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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
Geary, Patricia A. – 1989
Despite enormous political, social, and psychological forces working against them, some inner city black youths defy the odds and succeed academically. This study focuses on a group of successful at-risk minority students in an urban secondary school, and in particular on their student experience, including interactions with school culture,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Bound Students