Youth Tutoring Youth is a cross-age tutoring program which emphasizes both academic and interpersonal elements. A training manual and three booklets for the tutor are included. (A supervisor's manual was processed into the ERIC system earlier under number ED 034 247). The program is geared toward the development of positive self concepts by both…

A summary report of the available literature on research in the principal components of Higher Educational Opportunity Programs, (HEOP) i.e. curriculum, instructional techniques, admissions policies, and others. This paper focuses on the discussions of HEOP's organizational format, materials, innovative educational techniques, and philosophies or…

Designed to assist school districts in making meaningful improvements in programs for their adolescent populations, this publication presents descriptions of 64 innovative and successful educational projects developed throughout the United States. The descriptions are classified in five categories: basic skills, including reading, language arts,…