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Download full textLodato, Francis J. – 1975
Presented is an evaluation of a program serving 373 disadvantaged mentally retarded children in New York City to provide services in the areas of health, physical and emotional, education, social and recreational needs. Reported are findings indicating that 94% of the Ss had 60% of or more of their unmet needs satisfied and that 65% of the Ss had…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research
Backman, Kenneth; And Others – 1990
This publication provides a variety of information on prevention and intervention programs for rural and urban children and adolescents. Drawing from a rural sociological perspective, the introductory paper defines "rural," discusses rural-urban economic and social differences, and lists indicators of risk for rural youth. It discusses the extent…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Chern, Hermine J.; And Others – 1978
Evaluations of thirty career education projects in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are contained in this report. Fifteen of the projects concern classroom or shop instruction, six concern development and/or field testing of curriculum materials, and the remainder involve staff development, installation of shop equipment, job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1975
This report is the eighth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document provides a summary section which focuses on program purposes,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1974
This report is the seventh in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document has an introductory section including such topics as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1973
This report is the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and under achieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The sixth year brought the completion of the discovery and development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
School-family partnerships (SFPs) have been the focus of research, policy, and practice efforts for several years. Increasing the interest in SFPs has been the finding that when schools and families cooperate closely, children benefit. The more supportive links there are between settings, the more potential there is for healthy development. Such…
Descriptors: Conferences, Politics of Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
