Mainstream American environmental education (EE) programs often place undue privilege on inquiry-based scientific epistemologies and settler colonial wilderness ideologies (Cronon 1995b, Wolfe 2006) as the primary drivers in determining program design. Those programs in the urban setting add an environmental justice layer to these frameworks, by…

Denmark has persistent challenges with an unacceptably large 'residual group' of young people with no upper secondary education. Vocational education and training programs continue to suffer low enrollment and high dropout rates. Far too many ethnic minority boys drop out of school and educational system in Denmark. At the same time, there is a…

With the tendency of low-income African American and Latino children identified at-risk for school readiness and school success compared to their early-childhood counterparts, Head Start personnel are challenged to examine the role of family strengths in the promotion of academic success for these populations. This article provides a rationale for…

The collision of the childhood obesity epidemic with pressure to achieve high academic standards is of serious concern in the United States. Growing numbers of low-income, minority children face double jeopardy as alarming obesity rates further widen existing achievement gaps. Health and education disparities persist when children enter…

Described is the Professional Career Exploration Program (PCEP) which provides minority and/or disadvantaged students, identified as gifted and talented, with activities to help expand their range of possible occupational careers in the future. (BD)

The Core-Plus Mathematics project is a National Science Foundation project to design, evaluate, and disseminate innovative high school curricula based on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. The CPMP program has five mathematical and structural design features: multiple connected strands, emphasis on mathematical modeling, access…

Describes a program which seeks out minority students with a potential for engineering education, inspires them to enter the program, enrolls them in an intensive seven-week remediation phase, and matriculates them into a college of engineering. (GS)

The Joint Educational Facilities Inc. (JEF) computer science program has as its goal to acquaint minority and socially disadvantaged K-12 students with computer science basics and the innovative subdisciplines within the field, and to reinforce the college ambitions of participants or help them consider college as an option. A non-profit…

This booklet describes "Samenspel Op Maat," an initiative started 10 years ago as a small-scale experiment to meet the growing need for day care for migrant children in Rotterdam. There are now hundreds of Samenspel groups in the Netherlands consisting of play afternoons for small groups of mothers and young children, usually under the…

Describes a summer job placement program which recruits, trains, and counsels minority youth with the goal of helping them find and maintain meaningful employment. (PCB)

The manual provides a description of a program to encourage minority undergraduate students to major in communication disorders through paid participation in the delivery of speech and hearing diagnosis and therapy services to underserved segments of a California community. The eight bilingual or bicultural trainees worked two half days a week…

THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE STATUS OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAM TO ADMIT "HIGH RISK" DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM 159 PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS, 84 OF WHICH REPORTED SOME INVOLVEMENT IN PROGRAMS FOR HIGH RISK STUDENTS. DISCUSSED ARE SUCH ISSUES AS THE EXTENT OF THE COLLEGES' COMMITMENT, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE…

The 1974 Survival Week Program was an orientation program designed for entering minority and economically disadvantaged students at the University of Texas at Austin. The major purpose of the program was to assist the participants in acquiring the knowledge and skills for academic, financial, emotional, and social "survival" in a complex…

This congressional hearing report highlights some of the steps people are taking to divert and prevent youth from becoming involved in gang activities. Testimony and prepared statements include those from Joseph Gonzales, Field Organizer of the Youth Volunteer Corps from Kansas City; Kathy Masera, President of the California Job Journal; Ron…