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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1991
An evaluation was done of New York City Public Schools' Chinese Opportunities in Career Education Program (Project CHOICE), which served economically disadvantaged Chinese American high school students of limited English proficiency. The project operated at two Manhattan high schools and served 523 students, of whom 94.6 percent were eligible for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Chinese Americans, Compensatory Education
Center To Prevent Handgun Violence, Washington, DC. – 1992
Straight Talk about Risks (STAR) is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum designed to reduce the potential for children and teens to be injured or killed in gunfire. STAR is based on sound prevention practice developed from a pilot project in Dade County (Florida). The flexible format allows activities to fit into a 3-week classroom unit…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Annotated Bibliographies, At Risk Persons, Crime
Hendricks, Charlotte M., Ed. – 1992
Preschool programs can and should be designed to incorporate comprehensive health and physical education. This monograph presents information which is useful to adults interested in increasing their knowledge of health, movement, and physical education as these areas relate to young children. The publication is organized into 14 chapters as…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Dance Education, Developmental Disabilities, Health Education
Shriner, James G.; And Others – 1994
This report presents the results of the third national survey of state activities in the assessment of educational outcomes for students with disabilities. The report does not contain actual outcomes data on students with disabilities. Twenty-three tables present data on: number of students in general education and special education in each state;…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Owens, Vivian W. – 1988
Intended to influence parents to play an important role in their child's education, this guide is an educational how-to book written in simple, easy-to-understand language, showing parents how to engage in activities with their children at home that will upgrade academic performance at school. The book covers 77 concepts, each presented as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Short, Deborah J. – 1993
The report presents preliminary findings from a study of middle school American history classes with English language learners. The study investigated the construction of social studies knowledge in these classes and the development and implementation of lessons that address the cultural and educational backgrounds of the learners while…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Awareness
Cleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1993
VISION 21 uses community and staff input and the most current thought on reform in education to create the schools Cleveland wants. The full implementation of its plans will result in a quality education for all the city's children. This document provides the framework within which VISION 21 was developed, the planning process used in its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Black Students, Curriculum Development
Clarke, Candice – 1993
Project Familia was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII funded project that, in the year covered by this evaluation, served 41 special education students of limited English proficiency (LEP) from 5 schools, with the participation of 54 parents and 33 siblings. Participating students received English language enrichment and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Enrichment
Tajbaksh, Kian – 1993
The Capacity Building Alternatives Program, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its first year of operation functioned at 8 schools, serving 139 students of limited English proficiency whose home language was Albanian, Chinese, Haitian, Polish, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian. Students targeted showed an achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Moke, Susan, Ed.; Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This manual is a resource book for organizers and leaders and parent groups who want to explore specific strategies to help children become better writers. The guide contains material necessary to conduct a 1- or 1.5-hour session on how parents can make writing more meaningful for children. The guide includes: (1) a leader's guide with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Literacy, Parent Child Relationship
Richardson, Donna Castle; And Others – 1993
This report describes an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Oklahoma City Public Schools' Even Start Family Literacy Project (ESFLP). The ESFLP sought to: (1) improve parents' basic literacy and employment skills; (2) enable parents to take a teaching-guiding role with their children; (3) encourage parents to become true partners with schools…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Family Literacy, Literacy Education
RMC Research Corp., Denver, CO. – 1993
These five commissioned papers explore the relationship between educational reform and parent and community involvement for middle-grade education. The papers are: (1) "Comprehensive Districtwide Reforms in Parent and Community Involvement Programs" (Nancy Feyl Chavkin), on the resources and skills that school districts already have and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Baez, Tony – 1992
This report assesses the quality and effectiveness of the educational services (partnership schools) provided to at-risk students in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Wisconsin. It discusses the major themes emerging from the review of the school-by-school study and the issues that should be considered in the planning and implementation of future…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Ethnic Groups, High Risk Students, Low Income Groups
Fine, Michelle – 1992
This essay describes charter school development and the 3-year Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Schools Collaborative, which worked with educators and parents to transform comprehensive high schools, increase student outcomes, and establish teacher engagement and parental involvement. Charter schools (intellectual and emotional communities of adults,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Bruno, Paula – 1993
Integrated Diverse Enrichment for Academic Learning (Project IDEAL) was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its first year of operation at Walton High School in the Bronx (New York). Project IDEAL served 192 students of limited English proficiency in 1992-93 with instruction in English as a second language (ESL),…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
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