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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1983
The 1983 6-week summer school program of the District of Columbia Schools provided remedial courses to elementary and secondary students in reading and mathematics, in courses needed for promotion and graduation, and in developing career and entry level skills for student interns. In evaluating the program, this report found that the average…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Graduation Requirements
Summerbridge National Project, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
A Summerbridge program is a comprehensive 2- to 3-year academic program with intensive summer and school-year sessions, year-round counseling, and family advocacy and is followed by continued support through high school. The tuition-free program targets talented students with limited educational opportunities who are taught by a faculty composed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Harris, J. John, III; And Others – 1983
The 1983 Indianapolis Project STRIVE was designed to address the problem of youth unemployment while increasing opportunities for career education, enhancement of self-esteem, and the development of leadership skills among older adolescents, 16 to 21 years of age. Concurrently STRIVE was designed to provide elementary students with instruction in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education