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Grace-Odeleye, Beverlyn; Santiago, Jessica – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2019
Many colleges are pursuing innovative alternative approaches for the development of education that aims to accelerate students' progress in gaining important academic competencies. Summer bridge programs are one such approach. These bridge programs offer underprepared and at-risk students the opportunity to advance toward college-level coursework…
Descriptors: Models, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, First Generation College Students
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Warren, William A. – Journal of Extension, 2015
The carbon cycle was used as a conceptual construct for organizing the curriculum for a youth summer camp on natural resource use and sustainability. Several studies have indicated the importance of non-traditional youth education settings for science education and understanding responsible natural resource use. The Sixth Grade Forestry Tour, a…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Grade 6
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Ryder, Linda Sue; Pegg, Jerine; Wood, Nathan – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
Summer outreach programs provide pre-college participants an introduction to college life and exposure to engineering in an effort to raise the level of interest and bring more students into engineering fields. The Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) program is a project-based summer workshop in which teams of high school students…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Outreach Programs, Workshops, High School Students
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1981
The report reviews Idaho's Migrant Education Program, which served 6,786 migrant children in programs hosted by 33 districts during the regular term and 3,302 children in summer schools in 28 locations. Following a listing of national and state goals for migrant education is a summary of specific objectives stated in the State Plan, strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Objectives
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1987
For the project year 1985-86, Idaho's allocation of federal funds for Chapter 1 was $9,256,844. This amount was distributed utilizing Southwestern American Indian myths, legends, history, and remedial instructional programs that would benefit educationally deprived students in the basic skill areas of reading, mathematics, and language arts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1978
Nearly 8,700 migrant students (73% at the elementary level) participated in Idaho's 1978 migrant education program which emphasized oral language, reading, and math skills for all students, and career preparation (driver training, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, GED skills) for teenagers. Of the 33 participating school districts, 30…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Educational Programs