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Council for Educational Development and Research, Washington, DC. – 1988
Across the nation, more than 2.2 million children attend 2,750 rural school districts that suffer from chronic, severe poverty. The National Rural Small Schools Task Force oversees nine regional educational laboratories as they identify and develop promising educational practices for rural, small schools. One laboratory developed a data base…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Wircenski, Jerry L.
The study identified characteristics and innovative approaches employed by exemplary vocational education programs in serving the disadvantaged in co-op, self-contained, and mainstreamed settings (secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels). Forty-one states, three territories and the District of Columbia responded to the request for three program…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textHartford Public Schools, CT. – 1974
As originally developed, Projecto Exito, often referred to as the Bilingual Community School or simply as "Escuelita," was in name and in deed a comprehensive community-based approach to the problems of bilingual education, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. Intended to serve Spanish and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Community Schools, Compensatory Education
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
A study was conducted to determine if the pre-center incomes/salaries could predict the post-center salaries of participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. By using the reported family income…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economic Status
1964
THIS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS DESIGNED FOR SEVEN EASTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES WHICH ARE AMONG THE MOST IMPOVERISHED IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, THREE PROGRAMS WERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED, INCLUDING--(1) DAY CARE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, (2) HOMEMAKER SERVICE FOR FAMILIES, AND (3) CASEWORK SERVICE WITH BOTH PARENTS AND…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Care, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
United States Catholic Conference, Washington, DC. – 1972
Findings of a four-part project undertaken to study the historical and philosophic dimensions of adult education within the Roman Catholic Church are summarized. The four parts of the study are as follows: Part I. Background and History of Roman Catholic Adult Education (1. An Overview of Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic Adult Education; 2.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Schools, Church Role, Classification
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
Regression analysis was employed to determine if there were any similarities between the tests administered to participants of the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The study compared the Wide Range…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
Conducted to determine which, if any, variables tend to indicate potential success (operationally defined as completing the training program), an analysis examined pre-center characteristics and demographic variables of participants and attempted to apply that data to success in negotiating the Mountain Plains program, a residential, family-based…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Education, Demography, Demonstration Programs
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter three of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific infomration concerning the curriculum component of the research services division. The curriculum products are listed by…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter 3 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning curriculum development procedures. The following four major areas are covered: field testing, field test…
Descriptors: Career Education, Charts, Contracts, Curriculum Development
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1975
Designed primarily for instructors and others who will use Mountain-Plains produced curriculum products, this orientation guide accompanies twenty-two units of curriculum materials developed to carry out the Mountain-Plains mission of testing and reporting the advisability of residential career education as a method of improving the economic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
One of two supplements which accompany chapter 2 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning accounting procedures and forms utilized by the controller services division. Presented are step-by-step…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter three of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning testing procedures and forms utilized by the research services division. Included are the following…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Anderson, Newell B.; And Others – 1975
One of two supplements which accompany chapter 5 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning the following components of the administrative services division: purchasing, property control, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
Intended as a budgetary guide for potential replicators, this document presents a detailed discussion of estimated costs involved in setting up and operating a program similar to the Mountin-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Guides, Budgets, Career Education
