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Direct linkSpencer, John – Teachers College Record, 2012
This article is a case study of compensatory education as it was developed and implemented by an innovative urban school principal in the early 1960s. I argue that while the compensatory education movement was often marred by pejorative-sounding language and inegalitarian ideas, especially as it was shaped and expanded by policy makers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Charter Schools, Pilot Projects
Weitzman, Beth C.; Mijanovich, Tod; Silver, Diana; Brazill, Caitlyn – Youth & Society, 2008
Telephone-survey data were gathered from parents and youth in five of America's largest and most distressed cities to estimate unmet demand for after-school programs. Unmet demand was conceptualized as a function of low utilization and dissatisfaction with one's current arrangement; furthermore, the authors argue that dissatisfaction must stem…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Parent Attitudes, Needs, Municipalities
