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Download full textRivera-Casale, Cecilia; And Others – 1982
In order to test the effects of financial subsidies on employment for disadvantaged youth, two experimental situations were set up: (1) a worker subsidy operating in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and (2) an employer subsidy operating in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The first project, the Cambridge Job Factory Voucher Experiment, tested a voucher…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employees, Employers
Peer reviewedMcCormick, Marijo K.; Williams, Juanita H. – Journal of Negro Education, 1974
The study reported here tested four hypotheses relevant to the effects of participation in Upward Bound on changes in "disadvantaged" high school youth; variables chosen for examination were reported self-concept, academic achievement, and reality of aspiration level. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Programs, Compensatory Education
BAIR, ROBERT A.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE OPERATION OF THE FELS FOUNDATION PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING YOUTH POTENTIAL IN HANFORD, CALIFORNIA, IS DESCRIBED. OF GENERAL CONCERN WAS THE PREPARATION OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AND FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT. A MAJOR GOAL WAS TO IMPROVE THE SELF-IMAGE OF THE CHILDREN AND TO ASSIST THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN PROVIDING…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Administration, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Responsibility
BIENENSTOK, THEODORE; SAYRES, WILLIAM C. – 1964
PROJECT ABLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1961 IN NEW YORK TO IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE HIGH ABILITY PUPILS FROM CULTURALLY DEPRIVED GROUPS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. LOCAL PROJECTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN SIXTEEN DISTRICTS WITH THE BACKING OF STATE FUNDS, OPERATING ON ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. AVERAGE COSTS PER PUPIL VARIED…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidance Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Johnston, Judith E. – 1979
Delinquency reduction and reduction of the number of juveniles referred to the justice system were assessed for 14 diversion programs in Los Angeles County. A project versus nonproject comparison and a pre-post analysis with archival and other data gathered from 1972 through 1977 were used. Preliminary results indicated that the diversion projects…
Descriptors: Community Services, Crime, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1967
PRESENTED ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF SELECTED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I PROJECTS IN VERMONT. ARRANGED IDENTICALLY FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SUMMARIES CONTAIN (1) OBJECTIVES, (2) THE PROGRAM TITLE, (3) A DESCRIPTION, AND (4) AN EVALUATION WHICH INCLUDES A BUDGET FIGURE. BECAUSE MOST PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING READING AND…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Objectives
Braund, Robert A.; And Others – 1967
The required annual evaluation report includes a synopsis of the whole document; an overview of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I efforts in California; analysis of school district reports from central city, urban, suburban, and rural areas; a review of selected activities; and a section containing specific information requested…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Federal Programs
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1968
A study was conducted to evalu"te the effectiveness of Federal Assistance for Staff Training, a project offering inservice education in a workshop format to 6,226 administrators, teachers, secretaries, custodians, and parent-teacher aides from Detroit public and parochial schools. Goals were (1) improving the competencies of staff in their…
Descriptors: Administrators, Custodian Training, Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Education
Haney, Walt – 1977
This report presents a technical history of the national evaluation study of the Follow Through Planned Variation Model. The last in a five volume series dealing with Follow Through evaluation activities, this volume is devoted to examining the major issues confronting the evaluation and the attempts made to resolve these issues. Chapter I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods
Logan, Juanita – 1976
This report contains an evaluation of the reading improvement program in the primary grades in Cleveland, Ohio, which attempts to provide specialized reading instruction and support for disadvantaged pupils at a time deemed critical in their school experience. The project utilizes the services of a reading consultant, master teachers, and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Expenditure per Student, Primary Education, Program Evaluation
Pelkey, Edward L. – 1975
The career education development project presented in the report covers the period from July 1, 1972 through June 30, 1975, with approximately seven percent of the combined school populations of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, Michigan, participating. The stratified, selected sample was comprised of one experimental group of 202 "target…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
The Perry Preschool Project, for educable mentally retarded 3- and 4-year-olds from disadvantaged homes is described. This program uses a cognitively oriented curriculum (based on Piagetian theory) designed to help the child construct the mental representations of himself and his environment that will lead to the development of logical modes of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Youth, Home Visits
Cooney, Joan Ganz – 1970
This paper describes the evolution of the Children's Television Workshop, which was originally suggested in a study made by Joan Ganz Cooney for the Carnegie Corporation, and which was responsible for the development and production of the daily, 1-hour educational program, "Sesame Street:" As envisioned in the Carnegie proposal, the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Educational Television, Learning Processes
Jellins, Miriam H. – 1969
Even within the common goal of teaching youth to read, teachers in inner-city secondary schools should be concerned with variation and differentiation in program emphasis for a specific school. An all-school reading survey might be used to determine student ability, achievement, and interests and to give direction in establishing a program suited…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Inner City, Observation
Smith, Charlie James – 1970
This study compared the effectiveness of an experimental student-centered method to a traditional method of teaching physical science to disadvantaged college freshmen. The study extended over a period of one academic year. It utilized an experimental group and a control group, each consisting of 30 randomly-selected students. A t-ratio was used…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
