This article explores the All-Day Neighborhood Schools (ADNS) program, operated as a partnership between the New York City Board of Education and local philanthropists from 1936 to 1971. Designed to expand the resources available to children and parents, the program included after-school activities, additional teachers, professional development,…

Eleven papers describe and evaluate state and city programs which appear to have been successful in helping the educationally disadvantaged realize their potential. To pinpoint possible factors which hinder achievement, the papers also identify some of the characteristics of these students and their homes and communities. (NH)

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IS SUMMARIZED. THE GROWING INTEREST IN THE PROBLEM AND THE FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THIS INCREASED INTEREST ARE EXPLAINED. THE TERM "SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILD," IS DEFINED, AND SUBCOLLEGIATE AND COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS BEING USED IN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ARE LISTED.…

This report determines the congruence between the designs of the ESEA Title I and Impact Aid Programs and the actual implemented products, and also assesses the worth of these programs in terms of their outcomes. The aims and purposes of programs relating to the strengthening of verbal (including bilingual) and mathematical skills among elementary…

In their beginning, public evening schools in New York City had three goals: teach vocational skills, compensate for lack of previous education, and Americanize immigrants. The subsequent growth of several different evening school programs transformed the emphasis from teaching the culturally disadvantaged to adult education. (EC)

This program was designed to improve reading skills and to provide intensive remediation for students in grades six through nine. Specialized materials and equipment were provided by Educational Development Laboratories (EDL). The EDL Reading Laboratory utilized the Learning 100 program, a multi-modality developmental and remedial program. Small…

AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF AFTER-SCHOOL REMEDIAL CENTERS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. THE CENTERS WERE STAFFED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL. DATA ON THE PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVING THE TUTORING WERE COLLECTED THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVER REPORTS. THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND THAT THE CENTERS WERE INITIALLY SUCCESSFUL IN…

It is claimed that the funded program, the subject of this study, never existed per se, except on paper. It was found that over half of the schools did not receive new project personnel designated under program guidelines. Moreover, substantial numbers of principals and teachers did not even know their schools were participating in the program.…

Describes how New York City's unusual compensatory education program helps poor students become good students. (Author/DN)

Notes that the objective of this urban education community involvement program is not met, but the objective of hiring minority members as paraprofessionals and professionals is met. The question is raised as to whether this is a means of heading off community involvement, district control, and/or local control. (Author/AM)

Describes and evaluates a compensatory education program designed to incorporate the characteristics which successful programs have in common: diagnosis of each student's strengths and weaknesses; small-group instruction; a variety of teaching materials and techniques. (Author/JM)

This report evaluates the Title I and Impact Aid Programs in a Queens, New York, school district. The following activities, conducted in elementary and junior high schools, are analyzed: reading resource centers, an oral communication laboratory program, a non-public school component, bilingual and mathematics resource centers, and the optional…

These are the collected appendices to the evaluation reports on Title I non-public school programs conducted in New York in 1979-1980. Materials contained include: (1) teacher and program coordinator interview forms; (2) clinical and guidance survey; (3) classroom observation form; (4) supplements to the teacher questionnaire; (5) reading skills…

AN EXPLANATION OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS PROGRAM OF 1964-1965, THE PERSONNEL AND TECHNIQUES USED, AND THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IS PRESENTED. THE PROJECT PROVIDES COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN BY OFFERING GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, SUBJECT AND READING SPECIALISTS, SMALL CLASSES, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CULTURAL…

INDIVIDUAL STYLES OF LEARNING VARY CONSIDERABLY, AND NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THIS FACT BY TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS. IF A BRIGHT CHILD MAKES VERY POOR PROGRESS IN SCHOOL, THE IMMEDIATE ASSUMPTION TODAY IS LIKELY TO BE THAT HE HAS AN EMOTIONAL PROBLEM. ACTUALLY, HE MAY SIMPLY TAKE A LONG TIME TO "WARM UP," AND HAS BECOME SO…