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Download full textGodfrey, Ernestine, Ed. – 1970
The basic approach of the North Carolina Advancement School has been based on the belief that psychological and attitudinal factors of underachievement must be treated before students can achieve academically; the School's program, therefore, centers around improving the students' self concept, attitudes, and responsibility for learning. With boys…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
North Carolina Advancement School, Winston-Salem. – 1969
This research report is the first extensive follow-up which the North Carolina Advancement School has conducted on former students. The School, a residential school for underachievers, was established to conduct research into the causes and possible remedies of underachievement. The subjects, eighth-grade boys, attended the School in Spring 1968.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
Christian, Cinda; Garland, Marshall – Online Submission, 2007
State Compensatory Education (SCE) is a supplemental program in Texas designed to eliminate disparities in (a) student performance on assessment instruments administered under chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code (1995), and (b) the rates of high school completion between students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Texas…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Compensatory Education, Supplementary Education, School Districts
North Carolina Advancement School, Winston-Salem. – 1968
This research report of the North Carolina Advancement School includes a description of the selection of students and the instructional program; a statistical analysis of the students; an evaluation of the counseling and instructional programs; a discussion of research in progress; and recommendations. The School's purpose is to carry on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
North Carolina Advancement School, Winston-Salem. – 1969
This is a report on the North Carolina Advancement School's eight-week summer session for sixth- and seventh-grade boys. The summer session for underachievers was limited to a residential program. The instructional program involved studying humanities, mathematics; science, and the arts with close guidance by a counselor. The results from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1987
For the project year 1985-86, Idaho's allocation of federal funds for Chapter 1 was $9,256,844. This amount was distributed utilizing Southwestern American Indian myths, legends, history, and remedial instructional programs that would benefit educationally deprived students in the basic skill areas of reading, mathematics, and language arts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedFalbo, Toni; Glover, Robert W.; Holcombe, W. Lee; Stokes, S. Lynne – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2005
This article examines the antecedents and consequences of residential choice and school transfers within one of the eight largest urban school districts in Texas. This study is based on survey data from a representative sample of parents of K-12 students enrolled in this district. In addition to demographic characteristics of the family, the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Low Income, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation
Carter, James D. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the Eckerd Wilderness Camping Program with those of the Florida Training Schools (rehabilitation institutions) on delinquent youths. Effects of these different treatment modes were measured in terms of school adjustment and court contact of each group at 6, 12, and 18 months after release or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Schools, Comparative Analysis, Correctional Education
