This study utilized mixed-methods, quasi-experimental design to investigate the impact of parent development and home-based summer reading on summer reading regression (as measured by oral reading fluency) at three Title I elementary schools in North Carolina. Title I parents and students participated in a parent development and communicated…

The belief that STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education initiatives have the potential to stimulate both regional and national economies has prompted policy makers and funding agencies to revisit how STEM teachers are recruited, prepared, and retained. This article investigates the impact of a unique prescholarship…

Described is a 4-year model of a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) offered to 294 academically and economically disadvantaged students and their parents during in- and out-of-school time activities through partnerships forged with school personnel and community-based agencies. In an urban high school where…

THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…

Purposes of the study were (1) to establish evaluative procedures which could be applied to Project Opportunity programs and other national projects designed to aid rural disadvantaged youth and (2) to evaluate the Project Opportunity 1968 summer program in Nelson County, Virginia, in terms of its stated objectives. Aims of the Nelson County…

Individualized and intensive daily therapy was provided to 870 New York City pupils with severe speech handicaps in this summer program funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The evaluation focuses on pupil's progress in correction of speech problems, the effectiveness of the clinical methods, the reactions of the staff and…

A 7-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE COURSE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO WORK WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WAS EVALUATED BY QUESTIONNAIRE. THE PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION WAS TO (1) MEASURE THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF THE COURSE ON THE PARTICIPANTS, (2) OBTAIN A SELF-ESTIMATE OF THE PARTICIPANTS' ATTITUDES, (3) EXPLORE…

EIGHTY-SEVEN SUMMER MUSIC AND ART PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL DISADVANTAGED FIRST TO SIXTH GRADERS WERE EVALUATED. THE PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR ABILITY TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL. THE AIMS OF THE PROGRAMS WERE TO PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS, IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE THE TALENTED, AND BROADEN THE…

A SUMMER PROGRAM OF EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, AGES 16-22, WAS EVALUATED. THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS AND CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SIX COMMUNITY AGENCIES, ATTEMPTED (1) TO IMPROVE THE READING AND WRITING SKILLS OF THE ENROLLEES, (2) TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO…

A 1967 evaluation of New York City's Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) educational enrichment program presents the objectives and the methods of implementation of the Board of Education and the local community agencies which administered the project. Criticized are the diversity of the program objectives, the lack of provision for a specified…

Application and recommendation forms, numerous evaluation forms, questionnaires, and responses to taped interviews are some areas of information presented in Appendices I-XIV contained in Volume II. See also Volume I of the Harvard Health Careers Summer Program (TM 000 760) and the Report Summary (TM 000 762). (AG)

A 2-WEEK SUMMER CAMPING PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO 61 DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ABOUT TO ENTER LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THE PROGRAM'S PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO EASE THE STUDENT'S TRANSITION INTO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THROUGH CAMPING ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL ORIENTATION CLASSES CONDUCTED BY THE LINCOLN STAFF, CAMPERS WOULD BECOME ACQUAINTED…

In summer of 1970, the Atlanta Public Schools received funds for a camp project involving 380 junior high pupils, 95% Negroes and 5% Caucasians. Objectives included providing the opportunity for pupils to assume responsibility, develop self-reliance, and thereby increase self-respect; teaching the skills involved in outdoor recreation; teaching…

This report presents information on length of operation of Section 3 programs, personnel, program components, summer program planning, and problems brought about by funding uncertainty. The information is grouped by region and community type, where applicable, to denote the differences and similarities of the programs in various regions and…

THE FIRST PART OF THIS REPORT OF A SENATE BILL 28 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESCRIBES THE SUMMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS WERE OFFERED (1) LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE THEIR READING ACHIEVEMENT, (2) AN INNOVATIVE MATHEMATICS COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE "DISCOVERY METHOD," AND (3) SPANISH-ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES TO ENABLE…