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Download full textMattran, Kenneth J. – 1969
If only ten percent of the total estimated non-English-speaking potential of the Chicago area were actually non-functional in English, there would be some 40,000 people in need of English language training. In investigating to what degree this obvious need is being met, the writer was surprised to discover that some, including teachers, question…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Extension Education, Immigrants
Syropoulos, Mike – 1972
The Federally Assisted Staff Training project is designed for teachers in the inner-city schools. Over 15,000 teachers and other staff members of the Detroit public school system have participated in this in-service program since April 1966. The program covers eight phases: in-service consultant-leadership training, teacher behavior improvement…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Educational Objectives, Inservice Teacher Education, Microteaching
Peer reviewedSteele, Marilyn – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1978
Defines the concept, "Community Education," the part that student alienation has in causing school vandalism, reports two studies that help prove the constructive influence of community schools in reducing school vandalism, and how student cooperation can be gained in community education. (RK)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Schools, Criteria, Definitions
Peer reviewedStrickman, Leonard P. – Urban Review, 1972
Sets forth ways of equalizing educational opportunity in public schools so as to avert two separate societies,'' and evaluates metropolitan approaches to the problem. (DM)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Community Control, Educational Improvement, Government Role
Peer reviewedKopelke, Phyllis B.; Koch, Moses S. – Junior College Journal, 1971
The Early Childhood Education Program at Essex Community College is used as a model to present the intentions, realizations, and disappointments of a new careers" program for inner-city resident adults. (CA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Swap, Susan McAllister – Equity and Choice, 1990
Defines, illustrates, and evaluates three approaches to home-school collaboration: School to Home Transmission, Interactive Learning; and Partnership for School Success. Discusses pitfalls to avoid. (DM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedGill, Walter – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes the Agriculture-Science Project, a program designed for inner-city African-American males to improve science grades, increase awareness of good health/safety practices, and increase awareness of science/health careers. Notes summer program results revealing significant differences in educational climate between summer and regular school,…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Inner City, Males, Middle School Students
Weich, Leah; Philip, Radhika – 1993
The 1991-1992 Cooperative Emergency Substance Abuse Prevention Program was the first year of a two-year program in Community School District 3 in New York City. The overall objectives of the program were to provide staff training in the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out substance abuse prevention education, to make available to students…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Demonstration Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Davidson, Mary E.; And Others – 1984
This report summarizes the response of a monitoring commission to the 1983-84 evaluation of the implementation of the Student Assignment Plan (SAP), that is part of a court-mandated school desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois). Under the SAP, the Board of Education was required to ensure that all schools have at least 30 percent minority…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1985
This summary provides data on program results for students who participated in New York City's English Instructional Services (EIS) program during the 1984-85 academic year. Approximately 61,000 students from 108 high schools received reading and/or writing instruction during that school year. The report includes: (1) an introduction with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests, English Instruction
Peer reviewedBrummit, Houston; Schieren, Anne G. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
Describes an intensive mental health program in a public elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Discusses events and circumstances which hampered "the perfect set-up." (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Followup Studies, Mental Health Programs, Parent School Relationship
O'Shea, Thomas P. – 1978
In this thesis, the problems of designing interparochial educational plans (specifically a plan for the Catholic schools of Oakland, California) are explored. A general overview of Catholic education in the United States is given, along with the history of urban education in the Diocese of Oakland. The physical plants, minority enrollment,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Change Strategies, Community Planning
Maras, Lorene Ruth – 1974
This study sought to determine the effectiveness of a remedial reading program conducted in a large city school district over a five-year span of time. There were 200 students in the experimental group and 200 students in the control group. Stanford Achievement Test stanine scores were obtained at the beginning fourth-grade level for all subjects…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
1969
These studies were conducted to determine whether the introduction of media services and materials in elementary schools previously without them had significant impact on the instructional programs of the schools. Within each study, information is organized under: (1) community background; (2) school background information that affects the school…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Learning Resources Centers, Media Research
Monroe, George E. – 1972
The Fifth Cycle Teacher Corps Project was undertaken by the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle to a) fulfill a stated mission of a university especially created to help resolve urban problems, b) find effective ways to help an inner-city community utilize its own resources, and c) conduct research on the effective uses of evaluation in…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Teachers, Community Involvement, Educational Innovation
