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Beadle, Andrew D. – Youth Today, 2003
Describes four exemplary rural youth programs that succeed despite the common lack of transportation and leadership in rural areas. An Alabama church-based program, a Nevada program on an American Indian reservation, and a school-based network in Vermont all offer summer and after-school programs for elementary and secondary students. Texas…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textIsaacs, Mareasa R. – 1992
This publication presents the substance of a conference on collaborative approaches to prevention and intervention for African American families exposed to community violence. Participants included child and maternal mental health professionals and others involved in public health, juvenile justice, child welfare, education, child advocacy, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Black Community, Black Culture
Backman, Kenneth; And Others – 1990
This publication provides a variety of information on prevention and intervention programs for rural and urban children and adolescents. Drawing from a rural sociological perspective, the introductory paper defines "rural," discusses rural-urban economic and social differences, and lists indicators of risk for rural youth. It discusses the extent…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Yagi, Kan – 1986
This year-end evaluation report of the Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education (Preschool) Program in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools is a narrative supplement to the statistical forms used by Chapter 1 Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) evaluation and is organized into six sections: (1) introduction; (2) description of the program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Florida State Council on Vocational Education, Tallahassee. – 1986
A study was conducted to determine the availability of appropriate information about postsecondary vocational education in Florida to special populations identified in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Materials on postsecondary education for special popultions were collected from school districts, community colleges, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Leonard, Judith E., Ed. – 1977
Described are activities of the first 2 years of the Chapel Hill Gifted-Handicapped Project, a demonstration program to identify gifted-handicapped and gifted-disadvantaged children (3 to 6 years old) and provide them with a preschool program of enrichment activities and therapy and remediation in developmental areas. Sections address the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Dean, Marshall A. – 1977
How paraprofessionals in vocational education programs for the disadvantaged and handicapped are being selected, trained, paid, and utilized is the major focus of the study presented in this document. The need for paraprofessional help and the use of the paraprofessional's time in serving handicapped students is discussed first. Then the barriers…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Students, Inservice Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
This report presents the evaluation results of the 1979-80 Title I program in grades one, two, three and seven in the District of Columbia Public School system. Part One describes program objectives and services and the evaluation design and procedures. A description of the population served by Title I is included in Part Two. Achievement gains in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorized a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. Although many programs, such as the War on Poverty and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Planning
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA). It provides an overview of FY 1979 planned projects funded in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico under the Governors' statewide youth services grants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
McNeil, Judy T. – 1980
The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Morris, Anne G.; Glick, Joseph – 1977
This study of a parent education program associated with a medical facility investigated two questions: (1) Was the medical facility a valid site for recruiting and training parents for an educational intervention program to be carried out at home? (2) Would a short term intervention program have an impact on the performance of preschool children…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Mangum, Garth; Walsh, John – 1978
Using a synthesis of available literature written between 1960 and 1977, the study reported in this document focuses on the assessment of (1) employment and training services for youth; (2) techniques which have been used in providing employment and training services to youth; (3) administrative practices which have either enhanced or vitiated…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
FITZPATRICK, MILDRED; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS BOOKLET LISTS GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) TITLE I FUNDS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW MEXICO, AND OFFERS AN ABSTRACT OF EACH OF THE 91 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. THE LOCAL DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHICH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS MEET THE LOW-INCOME CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attendance, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged Youth
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1965
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SPECIAL PROJECT IN SOME DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVERAGE, UNDERACHIEVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE OFFERED YEAR-ROUND SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND PART-TIME JOBS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
