Accelerating Opportunity (AO) combined integrated career pathways at two-year colleges with team teaching, acceleration strategies, supportive services, and policy changes. It aimed to help low-skilled adults earn occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. This final implementation report documents activities…

The second annual implementation report for the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative in four states finds that: (1) colleges aligned pathways and supports with local needs; (2) students were satisfied with AO; (3) AO instructors grew more adept at team teaching; (4) colleges struggled to recruit adult education students; (5) states and…

This report lists the goals of the Head Start project and describes its organization and procedures. A brief introduction describes the need for preschool education in Chicago and past and present programs which have attempted to meet the need. The report describes the children's social and economic deprivation. More attention, however, is given…

AN ATTEMPT TO OFFER MORE THAN A REMEDIAL PROGRAM TO UNDERACHIEVERS, THIS PROJECT WAS A 6-WEEK SUMMER SESSION DEVOTED TO TEACHING BASIC READING AND MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS IN AN INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING SETTING. EMPHASIS WAS ON CULTURE AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION WERE ALSO INCLUDED. UNDUE CONFLICT, COMPETITION, AND PRESSURE…