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STEVENS, WILLIAM K. – 1967
IN 1962, 43 FIRST-GRADE NEGRO CHILDREN IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL WERE ENROLLED IN A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. TEACHERS VISITED PUPILS' HOMES, LEARNED THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND DEVELOPED CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. THE PUPILS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND LEARNED LANGUAGE SKILLS. THEY WERE TAUGHT IN "FLUID" GROUPS,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
TRIGG, GORDON P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE PROGRESS REPORTS FROM THE OFFICE OF URBAN AFFAIRS ON (1) PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER TITLES II-A AND I-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT (ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT EDUCATION, AND YOUTH SERVICES), (2) ACTIVITIES OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS UNIT, (3) INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP), A MULTIFACETED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. SUPPORTED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY EIP INCLUDE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY, AIMED AT…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Redfern, George B. – 1969
Big-city administrators face a multitude of problems falling under three general headings--finance, discontent, and educational programs. Factors contributing to the financial problems in big cities include (1) the decline in the proportion of manufacturing employment compared to that of suburban areas, (2) decreases in taxable assessed valuation,…
Descriptors: Activism, Assessed Valuation, Compensatory Education, Educational Parks
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
The Perry Preschool Project assessed longitudinal effects of a 2-year program consisting of a daily 3-hour cognitively oriented nursery, a weekly 90-minute home visit, and less frequent group meetings of the pupils' parents. Subjects consisted of 3- and 4-year-old Negro disadvantaged and functionally retarded children, whose pretest scores on the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Developmental Tasks
Valencia, Atilano A. – 1969
Bilingual/bicultural education, with its focus on the linguistic and cultural needs of America's multicultural population, is emerging as a potential type of educational curriculum. Difficulties encountered by the non-English-speaking child, with instruction presented in a language essentially foreign to him, point to the value of bilingual and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Compensatory Education, Cross Cultural Training
Hawkridge, David G.; And Others – 1968
The principal aims of this study were to identify, select, analyze, and describe educational programs for culturally disadvantaged children from preschool through grade 12 which had yielded measured benefits of cognitive achievement. Identification and selection were accomplished through a literature search and the advice of a panel of experts.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Compensatory Education
Mayer, Anna B. – 1965
This report is an analysis of the problems facing urban areas in relation to their preschool programs for the disadvantaged. The main focus is New York City day care centers. Subjects include day care and preschool education, history of the origin and expansion of day care centers, New York City's day care, and educational issues encompassing…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Word, Ulyss G. – 1968
The document provides a summary of special 4-H summer camps for disadvantaged youth in Arkansas. The camping experience in which the participants overcome inadequacies in social skills, self-discipline, self-confidence, and self-assurance is described. Major emphasis is given to the development of socialization skills and to health- and…
Descriptors: Activities, Camping, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
Presented is a report of a joint study project of an aerospace company and California's Office of Compensatory Education. The project's goals were to (1) explore the impact of facets of compensatory education on some neighborhood problems; (2) offer a communication link between school personnel and the Office of Compensatory Education; (3) use a…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Problems, Compensatory Education
South Central Region Educational Lab. Corp., Little Rock, AR. – 1967
Contained in this volume are the major addresses and the comments by participants at a 1967 conference. The goals of the program were: (1) to develop insights about the Delta Negro, the non-reservation Indian, and the rural poor of the Ozarks; (2) to clarify and amplify the issues of self concept and communication skills; and (3) to stress the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education
Marland, Sidney P. – 1968
Racial integration and compensatory education must be used to solve the problems in the big cities. A little boy or a little girl who grows up feeling different from other people and is unable to have access to solutions that would lift him out of his excluded and isolated way of life has every reason to be sick, to be desperate, to be incomplete…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Problems, Educational Strategies
Schwartz, Lester J. – 1975
This report is an evaluation of a New York City school district educational program funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The purpose of the Transitional Classes Program was to provide educational experience for emotionally handicapped students returning from residential centers. The program's basic goals were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilder, Dan Glen – 1976
Forty third-grade students who were reading below third-grade level and who were identified as educationally deprived participated in a study of the effectiveness of the TARMAC reading program. Twenty students were randomly selected for the experimental group; the other 20 served as a control. The Stanford Achievement Test was administered as a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Grade 3
Kaufman, Maurice; And Others – 1977
An Elementary and Secondary Education Title I program for the 1976-77 school year was conducted in public and parochial schools in Medford, Massachusetts. The program provided reading and language arts instruction, physical education, speech therapy, and counseling. Children in grades K-6 who scored below the fortieth percentile on school…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
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