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Moore, Kristin A.; And Others – 1995
To learn more about how welfare reform affects children, a child-focused study was conducted as part of the larger Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) evaluation. This study assess the impacts of mothers' mandatory participation in welfare-to-work programs on outcomes for children using a sample of 790 participants. It provides an…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Characteristics, Job Training, Mothers
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. – 1973
This document is concerned with the objectives and evaluation of the educational programs of six elementary schools. Charles R. Drew Elementary School has been classified as a Title I school and receives compensatory services to improve academic performances and self-concepts of the pupils. E. R. Carter Elementary School is also a Title I school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Nowicki, Stephen, Jr.; Barnes, Jarvis – 1970
In summer of 1970, the Atlanta Public Schools received funds for a camp project involving 380 junior high pupils, 95% Negroes and 5% Caucasians. Objectives included providing the opportunity for pupils to assume responsibility, develop self-reliance, and thereby increase self-respect; teaching the skills involved in outdoor recreation; teaching…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Black Youth, Camping, Disadvantaged Youth
Guzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Young Adults, Adolescents, Literacy Education