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Georgia Univ., Athens. Research and Development Center in Educational Stimulation. – 1969
During the quarter covered by the report (April-June 1969) the center's major objective was the production of "models for early educational stimulation designed to capitalize to an optimum degree on the child's early learning potential." The center's subordinate aims and relationships with other institutions are explained and five major programs…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Early Childhood Education
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1973
The teaching of reading is an important aspect of the total Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. The basic problem was: How is the teaching of reading in Nebraska being carried out? In trying to answer this question the document lays the groundwork by opening with a review of related literature and then discusses in detail the type of data…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Orrie, W. Y. – 1973
Described is the Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Project, a Federally-funded project for residential, multi-problemed, rural, disadvantaged family rehabilitation. The project, testing the Fourth National Career Education Research and Development Model (Model 4), is located at Glasgow AF 8, Montana, and serves about 180 families…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Stefonek, Thomas J. – 1973
New fiscal and administrative patterns are being considered or implemented in many States to provide quality education, accessible to all, at costs the public can accept and support. This paper is concerned with the structure of delivery systems whereby services are provided to pupils. Specifically it deals with the re-emergence of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conferences, Education Service Centers, Educational Needs
Bergeson, John B.; Miller, George S. – 1971
The selections in the first of eight parts of this book provide an overall perspective as both a guide through the many articles that follow and a frame of reference to use in selecting teaching methods and materials. Most of the articles in Part Two advocate more rather than less experience-oriented reading and suggest methods that rely on…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
School City of Mishawaka, IN. – 1971
An evaluation of the 1969-70 ESEA/Title I programs in the Mishawaka, Indiana school system is presented. Three separate programs are described. (1) A remedial reading program was designed to begin at a level on which the child could read easily and subsequently progress to higher levels. This program involved 391 students in grades 2 through 6.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Greenberg, Bernard L. – 1971
The early onset deaf are a disadvantaged group with educational handicaps resembling closely those of the economically disadvantaged. Most deaf students score poorly on the commonly used verbal tests of college aptitude and their scores on these tests do not predict their college performance. Gallaudet College, an accredited liberal arts college…
Descriptors: College Admission, Concept Formation, Deafness, Educationally Disadvantaged
Walker, Robert W. – 1971
Because of poor attitudes toward educational involvement and a lack of basic scholastic skills, some students do not succeed in the regular programs offered in the high schools. Intended to be an authoritative analysis of the literature in the field, this "state-of-the-art" paper should serve as a guideline for teachers concerned with the…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Career Development, Citations (References), Disadvantaged Youth
Maine Univ., Portland-Gorham. – 1971
A learning center project to "improve and expand the educational and employment opportunities for all residents in the Portland, Maine, Model Cities target area who are 16 years of age and older and who have not reached the grade eight education level" is described. The five-phase project proposes to: "(1) design an experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Providence Public Schools, RI. – 1970
A project (ARISE) designed to provide information, referral and counseling on the available resources and services in Providence and in Rhode Island for youth and adult residents of the City of Providence is presented. Objectives include: (1) To help adults improve their self understanding, verify their goals, make firm commitments to their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
Mosteller, Frederick, Ed.; Moynihan, Daniel P., Ed.
In this volume are papers derived from the Harvard University Faculty Seminar on the Coleman Report. The Carnegie Corporation provided funds to support a faculty seminar for the academic year 1966-1967. Out of this seminar developed this present collection of articles written by a number of outstanding educators bearing on the main themes of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academic Standards, Civil Rights
HEPPELL, HELEN M. – 1966
A 3-YEAR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO, A CITY WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE MINORITY GROUP POPULATION, LOW INCOMES, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL MEDIAN. ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES WERE POORLY ATTENDED IN THE AREA. CREATIVE MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY FOUNDATION…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Community Education, Community Programs
Bothwell, Robert O. – 1976
This paper examines the present problems of urban school finance in order to determine why urban adjustments are necessary today in the new school finance formulas. It concludes that quality education, including quality integrated education, cannot be obtained by letting funds for urban education diminish. Cutbacks in staff, program offerings,…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged
Clarke, Johnnie Ruth; And Others – 1976
This monograph, consisting of four sections, focuses on developmental education in the higher education setting. The first section, by Johnnie Ruth Clarke, provides an overall perspective on learning through developmental programs. Included are discussions of the developmental approach, developmental students and instructional activities, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Advocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 2003
This report discusses findings from 2003 surveys conducted by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), which assessed the implementation and effectiveness of the Supplemental Education Services program (SES) required under the No Child Left Behind Act. SES services, which began in 2002-2003, offered over 240,000 eligible children in schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities
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