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Mount Hermon School, MA. – 1965
THE LIBERAL STUDIES PROGRAM OFFERED CHALLENGING COURSES CONCERNED WITH THE TECHNIQUES OF CLEAR EXPOSITION AND HELPED ABLE STUDENTS FORM INTELLIGENT OPINIONS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO ENRICH AND PROMOTE THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION IN A SPECIFIC FIELD THROUGH EXCITING COURSES AND STIMULATING TEACHERS. THE STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cultural Enrichment, Educational Programs, Enrichment
PRESSMAN, HARVEY – 1964
A PROPOSAL FOR AN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR ACADEMICALLY TALENTED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF BOSTON IS PRESENTED. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ARE THAT THERE IS AND OBVIOUS AND PRESSING NEED TO GIVE EXTRA HELP TO THE ABLE STUDENT FROM A DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, AND THAT A RELATIVELY BRIEF ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE FOR…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, Junior High Schools
SCHWARZ, E. TERRY; STERN, VIRGINIA – 1965
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE MAJOR FINDINGS, ISSUES, STRATEGIES, AND PROJECTS WHICH EMANATED FROM A SEMINAR ON THE EDUCATION OF DEPRIVED AND SEGREGATED CHILDREN AND YOUTH HELD AT DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 3-15, 1963. FOUR HIGHLY INTERRELATED SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL FAILURE WERE IDENTIFIED--(1) THE QUALITY OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE, (2)…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Ferguson, Laura – Equity and Choice, 1986
A program for gifted Hispanic children in the Worcester, Massachusetts, public schools is designed to increase participants' exposure to cultural and community resources, encourage creativity and imagination, and foster language and literacy skills. Potential participants are identified by bilingual teachers and by peer, parent, and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Education
Download full textWILKE, GERHARD M. – 1967
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ACT FUNDS SUPPORTED A SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS' SUMMER ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING IN FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH FOR 56 SELECTED STUDENTS. THE 6-HOUR DAILY SCHEDULE INCLUDED TWO HOURS DEVOTED TO ORAL EXPRESSION, TWO TO LITERATURE STUDY, AND TWO TO CULTURE-ORIENTED…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Enrichment
JOHNSON, REBECCA M.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THE "CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED" CHILD IS REQUIRED TO BE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, HE IS POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, BUT BECAUSE OF HOME AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT, IS UNABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT HELP ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT NORMALLY GIVEN IN THE CURRICULUM. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS TYPE OF CHILD MAY COME FROM A HOME REPRESENTING…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counseling Services, Cultural Background, Cultural Enrichment
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1969
Two final reports, winter 1968-1969 and summer 1969, respectively describe the sixth and seventh sessions of the Cambridge School Department's After School Center Program and involving six elementary schools. Both the winter and the summer programs were designed to give disadvantaged children remedial instruction in reading and mathematics along…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Medford Public Schools, MA. – 1969
Operation RISE (Recreation-Instruction-Service-Enrichment) was an ESEA Title I Program comprised of services to 660 (from grades 11-12) educationally disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students of Medford, Massachusetts during a six-week period in the summer of 1969. In this period each student was given remedial instruction in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Educational Diagnosis, Educationally Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Education
