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Download full textClark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1973
Presented is the end of project year (1972-1973) report of an interim program to improve the academic performance and behavior of 48 educable mentally retarded and educationally handicapped adolescents 12- to 17-years-old who had been excluded from special education classes. Reported are performance measures (such as teacher developed inventories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Course Objectives, Curriculum
Worley, A. Douglas; Einbecker, Polly Godwin – 1974
Data concerning race, income level, age, employment status, and education were identified for each census tract in the Pensacola Junior College area. On the basis of this data, census tracts were combined into compatible neighborhoods and an organizational approach was designed to bring education and community services into 22 educationally…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Centers
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. – 1970
In this documentary of Title III projects funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a short 1- or 2-page descriptive narrative of each of the 28 funded projects in Maine is given. Each project is classified by subject matter and is listed under one of the following headings: (1) expanding social/cultural horizons, (2) help for the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Enrichment, Disabilities, Educational Improvement
East St. Louis School District 189, IL. – 1967
Project Challenge, a federally funded project in School District 189 of East St. Louis, Illinois, includes only those public and private schools at the elementary and secondary levels with the highest concentration of disadvantaged children. Teaching personnel for the project's in-service training program are provided by Southern Illinois…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Behavior Change, Educational Improvement
Thompson, O. Eugene – 1971
The Basic Skills CVAE programs was a four-year experimental program initiated in 1961, the purpose of which was to retain potential dropouts from junior and senior high school by providing an adjusted basic course of study which would assist them in overcoming academic deficiencies and provide occupational orientation and skill development…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention
Central Research Corp., Topeka, KS. – 1975
This document is arranged in three parts. Part I reviews the local educational agencies' (LEA's) Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs for fiscal year 1975. This review includes the following sections: program achievements in reading and mathematics for the regular term and for the summer term, statistical overview of Title I…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Urban and Community Programs Evaluation. – 1975
The data contained in this document, summarized from local educational agencies' (LEAs') reports, provide an overview of the descriptive characteristics of the projects at the statewide level. During fiscal year 1975, 796 projects approved by the New York State Education Department were conducted in 725 districts. There were 512,755 reported…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Guha, Smita – 2000
"Udbhas," which means "expression," is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to spread literacy and promote post-literacy education among the underprivileged children in the slums of Calcutta, India. This paper describes the creation, work, and benefits to children of Udbhas. The paper notes that most of the organization's…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Novoa, Irma – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes a program in which students earn high school credits using a high tech/high touch classroom and learning basic skills and having successful learning experiences. Discusses the groundwork of the program, credit towards graduation, staffing, funding, student selection, and establishing the system. Students have a high return rate. (MVL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
Rainwater, Mary; De Caprio, Chris – 1994
The first paper describes The Los Angeles Free Clinic and its services, which are specifically designed to respond to the needs of low-income and homeless youth within the community. The paper describes a free-of-charge, free-of-judgment comprehensive response system that exists because of collaboration with other health facilities such as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1994
This volume contains descriptions of programs for student success and retention at 68 state colleges and universities in the United States. Each institution is a participant in the National Retention Project, a research-based project working within broader campus cultures that are committed to providing access and success to students traditionally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Programs
Quimper, Barry E.; Claus, Richard N. – 1993
An evaluative study was done of the supplemental education delivery system in reading and mathematics in the School District of the City of Saginaw (Michigan) at 28 schools. At the elementary school level the system includes push-in and pull-out programs in reading and mathematics and in reading intervention that served 2,494 students in grades…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Shiminski, James A. – 1992
The United States Education Department recognizes projects that effectively meet the special needs of educationally deprived students. In 1992, the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Chapter 1 preschool program earned national validation as an "unusually successful" compensatory education program. The program has served as a statewide model, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Early Intervention
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Programs for the Improvement of Practice. – 1993
This guide is designed to help school staff plan effective summer programs for disadvantaged children by offering an array of ideas for designing exciting and stimulating summer programs and offering important information from research and practice on what makes an effective summer program. If schools are to expect excellence from disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth
Boylan, Hunter R., Ed. – Research in Developmental Education, 1988
These three serial issues focus on the characteristics and administration of developmental education programs. The following articles are featured: (1) "Characteristics of Successful Programs," which reviews research findings concerning the characteristics associated with effective and ineffective developmental programs and includes a list of…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
