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Muñiz, Raquel – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
Education laws and policies have moved toward promoting socio-emotional (SEL) skills, adopting numerous terminologies in their standards. However, the incremental change has left compensatory education practitioners who are committed to promoting SEL opportunities with little guidance when the programs' governing policies do not include language…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Educational Policy, Skill Development
Mackintosh, Helen K.; And Others – 1965
This brochure focuses on characteristics of severely disadvantaged young children as they come to school, and describes some of the things the visiting specialists found skillful teachers in 16 cities were doing to help children overcome their handicaps. The report shows: (1) How teachers arrange classrooms to stimulate curiosity and learning; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment
MITCHELL, CHARLES – 1964
AMERICA'S GREAT CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE HAVING SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES. THEY HAVEN'T ENOUGH MONEY FOR TEACHERS AND CLASSROOMS. THEIR INNER-CITY SCHOOLS ARE CROWDED WITH STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE SERVICES WHICH THE SCHOOLS HAVE NEVER HAD TO PROVIDE ON A LARGE, ORGANIZED SCALE. THEY HAVE TOO FEW TEACHERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE INADEQUATELY PREPARED TO TEACH THE…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged
Morgan, Dorothy Lindsley – 1971
This study compared the growth in language development between the experimental group receiving direct instruction and the control group receiving a more nondirective traditional type of program. Of the 94 3- and 4-year-old children in the study, 57% were of Mexican-American descent, 39% were of white-American background, and 4% were black. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ornstein, Allan – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Describes the problems in teaching children of deprived backgrounds. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mathieson, Moira B., Comp.; Tatis, Rita M., Comp. – 1970
Designed as a resource guide for teachers and teacher educators, this annotated bibliography contains 102 citations (e.g., journal articles, program descriptions, research reports) most of them dated between 1968 and 1970. There are five sections: 1) Characteristics and Problems of the Disadvantaged--22 items; 2) Attitudes Toward the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Cultural Education
Foat, Classie M. – 1974
This report is the third technical report submitted to the U. S. Office of Education in connection with a study the overall purpose of which was to choose up to eight successful education programs serving underachieving, poor children and to design "Project Information Packages" for each of them. These Project Information Packages were to serve as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1987
This document is a model state statute to provide educational entitlements for students at risk of school failure. The statute is predicated on the conviction that children coming from the most impoverished circumstances have the ability to learn and succeed. It is also based on the belief that legislators have a pivotal role to play in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Policy
Hampton, Peter J. – 1972
This paper reports some of the conclusions arrived at during a five-week Educational Provisions Development Act Training Program for teachers of low-income and minority students at the University of Akron. At that time, the contention that disadvantaged college students need affective recognition as well as cognitive recognition if they are to…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, College Students, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
PASSOW, A. HARRY – 1964
PRESENTED IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WHICH WILL INSURE MEANINGFUL GROWTH, GIVE A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTAINMENT, HELP CHILDREN ACCEPT AND FACE THEIR LIMITATIONS AND DEVELOP THEIR STRENGTHS, AND INSTILL HEALTHY ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL AND SOCIETY. CURRICULUM CHANGES RATHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, ARE ADVOCATED.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Special Education, Teaching Methods
Means, Barbara, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book presents six instructional models for teaching at-risk students. Each chapter is followed by a commentary section by an educational expert. Chapter 1 contrasts compensatory education as it is today with the kind of curriculum and instruction that would emerge based on the principles espoused in later chapters. Chapter 2 describes an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth

Gordon, Edmund W.; And Others – 1972
Funded in part by Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III funds and in part by the Atlanta, Georgia School System, Project Success Environment is now in Year Two of a three year program. A teaching technique of three components--a reinforcement system, a special classroom arrangement, and a success curriculum--the project premised that if…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Means, Barbara, Ed.; Knapp, Michael S., Ed. – 1991
This document comprises six papers that discuss teaching advanced skills to educationally disadvantaged students. An introductory paper, "Models for Teaching Advanced Skills to Educationally Disadvantaged Children" (B. Means and M. S. Knapp), synthesizes the themes that characterize the collection of papers as a whole, and discusses general issues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Becker, Wesley C.; Engelmann, Siegfried – 1976
This paper presents an analysis of data assessing the effectiveness of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction Model (E-B) aimed at developing basic academic skills in disadvantaged primary-grade children (with the specific goal of enabling these children to achieve grade-level performance by the end of 3rd grade). The E-B model emphasizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Connell, R. W. – 1993
The work presented here deals with troubling issues about schools. The starting point is research on Australian schools, particularly a recent study on disadvantaged schools, but the discussion is equally addressed to readers in other countries. There are three key reasons why social justice matters to everyone connected to the school system, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advantaged, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged