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Hubbell, Barbara F.; And Others – 1976
As part of a Title I demonstration project, sixteen school districts were chosen to change their compensatory education Federal fund allocation procedures by substituting an educational definition of need for the formerly used income definition. The purpose of this report is threefold: (1) to describe the demographic characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Criteria, Demography
Gemmill, Perry R.; Kiss, Mary Ellen – 1979
This learning activity package (LAP) titled Disadvantaged Learner Referral Process is one of a series designed to develop competencies needed by vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students. Each LAP concentrates on one general vocational teacher competency and contains the following sections: an introduction, a teacher competency…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
STOCKBURGER, CASSANDRA – 1964
EDUCATORS FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION FACED WITH PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN MET AT THE NATIONAL WORKSHOP OF MIGRANT CHILDREN TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND SUGGESTIONS. A MAJOR CONCERN WAS TO EVALUATE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND TO SEEK WAYS OF RELATING THESE SEPARATE PROGRAMS TO THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CHILD AS HE…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Opportunities
Download full textHOWE, HAROLD, II – 1967
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE URGED TO PURSUE DESEGREGATION AND COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY RATHER THAN FOLLOWING ONLY ONE OF THESE TWO ACTIVITIES. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION, WHATEVER ITS IMMEDIATE VALUES, IS SEEN AS ONLY A PARTIAL MEASURE. EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY COMBINED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS ARE GIVEN. FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITIONS…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Compensatory Education, Educational Change
DAY, DAVID E. – 1968
THIS 10-MONTH STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF (1) A HIGHLY STRUCTURED TEACHING PLAN FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND (2) A DEVELOPMENTAL, FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH IN CORRECTING LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES. THE EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE ESTABLISHED CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO INTERVENE EARLY IN THE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Inner City, Language Instruction
WADE, LOUISE C. – 1967
AMERICAN SETTLEMENT HOUSES CAME INTO BEING AS AN EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT TO SOLVE THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS IN A GREAT CITY. THEIR BROAD GOAL WAS TO BRIDGE THE CHASM OF MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS BY A 3-FOLD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM -- (1) RESIDENTS OF THE SETTLEMENTS EDUCATED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE POOR BY…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Action, Community Development
HANDLIN, OSCAR – 1966
THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS WITHIN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS IMPEDING ITS TACTICS AND MOMENTUM. THE STATED GOAL OF INTEGRATION ACTUALLY HAS TWO ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS--FULL LEGAL EQUALITY AND RACIAL BALANCE. THE NEWER STRESS ON RACIAL BALANCE RESTS ON THE FALLACIOUS ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE NEGRO'S SITUATION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE OF SLAVERY…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
SAMORA, JULIAN – 1963
FACTS ABOUT INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND OCCUPATIONS REVEALED THAT MORE SPANISH-SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS FALL IN LOWER STATUS CATEGORIES IN REGARD TO EDUCATION THAN DO INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS OF THE SOUTHWEST. THEY ARE ISOLATED GEOGRAPHICALLY AND CULTURALLY FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND LIVE A LIFE BASED…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Isolation, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
STEWART, OMER C.
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ASSIMILATION AND EDUCATION OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS INTO THE DOMINANT SOCIETAL ORGANIZATION AND PATTERNS. EDUCATION IS SEEN AS A PART OF THE PROCESS OF ACCULTURATION BETWEEN PEOPLES OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT ALL ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE THE SAME POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. A MAJOR…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Community, Community Role
Cohen, Elizabeth G. – 1980
The Multi-Ability classroom signifies changes for desegregated classrooms in both task and evaluation structure, so as to prevent consistent dominance by high status students. In an exploratory study, the effects of a changed task structure were examined in fifth and sixth grade racially mixed classrooms. These classrooms received a small group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Techniques, Desegregation Methods
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1980
The goals of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program operated by the Public Schools of the District of Columbia were to provide disadvantaged children with supplemental instructional services to improve their performance in reading and mathematics and to support their affective and psychomotor development. This volume of the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Emotional Development
Mahony, Janice; Hayward, Becky Jon – 1980
The goals of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program operated by the Public Schools of the District of Columbia were to provide disadvantaged children with supplemental instructional services to improve their performance in reading and mathematics and to support their affective and psychomotor development. Almost 15,000 students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Affective Objectives, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Lombard, Avima D. – 1980
This document describes a home-based enrichment program for preschool children in Israel. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) provides weekly packets of educational activities to mothers and their educationally disadvantaged children of 4 to 6 years of age. Families selected for the program are of Afro-Asian origin, have…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
Gordon, Edmund W. – 1973
Due mainly to the cultural reverence for the baccalaureate degree, there is a growing pressure from low income and minority groups to expand programs in continuing education. Various approaches to the problem have been tried (talent searches by colleges, open admissions) but have not proved successful. Although success and financing are problems,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Policy
Cross, K. Patricia – 1976
The challenge of structuring college curriculum to meet all of the educational needs of new students to higher education (those who would not be in college except for open admissions policies) is considered in this book. Research studies on teaching, learning, and student development form the basis for improvements in college programs outlined.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
