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Direct linkJohnson, Valerie L.; Holt, Laura J.; Bry, Brenna H.; Powell, Sharon R. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2008
The current study is a formative evaluation of an integrated, school-based program for urban minority youth transitioning into high school. The design of this pilot project was quasi-experimental in nature, with one freshman physical education class assigned to receive the intervention and one to receive no program or "treatment as usual." The…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Education, Pilot Projects, Formative Evaluation
Fairchild, Ron; Smink, Jeff; Stewart, Ashley B. – Wallace Foundation, 2009
The National Summer Learning Association is the only national organization that focuses exclusively on learning during the summer months. It works to ensure that children and youth in high-poverty communities have access to quality summer learning opportunities that support their academic performance and healthy development through hands-on…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change
Inverness Research Associates, 2007
The people at Inverness Research Associates spent 12 years studying Community Science Workshops (CSW) in California and in six other states. They gathered statistics on the scale, scope, and cost-efficiency of CSW services to youth. They observed youth at work in the shops--taking apart computers, repairing bikes, growing plants, and so on--and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Nontraditional Students
Perry, Justin C.; DeWine, David B.; Duffy, Ryan D.; Vance, Kristen S. – Journal of Career Development, 2007
To inform effective school-to-work programs, this study evaluates the effect of a school-based psychoeducational intervention on the academic self-efficacy of urban youth enrolled in the ninth grade. Using a mixed-methods design, data were collected using a quantitative measure of academic self-efficacy and eight semistructured interviews over the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Articulation (Education), Grade 9, Urban Youth
Download full textNational Urban Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1975
The first section of this final report consists of a discussion of the production and dissemination of parents' kits and manuals, including a list of the number of manuals sent out and the people to whom they were sent. This section is followed by both a report on the pilot phase of the project, in which toys, books, or materials used in this…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation, Reading
Great Cities Research Council, Chicago, IL. – 1964
DESCRIBED ARE APPROXIMATELY 55 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY THE MEMBER GREAT CITIES WITHIN THE PAST 2 YEARS. THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROGRAM INCLUDES--THE YOUTH INVOLVED, PROGRAM FEATURES, PROGRAM GOALS AND/OR EVALUATIONS AND SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE AMONG THE PROGRAMS REPORTED--JOB PREPARATION…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Distributive Education, Job Training, Objectives
Peer reviewedPowell, Lois; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1975
Evaluates the achievement, intelligence, and personality characteristics of students in the Street Academy, whose basic goal is to provide educational and education related services to school drop-outs, to increase their employment potential. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Dropout Programs, Program Evaluation
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 1998
In 1992, Congress established the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP). This report describes the initial stages of the ongoing evaluation of 93 projects funded under JUMP and includes its preliminary findings, which suggest hope for the future. Positive outcomes of the evaluations to date include reports from both mentors and youth that mentoring…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Peer reviewedCohen, Max H.; And Others – Urban Education, 1972
Describes and evaluates a tuition-free academic enrichment program for urban youth. Includes a report on the use of programed instruction in teaching chemistry. (RJ)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Preparation, Enrichment, Program Evaluation
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
Covenant House Texas (CHT) is a nonprofit corporation that provides emergency shelter and related services for children and youth in crisis situations. The Texas Education Agency requires an annual evaluation of all programs receiving state compensatory education funds, and the On-Site School program of CHT was evaluated under this provision. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People
Shelden, Randall G. – 1999
The juvenile justice system is exploring alternatives to the use of secure facilities as a means of juvenile crime control. Some of these alternatives are known as diversion programs. This bulletin offers an overview of the diversion programs and evaluation findings from the Detention Diversion Advocacy Project (DDAP), a disposition case advocacy…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
Peer reviewedHanlon, Thomas E.; Bateman, Richard W.; Simon, Betsy D.; O'Grady, Kevin E.; Carswell, Steven B. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2002
Evaluated an early intervention, risk-reduction strategy in comparison with a standard intervention approach in the treatment of inner-city youth at risk of adopting a deviant life style. Regression analysis of outcome measures for 428 inner-city youth revealed significant differential results for delinquent activity, favoring the experimental…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Delinquency, Early Intervention
Card, Josefina J., Ed.; Becker, Stephani R., Ed.; Hill, Denise M. K., Ed. – 1998
By providing in-depth descriptions of the 23 promising programs available from the Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescence (PASHA), the "PASHA Program Sourcebook" offers practitioners a detailed look at "what works" to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases/human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Health Education, Pregnancy
COOKE, LOT H., JR.; MORINE, JOHN P. – 1966
THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidance Personnel, Institutes (Training Programs)
Walker, Karen E.; Kotloff, Lauren J. – 1999
Plain Talk is an approach to teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention that enlists a broad section of community adults in the effort to protect teens from pregnancy and disease. The Plain Talk design called for creation of community consensus around the needs of youth by focusing on adults, both as recipients of accurate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Community Programs
