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Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1972
This 12-item questionnaire, in both English and Spanish, for completion by Spanish-American parents and other members of the Spanish-American community seeks answers to questions concerning the Bilingual Program of Milwaukee Public Schools. (DB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Program Evaluation
Download full textSwank, Chester E. – 1972
Three summaries of extension service resource utilization by low income and minority groups during fiscal year 1971 are included, with interpretative observations. The first deals with the relationship between general and low income programs in terms of resources expended in areas of agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, and community resource…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Extension Education
Lampman, Henry P. – 1973
Academic growth and personal-social growth of 20 second grade children in the Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Program at Artesia are compared to 20 second grade children in the standard program. The groups were matched by chronological and mental age, IQ, family income, family situation (both parents, only father, or only mother), number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Sherman, Lloyd R.; Grannis, Joseph C. – 1978
The experiences of black and Hispanic students from low income families who spent their senior year in this program is reported and evaluated. The Secondary Education Through Health (SETH) program was designed to prepare interested inner city high school seniors to enter medical and health careers and to give them an understanding of environmental…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Exploration, Environmental Education, Health Education
Peer reviewedHahn, Joyce; Dunstan, Virginia – Young Children, 1975
Describes a home-based parent education component of a bilingual, bicultural preschool program which involves parents in the decision-making process concerning their child's education and has effected a language and cultural exchange between the Anglo and Spanish-speaking communities. (CS)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Home Programs, Parent Education
PDF pending restorationValencia, Atilano A. – 1974
Providing relevant data, analyses, and observations, with particular reference to the cognitive and affective development of bilingual children, the 1973-74 Grants Bilingual-Bicultural Program evaluation determined the personnel's attitudes and perceptions about program components and operations and the children's responses to bilingual-bicultural…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Biculturalism
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1971
Prepared by the Civil Rights Program Evaluation Staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this statistical report contains data supplied by 9 USDA agencies handling 23 USDA programs serving whites, Negroes, Spanish Americans, American Indians, and Oriental Americans in such areas as agricultural stabilization, employment, loans, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Personnel, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Asian Americans
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1974
The Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children (REPSAC) is a group educational program for "high risk" (of low birth weight and with various handicaps) Spanish American children. It aims to provide successful experiences for these children in both English and Spanish language learning and in improving cognitive and…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Attitudes, Bilingual Students, Community Involvement
McCracken, Wanda – 1973
The Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Program's final report analyzed performance objectives to determine the outcome of the goals set for academic growth in the standard curriculum, as well as in the English and Spanish language arts, and growth in social development of students. The random sample consisted of 20 third and fourth graders from the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Lindskoog, Howard N. – 1970
Conducted in 1969, this intensive 13 week project (Kennedy-Javits Program) was designed to demonstrate effective methods of adult basic education for 50 hard core umemployed males working in the Los Angeles County Highway Department. Instructional emphasis was on the acquisition and/or development of basic skills in computation and communication.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Attendance, Attitudes
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1973
The major goals of the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children (REPSAC) are early intervention to prevent placement of Spanish American children in special education classes, provision of media and learning activities which enhance and develop a favorable self-concept and attitude toward his own and other cultural groups, and…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Analysis of Covariance, Community Involvement, English (Second Language)
Higman, Howard; And Others – 1965
A 1965 summer training program for 90 VISTA volunteers at Monte Vista, Colorado, is described and evaluated in this report. The program was designed to prepare VISTA trainees to work in poverty areas by providing individual helping services and by planning and organizing community action. The trainees lived and worked in Monte Vista, a small…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Services, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1974
This evaluative report of a Head Start program discusses gains in academic achievement and social development of 248 preschool children as measured by standardized tests, parent questionnaires, and staff surveys. A pre- and postadministration of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) was used as a basis for the measurement of student gains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Development
Morris, Anne G.; Glick, Joseph – 1977
This study of a parent education program associated with a medical facility investigated two questions: (1) Was the medical facility a valid site for recruiting and training parents for an educational intervention program to be carried out at home? (2) Would a short term intervention program have an impact on the performance of preschool children…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Bortin, Barbara – 1973
The Milwaukee Bilingual Education Program, a five-year pilot project, ended its fourth year in June, 1973. The program provided a Spanish/English bilingual/bicultural curriculum taught by a bilingual staff of Spanish-American heritage. Both Spanish and English were used for instruction in order that pupils might demonstrate grade-level academic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Compensatory Education
