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New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The Head Start Program, established in the summer of 1971 in District 15 in Brooklyn, is a pre-school program for children of economically disadvantaged families. Its two main goals are: (1) to prepare children with no prior school experience for entry into kindergarten and first grade and (2) to involve parents in the education of their children…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Paprocki, Charles; Kolben, Nancy – 2002
This report describes how expanding Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) services in New York City's Community School District 11 (CSD 11) demonstrates how a community school district can work with early childhood programs in the community to integrate early childhood services and public education in the northeast Bronx. The report examines the roles…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Agency Role, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Thompson, Virginia L.; Molnar, Janice – 1986
In 1985, Edward Koch, Mayor of New York City, established an Early Childhood Education Commission and gave it the task of recommending how best to begin to provide public education for all of the city's 4-year-olds, beginning in September, 1986. After introductory remarks indicating the confluence and interplay of social elements underpinning the…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Mayer, Anna B. – 1965
This report is an analysis of the problems facing urban areas in relation to their preschool programs for the disadvantaged. The main focus is New York City day care centers. Subjects include day care and preschool education, history of the origin and expansion of day care centers, New York City's day care, and educational issues encompassing…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The programs in District 15 funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act offered a wide variety of educational programs targeted for the educationally deprived child. The major common thread running through all Title I Programs was the emphasis upon improvement of basic academic skills. Primary focus of all programs was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Parent Education
Kolben, Nancy; Paprocki, Charles – 2001
Since the Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) legislation was passed in New York in 1997, the Early Childhood Strategic Group has worked to support full program implementation including providing information to community-based organizations on combining funds from different funding streams to extend UPK services to a full day and to enhance program…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
ARTICLES CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM AS OF SUMMER 1965, WERE ORGANIZED INTO A SMALL "NEWSPAPER." INCLUDED WERE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS EMPLOYED AS TEACHER AIDS IN KINDERGARTENS WERE RETURNING TO SCHOOL, (2) THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER PROGRAM WAS EXPLAINED, (3) MFY VOLUNTEER WORK CREWS HELPED ERECT…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Action, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
FOWLER, WILLIAM L.
THIS REPORT BRIEFLY REVIEWS TRENDS IN 20TH-CENTURY RESEARCH ON EDUCATING DISADVANTAGED AND MINORITY GROUP PUPILS. MANY STUDIES WRITTEN IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S INDICATED THAT NEGROES WERE LESS INTELLIGENT THAN CAUCASIANS, AND THUS TEACHERS DEMANDED LITTLE OF THEIR MINORITY GROUP PUPILS. SINCE THAT TIME RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE EMPHASIZED THE…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY. – 1973
The findings of a 1973 study covering the performance of Sesame Street and The Electric Company in ghetto communities are reported briefly. The steps taken to repeat the methodology of earlier Sesame Street studies are described. Data are given on: penetration of Sesame Street among preschool children in Bedford Stuyvesant, East Harlem, Chicago,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Television
Hofmann, Louis J.; And Others – 1972
This evaluation deals with the Strengthening Early Childhood program in District 1 of Manhattan, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The program provides the kindergartens, first, and second grades of the 13 participant schools with teaching and educational assistant positions and with a small amount of materials.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Individual Instruction
Advocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 2000
Children in foster care are the most educationally at risk population in New York City, and the longstanding failure of the responsible agencies to address the educational needs of foster children in New York City is a problem that has, for the most part, been ignored. This paper reports on a study aimed at creating a database to inform the…
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Child Neglect, Delivery Systems, Educationally Disadvantaged
O'DALY, ELIZABETH C. – 1964
THE MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS PROGRAM WILL BE INSTIGATED PRINCIPALLY IN INTEGRATED URBAN SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE A PREKINDERGARTEN AND NONGRADED PRIMARIES USING THE BEST MATERIALS ADAPTED FOR URBAN USE, INCLUDING CLOSED CIRCUIT TV AS AN AUDIOVISUAL AID. THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR ACCELERATION AS WELL AS REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION.…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Closed Circuit Television, Community Involvement, Educational Facilities Improvement
1962
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO GAIN BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CAUSES AND PROCESSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND TO TEST MEANS OF DEALING WITH THEM IS PROPOSED. THE PROGRAM WILL INTEGRATE BOTH RESEARCH AND ACTION PROGRAMS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS WHICH DESCRIBE--(1) THE PROJECT COMMUNITY (THE FREQUENCY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Community Action, Community Resources, Curriculum Enrichment
Keppel, Francis; And Others – 1965
This pamphlet contains addresses by Francis Keppel, Calvin E. Gross, and Samuel Shepard, Jr. before a 1964 public meeting called by the Council for Basic Education on the problems of educating the disadvantaged child. Questions and responses from the audience are included. (NH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Kravetz, Nathan; Phillips, Edna M. – 1969
Aimed at grades pre-K through 2 in five selected elementary schools, this program was to provide an overlay of staff and services in addition to those already provided by other poverty area school projects. Academic achievement, parental involvement, and better communication among the grades were the objectives. The emphasis was on reading and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment
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