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Download full textBond, Lloyd – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2009
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) is a multi-site action-research project, focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges. In this report, the author discusses the data gathered over the course of the SPECC project and reflects…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Language Arts, Evidence, Action Research
Bard, Bernard – Nation's Schools, 1974
Describes how New York City's unusual compensatory education program helps poor students become good students. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
McEwen, Marcia J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Act 101 funds provide special classes, counseling, and tutorial support for participating academically, economically, and culturally deprived college students. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sanchez, Bonnie – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1979
Presents abstracts of three documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with two-year college remedial/developmental education. (DR)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Brown, Alberta; And Others – 1972
The Pyramids' Reading Program, with the Instructional Materials Center (IMC) and the Combine Component, operates in Minneapolis public and parochial Target Area elementary schools to help improve the reading skills of educationally disadvantaged children. The IMC writes, produces, and distributes the reading material used in the program, and the…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Resnik, Henry S. – Saturday Review (New York 1952), 1972
A husband-wife teaching team defies the rules of failure by giving their students a chance to fight the system. (Editor)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedTakeguchi, Stuart M. – NASPA Journal, 1978
This paper presents a case study of a skills development program for so-called high-risk students. The "Systems Approach to Learning Resources" summer course stressed analytical and verbal skills development, while serving a complementary and integrative role with the other summer courses. (Author)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1984
A profile of Oregon's Chapter 1 programs during the 1982-83 school year is provided. During that year, 8 percent of all Oregon students participated in Chapter 1 programs, and 21 percent of these belonged to an ethnic minority. Of the students who received Chapter 1 instruction, 59 percent had help in reading, 24 percent received help with math…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
McClain, Shirla R. – 1979
This report is a historical study of the growth and development of the Akron Community Service Center and Urban League's (ACSC & UL) educational programs. Emphasis is given to the reasons for the emergence of such programs and how a social agency's educational programs differed from public school programs. An overview of the history and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Langlois, Margaret – 1979
Through the Title I/Impact Aid programs, special reading and math services were provided for 2,385 students in grades one through nine. Three levels of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests were used as objective pre and post test measures. Pupil activities in reading varied according to diagnosed needs, grade level, and demonstrated task mastery.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bursik, Jake; Kerkes, Thomas – 1974
The principal purposes of the preparation program at North Central Technical Institute (NCTI), Wausau, Wisconsin, were to provide opportunities for certain students to further their general academic development and to explore various vocational fields. Students intended for the preparatory program were those identified by their high school records…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 1989
Reviews research on instructional practices that help at-risk students. The programs reviewed fall into three general categories: prevention programs at the primary level, classroom change programs, and supplementary/remedial programs. Lists general features that characterize these programs. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
Berrum, Phyllis – 1990
This report describes 11 effective compensatory education programs in Oregon schools funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. One high school, four middle school, and six elementary school programs are profiled. Each profile includes the following information: (1) demographics; (2) staffing; (3) parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Park, Hapai – 1999
In 1989, the University of Waikato (New Zealand) established Te Timatanga Hou, a program of pre-university remedial study for disadvantaged Maori. Many targeted students come from rural schools that do not offer a seventh-form year nor a wide range of university entrance subjects. Students undertake 1 year of intensive pre-university training…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Donovan, Richard A. – 1976
Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged
