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Greene, John F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1974
The report describes a program whose purpose is to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center is designed to provide effective academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Greene, John F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1974
This report is an evaluation of a program designed to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center provides academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding High School in…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Williams, Shirley Key – 1976
This leader's guide to one of a series of Salvation Army demonstration programs in parenthood education presents a six-unit course for inner-city teenagers, with emphasis on leadership skills, child care skills, employment potential in the child care field, and ability to cope with responsibility. Developed at a Salvation Army community center in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Child Development, Community Centers
Download full textNational Inst. on Early Childhood Development and Education (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1997
The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI) was established by the U.S. Department of Education to carry out a comprehensive program of research, development, and dissemination to improve young children's learning and development. This directory contains information on the programs and projects funded by ECI in fiscal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Centers, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Bonafield, Joyce, Ed. – 1976
This is one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed by the Salvation Army for use in demonstration programs designed to prepare teenagers for parenthood or for child care careers. This guide offers a step-by-step approach to setting up and conducting a parenthood program for teenage leaders in day camps and community centers.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Child Development, Community Centers
National Inst. on Early Childhood Development and Education (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1997
The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI) was established to carry out a comprehensive program of research, development, and dissemination to improve young children's learning and development. This directory contains information on the programs and projects funded by ECI in fiscal year 1998. The directory's 10…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Centers, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
BORSUK, CHARLES S.; NICHOLS, WILLIAM O. – 1967
THE 1966 SUMMER YOUTH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM OPERATED AT 50 YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTERS (YOC) IN 22 STATES. DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY YOUTH AND THE YOUTH CENTER, LOCAL PEOPLE ON SUMMER VACATION WERE HIRED TO WORK IN THE PROGRAMS. THEY ACTED AS IN-HOUSE CLERICAL HELP, COMMUNITY WORKERS IN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES,…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Centers, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Coats, Betty Ann Hanna – 1976
This report describes a one-year feasibility study to design a functional child development model for infant day care in Hamilton County, Ohio. Mothers of babies under 18 months were interviewed by telephone to determine use of and interest in infant day care. Assessment was made of existing resources for full time day care in the county…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Centers, Community Surveys, Day Care
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. – 1995
This document profiles seven exemplary literacy programs in Manitoba, Canada: the Open Doors program in Winnipeg (a community-based program conducted in a school setting); the Brandon Friendship Centre literacy program (a community-based program conducted in a friendship center in rural Manitoba); the Flin Flon Friendship Centre literacy program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agriculture, Community Centers, Community Education
Cummings, Milton C.; Allen, Muriel M.; Hess, Karl – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The Office of Education is requested frequently to supply information about education and community organization for aging. This publication adds to the literature in the growing field of professional and community concern. The publication may have its major use as a handbook for community and school leaders who wish specific information about…
Descriptors: Educational History, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
Direct linkCollins, Timothy – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2005
This report discusses the need for a research agenda to understand how rural public schools can work with their communities to improve student performance while building the community. It focuses on the potential strengths of school-community relationships. Described herein are four community engagement models a school can adopt: (1) School as…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Rural Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Lifelong Learning
Walker, Karen E.; Arbreton, Amy J. A. – 2001
The Beacons Initiative aimed to transform eight public schools (five middle schools and three high schools) into youth and family centers in low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco, California. Using a coalition of local partners and funding from public agencies and foundations, the centers served 7,500 youth and adults between July 1, 1999, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, After School Centers, After School Programs, Black Students
Lee, Carolyn S., Comp.; Jennings, Mark B., Comp.; Mayo, Linda P., Comp.; Young, Debra A., Comp. – 1998
This document, which is intended for teachers, program directors, researchers, businesspeople, and students, is an annotated bibliography of more than 600 programs and resources that were developed with funds from the Office of Vocational and Adult Education in fiscal years 1987-1998. The document is divided into two parts. Part 1 is a summary of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Murphy, Garrett; Heitner, Bess – CAAL Bulletin, 2002
This document profiles 31 federal programs from which funding for adult literacy may be available. The document's three sections present descriptions of the following types of sources of funding and programs: (1) single pieces of legislation that contribute the major federal share of federal support for adult education in the United States; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Alaska Natives
