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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 1972
An evaluation of the demonstration Urban Conservation Project (UCP) produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station, is presented. The project, released under the title "If You Live in a City, Where Do You Live?", seeks to link the value systems represented by the predominantly rural American conservation ethic with the plight and…
Descriptors: Books, Citizen Participation, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development
PDF pending restorationNorth Forest Independent School District, Houston, TX. – 1976
Although it deals with both years of the program, this report is primarily concerned with the second year of Project ORDER. The program's objectives were to improve the general school atmosphere, including teacher, student, and parent attitudes toward the school; to show continued significant improvement in pupil behavior; and to substantially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autoinstructional Aids, Curriculum, Educational Environment
Download full textRanadive, Jyoti – 1993
Project SHARE (Staff Helping Attain Relevant Education), a project funded by Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was in its third and final year of operation in 1992-93, in eight primary schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan (New York). The project served 141 limited English proficient students from low-income families…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Dworkowitz, Barbara; And Others – 1993
Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) provides New York State funding for remediation in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies for eligible high school students. During summer 1993, 30,195 students took PCEN-funded summer classes. About two percent were enrolled in Project Outreach, a program for high school…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1984
The Urban Demonstration Projects (UDP) combined rehabilitative, preventive, and developmental services in a coordinated school and community effort to test the impact of a maximal educational program for disadvantaged students in Ohio's urban schools. This report, which was prepared by staff members from the various projects throughout the State,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decentralization, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
Hellmuth, Jerome, Ed. – 1970
This volume of the "Disadvantaged Child" Series presents papers on all aspects of the compensatory education debate, written in large part by many of the educators who played leading roles in this program. Part I provides a comprehensive overall picture of the program. Part II discusses culture-fair testing, "Jensenism" and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1994
The Division of High Schools Public Law 100.297 Instructional Support program serves eligible students with disabilities, ages 12-21, who have entered New York City public schools after attending state-operated or state-supported settings and who encounter difficulties adjusting to the high school special education environment. In 1993-94 the…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education
Petkofsky, Ruth B.; And Others – 1992
West Chester University (Pennsylvania) set up a project designed to meet the seemingly diverse yet very similar needs of teacher education students and inner city children. Prospective teachers must begin to value and effectively serve more diverse populations, and the relationship between campus and the real world needs to be strengthened.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Education Majors, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs
Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education. – 1989
A survey was sent to 1,153 Indiana special education teachers, special education directors, principals, and parents, and 447 usable responses were received. The purpose of the survey was to describe and assess current service delivery systems within Indiana for children with severe handicaps. Part One of the survey gathered data on: the types of…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Jay, E. Deborah; Shields, Patrick M. – 1987
This report focuses on the involvement of parents in local projects funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. It researches the kind and extent of involvement, the impact of state and local factors on it, and the effect of the change from Title I to Chapter…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Blank, Rolf K.; And Others – 1983
Within the context of current discussions on improving urban public education, this report provides an analysis of the magnet school as a model for educational quality and excellence and gives an objective assessment of its potential as a method of improving urban education. A comparative case study methodology combined the collection of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Blank, Rolf K.; And Others – 1983
This report discusses findings from a comprehensive national survey of the effectiveness of magnet schools in improving the quality of public education and in assisting school desegregation. Chapter I provides background information on the concept and evolution of magnet schools; discusses the purposes of the national survey and several issues…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Abert, James G., Ed. – 1979
Intended for both the student and the practitioner of evaluation, this book describes the state of the practice of program evaluation. Its focus is mainly institutional. Results of evaluation studies are of secondary importance. An introductory chapter written by the editor discusses evaluation at the Office of Education from 1967 through 1973.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Klaurens, Mary K., Ed.; Trapnell, Gail, Ed. – 1974
The volume on current perspectives in distributive education contains 29 individually authored articles organized into three sections. The first section on program conceptualization deals with the following subjects: the evolution of distributive education, program planning, advisory committees, placement services, postsecondary distributive…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Anthologies, Career Education
Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI. – 1971
The purpose of the Grand Rapids Educational Park project is to develop the best possible working model of an area center located in downtown Grand Rapids, which would offer specialized courses for junior and senior students residing in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. This report documents a 3-year pilot project, from the summer of 1968 through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Environment
