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Download full textHelms, David C.; Heller, Ben – 1985
A staff and organizational development program was designed to foster the use of research to improve instructional effectiveness at the elementary level by monitoring and managing key classroom variables related to student achievement. A classroom improvement program, called the Basic Skills Instructional Improvement Program (BSIIP), was developed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Classroom Research, Disadvantaged Youth
Woodhead, Martin, Ed. – 1976
This book describes an experimental compensatory preschool program carried out in England between 1968 and 1973. The program combined a traditional nursery program with a daily 20-minute period focusing on specific language and perceptual activities. Experimental and control subjects, 237 in all, were selected from four state supported nursery…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Harbeck, Karen, Ed.; Rigby, Barbara, Ed. – 1977
The Urban/Rural Program began with the premise that parents and teachers who have the most intense and prolonged contact with poor children in both rural and inner city schools know their needs best and should share in the decision-making process. This Program is founded on the thesis that control of program resources and decision-making authority…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Consultants, Decision Making, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1978
This monograph provides a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from two mini-conferences held to discuss the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) as it relates to career education. The conference participants included eight representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Fresno City Coll., CA. – 1978
Developed as part of a research and design project for disadvantaged and handicapped vocational education students at Fresno City College, California, two management plans to assure compliance with affirmative action and sex fairness legislation are presented in this booklet: Plan 1, a generic plan of action to qualify for federal funding, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Programs, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth
CHAPMAN, JANE R. – 1966
A TRAINING CAMP FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH NEAR RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA IS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUMMARY OF A DETAILED REPORT, "AN EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT OF TRAINEE CAMPS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH," PREPARED BY THE STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI). YOUTH BETWEEN 16 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE, NOT IN SCHOOL, AND WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Camping, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Cardarelli, Albert P. – 1977
This policy paper, prepared for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and focused on institutional strategies for prevention of juvenile delinquency, begins with a definition of delinquency prevention and a framework which classifies delinquency theories according to the individual, social institutions, or social interaction.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Involvement, Counseling Techniques, Delinquency Prevention
PDF pending restorationGordon, Edmund W.; And Others – 1972
The Mishawaka special reading program, now in its sixth year of operation, is supported primarily with Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I funds. The program is designed to enable reading handicapped children to achieve and maintain a reading skill higher than a year below their grade placement; interpret the child's strengths and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Diagnosis
Educational Research Services, Inc., White Plains, NY. – 1968
Evaluated is the third year of an Elementary Basic Skills Program in Baltimore, Maryland, public schools, a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The aims of this compensatory and enrichment effort are discussed and the components of the project are described. Findings are presented separately for the 1967-68…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Schools
Jablonsky, Adelaide; Barnes, Regina – 1970
This annotated bibliography, the fourth of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system, carries a short review on the history and operation of the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The 21 items in the list have the following breakdown: (1) program descriptions; (2) characteristics of participants; (3) evaluation reports;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate, Employment Opportunities
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1974
At a seminar on Compensatory Early Childhood Education held in Jerusalem in the fall of 1972 the idea of compensatory education and its viability in cross cultural terms was examined in conjunction with a critical review of the whole notion of social and cultural disadvantage. Twenty-two participants from international governmental organizations…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedJackson, Linda S.; Whitten, Ann Y. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1986
Assesses the effectiveness of Northwest Mississippi Junior College's 1984 Summer Youth Employment Training Program, which involved 133 disadvantaged learners between the ages of 14 and 21 in an eight-week educational program focusing on remediation in mathematics and communication skills, career exploration, and job-search skills. Reviews related…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Career Exploration, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth
Johnson, Bassin, and Shaw, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1999
To help create safe havens and positive opportunities for youth in Native American and Alaska Native communities, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) became a partner with Boys & Girls Clubs of America (B&GCA). This guide describes how the B&GCA proven prevention model can be adapted for use in Indian Country to…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Disadvantaged Youth, Financial Support
Peer reviewedGuadadiello, Anthony S. – School Arts, 1983
The program for artistically talented in the Jersey City Public Schools primarily serves a disadvantaged population. Among its activities are field trips to the countryside and to local neighborhoods. Students get new visual experiences which they can compare to familiar ones and are encouraged to use in their artwork. (CS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Study, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Hancock, Karen – Education Canada, 2003
In a Canadian program, adult volunteer mentors meet with elementary student mentees for an hour each week during school. An evaluation of five such school-based mentoring programs found that mentored students developed a more positive attitude towards school, achieved higher grades, and improved relationships with adults and peers. Mentors report…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
