This report evaluates New York City's Summer High School Preparation for Raising Educational Performance (PREP) program, which was designed to ease Chapter 1-eligible students' transition from junior to senior high school. The report contains the following: (1) an introduction with information on program background, objectives, and methodology;…

The Comprehensive School Improvement Program (CSIP), a holistic school improvement plan currently operating in selected New York City schools, is explained in this guide. The handbook is divided into three sections. Section 1 discusses the goals of the CSIP, which are to enable the principal to become a more effective instructional leader of the…

The Biliteracy Skills Development Project at George Washington High School (New York, New York) completed its final year of a three-year funding cycle in June 1986. Using a mini-school structure, the program sought to enable students to develop oral proficiency in English and literacy skills in both English and Spanish through intensive language…

During 1985-86 the School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program), funded by the New York State Legislature, provided a variety of educational and training experiences to some 25,871 participants, including pre-kindergarten children and their parents; and students, teachers and supervisors from kindergarten through grade…

This document contains four essays which examine aspects of urban bilingual education as it applies to disadvantaged, minority children. The first essay, "A Legal-Historical View of Bilingual Education," deals with the struggle of the American people to cope with problems of language instruction in the schools. Briefly described are the…

IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR AGENCY MATERIAL, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PAPERS FROM MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCE AND THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTED. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS DIVIDED INTO PAPERS PUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED AND PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES. UNDER PAPERS PUBLISHED WERE THOSE BY SHERMAN BARR, BERTRAM BECK, AND MELVIN HERMAN. UNDER PUBLISHED…

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF CURRENT PROBLEMS IN URBAN EDUCATION. IN THIS CONTEXT IT DESCRIBES SUCH INTERVENTIONS AS A PILOT PROJECT IN THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NEW YORK CITY'S HIGHER HORIZONS PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY (1) THE USE OF SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS AND SMALLER CLASS SIZE, (2)…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VII Bilingual Program operated at the Bilingual Mini School housed in P.S. 59 completed its third year in operation and will be expanded next year to include fourth grade participants. Grades serviced by the program during 1973-74 were Kindergarten, first, second and third. Instructional procedures in…

During the 1972-73 school year, Community School District 17 in New York City opened its Bilingual Center for Pre-Schoolers, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The major objectives for the program were: (1) to improve verbal communication skills of all students in their first language; (2) to develop comparable…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WITH A CASE STUDY APPROACH WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF BROADCASTING A PUBLIC AFFAIRS, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) PROGRAM. THIS ETV PROGRAM, A SERIES OF FILMS AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS ON THE PROBLEMS, DILEMMAS, AND PROMISE OF MODERN URBAN LIFE, WAS DESIGNED AND TELEVISED IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE…

Uses New York City schools as a case study in the translation of national policy into local action during World War I. Examines how the Board of Education initiated the intertwined tasks of stimulating patriotism and promoting Americanization. Discusses how schools were used as channels of communication to all Americans. (JS)

The Computer Education Program, funded by the Municipal Assistance Corporation/Vocational Improvement Program (MAC/VIP), assists New York City high schools in promoting computer education and integrating the use of computers in subject area instruction. Project goals include providing assistance in the evaluation, purchase, and installation of…

The Bilingual Pupil Services (BPS) Program has been operating for 11 years in 24 New York City schools. During the 1984-85 school year BPS provided bilingual instruction to 1,616 Hispanic students and (for the second year) to Chinese students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades one through six. BPS has two functions: providing services…

IN THE SPRING OF 1967, EIGHTEEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WHO WERE AWAITING APPOINTMENTS AS PRINCIPALS OF NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS WERE ASSIGNED TO A TEN-WEEK INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSE OBSERVATION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS,…

DESCRIBED ARE THE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY HUNTER COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR TRAINING TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED. HUNTER OFFERS (1) SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES, (2) PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS OF PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN, AND (3) VARIOUS NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT INSTITUTES ON READING IMPROVEMENT, URBAN EDUCATION, SCIENCE TEACHING, ENGLISH TEACHING,…