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Download full textCouncil for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1969
Conference papers on early childhood education cover the following topics: individual variation among preschoolers in a cognitive intervention program in low income families presented by Phyllis Levenstein, programmatic research on disadvantaged youth and an ameliorative intervention program by Merle B. Karnes and others, special education and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Conference Reports, Day Care
Leonard, George E. – 1973
The pilot program was designed to aid inner-city Detroit public school students to raise and broaden their educational/occupational aspiration levels and plan for their future. The project served 15,000 students from seven elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one high school; control schools were selected to match the experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Education
Green Bay Joint School District 1, WI. – 1973
This compensatory education program serves approximately 792 disadvantaged children. Thirteen elementary school enrichment learning centers, two tenth grade tutoring programs, an area-wide remedial reading clinic, an instructional service center, and intensive teacher-parent inservice training will be the framework for enrichment experiences.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Compensatory Education
Quillian, Benjamin F., Jr.; Rogers, Kathryn S. – 1972
This appendix to the National Program on Early Childhood Education (NPECE) Survey contains materials intended to provide additional information about six of the nine programs described in the survey. The materials include: (1) narrative descriptions of cooking and reading experiences for the Tucson Early Education Model; (2) information on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Hosley, Cheryl A. – Wilder Research, 2004
Cargill Scholars is a comprehensive, five-year program that aims to improve students' scholastic performance by raising academic expectations, preventing high-risk behavior, and improving life skills. The program serves 50 socio-economically-disadvantaged children who attend school in Minneapolis or its northern and western suburbs. The program…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
Love, John M.; And Others – 1992
This report includes an executive summary and describes results of a 1988 study of transition activities provided by public schools to enhance the continuity experienced by children as they move from preschool, day care, home, or other previous experience into kindergarten. Chapter 1 offers background information, including definitions of terms,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Involvement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth
Southard, Margarida F. – 1991
In the 1989-90 school year, 13 dropout prevention programs were implemented in the Leon County (Florida) School District. The Comprehensive Dropout Prevention Program (CDPP) for Leon County schools included Educational Alternatives Programs, a Teenage Parent Program, a Substance Abuse Program, and Youth Services Programs. This report presents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Rosario, Jose; And Others – 1980
This volume is the first of a series reporting evaluation findings on the impact of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) on institutions, classroom staff, parents and children from the time the children entered Head Start through the first grade. PDC was begun in 1974 with the purpose of ensuring that disadvantaged children receive continuous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs
Griffith, Lynda W.; And Others – 1971
A Head Start Program operating in Kansas City since 1965 was viewed as inadequate because enrollment was limited to about 600 children per year. The Model Cities Agency determined to provide a program for the remainder of the children in the Model Cities neighborhoods. The programs developed were differentiated administratively for the purposes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Vogler, William H.; And Others – 1971
In this evaluation report, considerable analysis is devoted to the definition of program development in each of the three years of funding, as well as an evaluation of third year objectives attainment. Emphases include project history prior to 1970-71 and context definition, project inputs, fiscal and staff resources, and terminal product…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Planning, Community Involvement, Community Role
Quillian, Benjamin F., Jr.; Rogers, Kathryn S. – 1972
This survey, representing a wide spectrum of teaching strategies and educational outlooks, is the result of a number of requests to the National Program on Early Childhood Education (NPECE) for a concise description of a variety of tested programs for young children that can be installed by local communities. A requirement of these programs was…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Nimnicht, Glen P. – 1969
This is the final report of the New Nursery School Project, a program for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old educationally disadvantaged children. Objectives of the program are to help children develop a positive self-image, increase sensory and perceptual acuity, improve language skills, form certain concepts essential for later learning, and develop the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth
Rendon, Laura I., Ed.; Hope, Richard O., Ed. – 1996
This book presents 20 papers on the current status and future needs of disadvantaged minority students in the elementary, secondary, and higher education systems. Papers are grouped into four sections: current challenges to minority education; restructuring schools to foster minority student success; reforming higher education; and leadership…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
PDF pending restorationWashington State Office of Community Development, Olympia. – 1991
Washington State's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) provides a comprehensive, family-focused preschool program designed to help low-income children succeed in the public school system and help families support and participate in their children's success. Findings from an ongoing longitudinal study of the ECEAP program…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This second interim report presents evaluation results from Project Youth Experiencing Success (YES) and documents a decrease in the Virginia statewide event-dropout rate in grades 7 through 12 from 4.8 percent during the 1988-89 school year to 3.3 percent during the 1991-92 year. Event-dropout rates measure the proportion of students who drop out…
Descriptors: Ability, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
