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The I Have a Dream/Coro Summer Work Partnership Project: Pilot Training Program. Initial Assessment.
White, Emily; And Others – 1991
In the summer of 1991, 24 students, members of an I Have a Dream (IHAD) program, took part in a pilot program to introduce them to the work force through internships augmented by a training program. The Coro Foundation was contacted by IHAD to run the training program, which was adapted to the needs of disadvantaged students entering 10th grade.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 10, High Schools
Negotiating among Opportunity and Constraint: The Participation of Young People in Out-of-School-Time Activities. Chapin Hall Working Paper
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Chaskin, Robert J.; Baker, Stephen – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2006
In recent years, there has been increased policy interest in the way young people spend their time out of school, and in promoting the availability of opportunities for them to spend this time in productive and developmentally supportive ways. Out-of-school opportunities (such as arts and music programs, sports teams, community service, youth …
Descriptors: Grade 10, Neighborhoods, Adolescents, Interests
Sequences of Opportunities for Learning.
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Stevenson, David Lee; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1994
Asserts that students' opportunities to learn subjects can be organized into sequences that span grades and schools. Examines national patterns in opportunities for learning mathematics and science from grade 8 to grade 10. Finds that the level of mathematics in grade 8 is closely related to that taken in high school, but this is not true of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Access to Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Opportunities