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Criner, Beatrice H., Ed. – 1968
The narrative descriptions of local school district projects in North Carolina, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, are offered in this volume. Information, including photographs, are presented for each of the eight educational districts and for the special schools. Statistical information is also included. (NH)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Froe, Otis D. – 1964
In an attempt to clarify the problems of educational planning for disadvantaged college youth, this report presents a study of the characteristics of the learner which are related to academic achievement and an analysis of the pressures and expectations of college curriculums. Behavior and attitudinal traits of disadvantaged black youth are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Black Attitudes, Black Colleges
Forrester, Bettye J.; And Others – 1971
This manual, which discusses materials that promote infant growth and development, is part of an approach to working with low-income mothers and infants in their homes to increase the educability of the infants. There is a brief discussion of infant development and the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education Infant Study (DARCEE)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childrens Literature, Cultural Enrichment
John, Thomas – 1974
This evaluation determines program effectiveness based on the program's stated objectives in order to make recommendations to strengthen ESEA Title I programs, and to provide a data base that could be useful in decision-making and management. Data collected include both field data and previous evaluation data. Major findings and recommendations in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
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American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
This program provided corrective reading instruction for disadvantaged pupils (grades 1-3) from black, Mexican-American and Anglo low income families. Instruction was provided for small groups (three to six pupils) by remedial reading teachers, one teacher being shared by two schools. The program also included the assistance of classroom aides,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Counseling, Cultural Enrichment
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1967
This listing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects in the State of Hawaii has a two-fold arrangement. The first is a summary tabulation of the schools under grade levels and categorized by the following general program areas: reading, guidance, after school study, English as a second language, social studies, science,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1971
This final report of the Early Childhood Demonstration Program for the Disadvantaged, begun in October 1969 at the Learning Research Center of West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania, contains the evaluative results of 80 children enrolled since 1969. The aim of this compensatory program was to develop an infant education curriculum…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Compensatory Education
NEARINE, ROBERT J. – 1967
PROJECT 64-1, AN ENRICHMENT PROJECT IN THE HARTFORD, CONN., SCHOOLS WHICH IS EVALUATED HERE, IS A MODIFIED HIGHER HORIZONS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES INCREASED SPECIAL SERVICES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN 14 ELEMENTARY AND TWO HIGH SCHOOLS. THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO HELP THESE YOUTH DEVELOP A SELF-IMAGE WHICH WILL…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counselors, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
Reed, Horace B. – Skidmore Alumnae Quarterly, 1967
A residential program for 150 disadvantaged junior high school students from both urban and rural areas of New York was conducted at Skidmore College. A part of Programs to Excite Potential (PEP), this pilot project is based on the hypothesis that a multisensory art experience can stimulate academic motivation and strengthen the self-confidence of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills, Cultural Enrichment
Wichita Unified School District 259, KS. – 1969
The Wichita Program for Educationally Deprived Children, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I, directed itself to correcting reading problems of and attendance aide activities for elementary and junior high school students. The present program involved over 13,000 students in 43 schools. Additional art, music, physical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
Gaitskell, C. D., Ed. – 1969
The report in this issue of Curriculum Bulletin documents extra-curricular and after school activities adopted by Canadian urban communities in Ontario to combat cultural disadvantagement and reading deficiencies among inner-city children, pre-school through junior high school ages. The projects described in the metropolitan areas of Hamilton,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
The General Accounting Office (GAO) undertook this review to test the effectiveness of the Upward Bound program, which is administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) Office of Education (OE). This program was designed to provide low income students who are potentially successful but inadequately trained, with skills…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1968
Details are enumerated for 150 ESEA Title I projects being conducted across the nation through the 1968-69 school year to improve education for disadvantaged children. Basic information for each project includes type of project, place, starting date, cost, staff size and composition, participants (grade level if children, relationship if adult),…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Hartford City Board of Education, CT. Research and Publication Dept. – 1966
This document describes two third- and ninth-grade experimental centers which were established to develop language competence and academic motivation in disadvantaged students in Hartford. Evaluation of the ninth-grade "Higher Horizons 100" center is presented. Composed of six staff members, the center provided intensive small-group…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 3
Bynum, Effie M.; And Others – 1972
This study, funded by the Ford Foundation and the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB), represents a two and one-half year effort to compile information based on questionnaires, surveys, field studies, and staff and student interviews on the nature, problems, and successes of collegiate compensatory programs for disadvantaged youth. Ten…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Colleges, Case Studies, Civil Rights
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