DESCRIBED ARE THE EFFORTS OF THE EAST HARLEM COMMUNITY AND A NEW YORK CITY PHILANTHROPIST TO REOPEN THE EAST HARLEM NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY CLUB, A STORE-FRONT CENTER PROVIDING STUDY FACILITIES, HOMEWORK HELP, AND INSTRUCTION IN BASIC SKILLS. THE CLUB IS STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS AND PAID PROFESSIONALS, WITH ADDITIONAL HELP FROM VISTA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD…

THE "DEMONSTRATION GUIDANCE PROJECT" (PROJECT 43) WAS PLANNED IN ORDER TO DISCOVER, IDENTIFY, AND STIMULATE ACADEMICALLY ABLE STUDENTS FROM LESS PRIVILEGED GROUPS. THE TALENT SEARCH BEGAN IN 1956 AND WAS PLANNED TO RUN FOR A 6-YEAR PERIOD. STUDENT PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM NEW YORK CITY'S MANHATTANVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. FORTY-THREE LATER…

Focusing on a New York City school district educational project funded in December 1968 and performed under contract with the New York City Board of Education, this publication evaluates the continuation of several 1967-68 Title I activities, including two decentralized parts of the Early Childhood Program--diagnosis and special instruction in…

Findings of the evaluation of New York City's Project SAIL, an ungraded primary unit, located at Brooklyn's Public School 41, District 23, and intended for children 5-8 years of age, this report. Teachers reported that they found the first year of the program to be simultaneously exciting and frustrating. Over 80 percent of the teachers involved…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE HOW THE RESPONSE FROM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS AFFECTED BY THEIR EXPOSURE TO MOTION PICTURE VERSIONS OF SHORT STORIES. THE RESEARCH WAS DIRECTED TOWARD DETERMINING WHETHER FILMS CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE. THREE HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) STUDENTS WHO VIEW A FILM VERSION…

Argues that society ought to provide all its school children with access to computers. The authors explain that the dearth of computers in inner-city schools is compounded by the students not having access to computers in their homes. A New York City project that evaluated how technology can improve learning among at-risk students is described.…

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION EVALUATION OF ITS MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS (MES) PROGRAM. MES, ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE BASIC READING AND ARITHMETIC SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WAS INSTITUTED IN 21 SCHOOLS HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PUPILS WITH LOW READING LEVELS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE HANDICAPS,…

Describes reforms at a Bronx intermediate school which registered large gains in students' comprehension performance. The success depended on active, engaged learning, intensive assistance for low achievers, personal development of students, coordination of instruction, availability of instructional support personnel, outstanding leadership, and…

The Title I Umbrella Program provided compensatory instruction in reading, mathematics, and writing to 24,000 mildly or moderately handicapped students in New York City. The program was comprised of seven discrete components for the remediation of reading and writing skills, five after-school models, and two components for the remediation of math…

The purpose of the program evaluated in this report was to investigate the impact of increased guidance service on the educational performance of children. In this second year of the program; funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title III, all students in two elementary schools, one intermediate school, a junior high school, and a…