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The Enterprise Foundation.
Szablya, Helen – 1989
This document describes five demonstration programs administered by the Enterprise Foundation in the Washington, D.C., area. The purpose of the Partners for Success Program is to support and assist hard-to-employ jobseekers in setting and achieving both professional and personal goals. The Words for Life Program is a workplace literacy project to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Services, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Making The Grade in High School: Success for African-American Urban Males.
Boddie, Jackie L. – High School Magazine, 1997
Urban African American males face complex barriers to learning and achievement. A Washington, D.C., school has designed a ninth-grade program that effectively enhances youngsters' self-concept and allows them to succeed academically. Ninth graders attend most classes in the Annex, a personalized, caring environment that subverts negative aspects…
Descriptors: Black Students, Change Strategies, Grade 9, High Schools
Minigrant Program for the Academically Gifted--Phase III. E.S.E.A. Title IV-C. Final Evaluation Report, 1979-1980.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1981
The Minigrant Program for the Academically Gifted was established to provide the necessary support and instructional challenges to disadvantaged minority students capable of superior academic performance. During the 1979-1980 school year, 500 gifted or talented elementary and junior high school students were served. Additional program components…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Youth in Psychoeducational Services Program (Special Education). E.S.E.A. Title IV-C. Final Evaluation Report, 1979-1980.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1981
During the 1979-1980 school year, 16 severely emotionally disturbed secondary school students participated in the Youth in Psychoeducational Services (YIPS) program. The program provided intensive academic and behavioral treatment, family counseling, and staff development activities. YIPS was evaluated using a model that required the comparison of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Final Evaluation Report for the 1978-1979 Title VII Bilingual Project, Public Schools of the District of Columbia, Washington.
Cultural and Humanistic Educational Systems and Services, Inc., Diamond Bar, CA. – 1979
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII program instituted by the public schools of the District of Columbia serves approximately 1600 students in 14 elementary school sites and includes both Spanish/English and Chinese/English components. This evaluation report details the progress of Title VII bilingual education towards meeting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Chinese, Elementary Education
The Fresh Start Minischool. E.S.E.A. Title IV-C. Final Evaluation Report, 1979-80.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1981
The purpose of the Fresh Start Minischool (FSMS) was to provide instruction to students entering high school with deficient mathematics and reading skills. Students worked at their own pace on sequenced learning tasks in social studies, mathematics, communication, and science. Additional program components included counseling and staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Instruction