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Yagi, Kan – 1987
The Oregon State Disadvantaged Child Project provided compensatory education for students residing in the Portland core area. A total of 6,526 students were transported to schools outside the core area where they received instruction in basic skills along with 202 students at the receiving schools. About 500 additional students, mainly residents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The summer 1986 High School Preparation for Raising Educational Performance (PREP) program (in its third year of operation at 25 New York City high schools) included for the second year an English as a second language (ESL) component. Designed to help students who had recently immigrated develop the English language listening, speaking, reading,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High School Students, High Schools
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1986
In its final year of funding, Project COPE provided instruction in basic skills and career development to 388 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9 through 12 at three sites in Brooklyn and the Bronx: 150 Hispanics at John F. Kennedy High School, 150 Haitians at Prospect Heights High School, and 88 Italians at Christopher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, English (Second Language)
Solomon, Henry; And Others – 1988
The Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program in New York City identifies and delivers services to middle school students who are excessively absent or otherwise at risk of dropping out. The AIDP program has the following components: (1) facilitation; (2) attendance; (3) guidance; (4) health; (5) school-level linkages; and (6)…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Rowan, Brian; And Others – 1986
As one of five field studies in the National Assessment of Chapter 1, this project studied the design and operations of the Chapter 1 program at the point of service delivery. Examination of the program at 24 schools revealed the following: (1) inflationary pressure on Chapter 1 budgets affected design decisions among schools; (2) cross-site…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Singer, Judith D.; Raphael, Ellen S. – 1988
The study estimated per pupil expenditures for a stratified random sample of 571 special education students in three metropolitan school districts--Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), and Rochester (New York). The study used data collected in 1982-83 from parent interviews, teacher interviews, and the student's school…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Instructional Student Costs
Snow, Mary B. – 1987
A survey of 40 school personnel responsible for remedial and special education in Nevada school districts was conducted to determine diagnostic tools and remedial programs for students with dyslexia and other learning problems. Major findings included the following: that 86.5% of school districts have a systematic process for identifying students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Barnes, Robert W.; And Others – 1984
This paper evaluates the Youth Awareness Program (YAP), a joint effort of District of Columbia Public Schools and the Metropolitan Police Department, which focuses on helping high school students make appropriate decisions about sex, drugs, crime, and careers and motivating students toward positive behaviors. The separate contributions of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Delinquency Prevention
Crockett, Geraldine T. – 1979
This report summarizes the results of a study of the Child Development Centers (CDC), a program operated by the Seattle, Washington public schools to provide social services to students from four to eight years old. Preliminary results from a long-term follow-up study of students successfully terminated from the CDC program between 1973 and 1977…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Average Daily Attendance, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education
Ghory, Ward J. – 1980
This paper concerns the process of developing model urban education programs and is based on the experiences of the state funded Urban Education Pilot Project (UEPP) being carried out in one Cincinnati, Ohio, inner city public high school attendance area. First, key premises used by the UEPP are outlined. These include: (1) principals are the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement
Thompson, Bryan; Agocs, Carol – 1972
There are many problems in the teaching and learning of ethnic studies. Several teaching approaches have been used in an effort to meet some of the educational needs of various ethnic groups. Some problems of research and teaching in the field of ethnic studies include: lack of awareness of the current social meaning of ethnicity; data…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Perney, Lawrence; And Others – 1975
This monograph describes a year-long, retraining program for East Cleveland kindergarten teachers that was based on teacher involvement in group discussions and curriculum improvement activities. The program was developed in order to provide, with no additional funds, an education to inner-city children that compared favorably with the education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Responsibility, Group Discussion, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedAlves, Michael J.; Willie, Charles V. – Urban Review, 1987
Conventional school desegregation techniques have failed because they do not redress the root causes of segregation. An alternative approach, controlled choice, maximizes personal choice within an equitable, educationally enhanced system. This approach has been adopted by three school systems and is being reviewed by several more. (VM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Instructional Improvement, Magnet Schools
Kim, Jason J.; Crasco, Linda M. – 2003
The Comprehensive Partnerships for Mathematics and Science Achievement (CPMSA) is a National Science Foundation program launched in 1993, designed to improve the mathematics and science education of urban students in medium-sized cities. The goals of the program, in addition to increased enrollments in mathematics and science classes, were to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Mandlawitz, Myrna – 2003
This report reviews, in the context of the upcoming reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the operation of special education programs in three cities: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Case studies of each of the school systems address whats working in special education, current…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
