. Part One, the Camp Learning Center Project, proposed the establishment of interdisciplinary educational, interracial, and cultural experiences in a camp setting for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bilingual Education, Desegregation Effects, Elementary School Students
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1974
This is the fifth periodic report to the President and to the Congress on "Federal Assistance to Desegregating School Districts" as required under section 714, Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), Title VII of Public Law 92-318, as amended. Under the authority of ESAA, financial assistance was made available for the following purposes: to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Desegregation Methods, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Ferrara, Barbara E.; Redemer, Merrill – 1979
Three discrete programs were evaluated by comparing students' pretest-posttest results, and by surveying teachers, principals, and parents for their perceptions of the programs and recommendations for improvement. Over 500 students, referred to student relations specialists because of personal or social problems, showed statistically significant…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Cultural Awareness, Disadvantaged
RMC Research Corp., Arlington, VA. – 1971
An effort by the Office of Education to assist some 900 school districts, through financial aid, with the problems attendant with the final stages of their desegregation plan or the carrying out of a court-ordered plan is discussed. This effort, the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP), was evaluated to determine: (1) overall effectiveness,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Records, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Acland, Henry – 1975
The original evaluation of the effect of Emergency School Assistance Programs (ESAP) in the second year, indicated that black male tenth graders in schools receiving the emergency aid did significantly better on a test of academic performance than did similar students in non-funded comparison schools. No program effects were reported for other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Attitude Change
