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Download full textParker, Agnes; Williams, Linda – 1992
This compendium provides an overview of evaluation reports on specially funded programs that operated in the Detroit Public Schools during the 1990-91 school year. The programs are those funded by either the Detroit Board of Education, Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Improvement Amendments, Article 3 of the State Aid Act, Gifted and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support
Bureau of Higher and Continuing Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1978
This directory lists grant and contract awards made under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Grant awards for four discretionary grant programs (Educational Opportunity Centers, Special Services for Disadvantaged Students, Talent Search, and Upward Bound) are listed by State. The programs are arranged by the length of time the programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Contracts, Educational Opportunities
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1985
Seventeen activities or programs conducted in the Dade County (Florida) public elementary and secondary schools in order to reduce or prevent dropout are described in this resource guide. The programs activities include: (1) workshops to develop school-based dropout prevention programs; (2) "Students Working Intelligently to Combat High…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Delinquency Prevention
Cotton, Kathleen J.; And Others – 1988
This directory is a compendium of 108 outstanding Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 compensatory education projects selected for recognition by the United States Department of Education in 1987. It is the fourth volume in the "Effective Compensatory Education Sourcebook" series. Volume 1 consists of a review of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Alexander, Dorothy L.; And Others – 1987
This volume is a collection of profiles of 130 outstanding Chapter 1 programs across the United States. All of the programs have been given special recognition by the United States Department of Education because they have been unusually successful in meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. The criteria used for judging the effectiveness of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1994
The programs described in this resource guide provide excellent examples of the benefits that can accrue from the use of Federal funds from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Districts can share ideas and strategies as they work toward the goals described in this guide, which grew out of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA). Program descriptions are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
The "Clipboard Connection" is a methodology to facilitate the rapid circulation of relevant pre-existing materials from Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) to their clients, teachers of educationally disadvantaged children in resource centers. Each "Clipboard Connection" consists of a lead sheet summarizing the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Databases, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1991
This directory describes collaborative programs linking local school boards with other agencies in order to serve the full range of student needs that are essential to improved educational achievement. Reflecting a growing recognition by local school board members that schools alone cannot meet the complex educational and life management needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Boards of Education, Child Rearing
Pritchard, May Long; And Others – 1984
Basic principles for the establishment of a comprehensive youth education and employment system are offered in this guide, with particular focus on those youth who are at greatest risk of becoming or remaining chronically unemployed. Drawing on the knowledge generated by research and operational experience over the past decade, the guide proposes…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, High Risk Persons
Decker, Marcia J., Ed. – 1989
This directory lists selected early childhood projects sponsored by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). An introduction provides an overview of OSERS' early childhood programs, their purposes and activities, and a brief discussion of the implications of Public Law 99-457. The "Directory of Projects"…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1981
In this report detailed summaries are provided of 108 Federal programs set up to provide funds for individual projects in elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, and special categories (bilingual and minority education, special education and rehabilitation services, vocational and adult education, and educational research and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Research
