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Download full textKopp, Frederick S.; Barnes, Jarvis – 1971
The Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) 1971 Summer Camp Project of the Atlanta Public Schools offered to a group of 427 seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade boys and girls of 5 1/2-day camping experience. Camp activities were directed at an attempt to integrate the children's knowledge of the outdoors with actual experience in nature…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Black Students, Camping, Group Experience
Jones, Isabel A. – 1969
This informal study sought to determine the effectiveness of paraprofessionals in extension work dealing with the development and expansion of youth programs in disadvantaged areas of St. Louis. Program objectives were: (1) to reach more youth in educational programs sensitive to the life style of urban youth; (2) to develop new ways of recruiting…
Descriptors: Action Research, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Extension Education
Weinbaum, Alexandra – 1996
This publication documents a participatory assessment project conducted from 1993 to 1995 with four afterschool programs in New York City. Key questions were whether the assessment project would develop the capacity of program staff to assess their own projects and whether the programs were successful in supporting the literacy development of the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Philosophy, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Ferguson, Ronald F.; Clay, Philip L.; Snipes, Jason C.; Roaf, Phoebe – 1996
This report is a formative evaluation of the YouthBuild Demonstration Project that began in 1991 and ended in 1994. The YouthBuild Model, developed in earlier programs, was directed at young people who were largely disconnected from schools and jobs. Major components of the project were counseling, academic remediation with preparation for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Kellermann, Arthur L.; Fuqua-Whitley, Dawna S.; Rivara, Frederick P. – 1997
This summary explaining the results of evaluations of programs to prevent youth violence is an attempt to fill the gap in information about what works and what does not. An effort is made to place the problem of youth violence in perspective, using information largely taken from Bureau of Justice statistics. The existing programs are divided into…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Early Intervention, Guns
Ethiel, Nancy, Ed. – 1996
Recognizing that violence is demographically concentrated in the male minority in inner cities is a necessary starting point for discussions of how to combat this violence. A conference on the prevention of youth violence was held in May 1996 to throw light on the problem of youth violence directly and specifically. Participants in this conference…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cost Effectiveness, High Schools, Inner City
Goodnow, Michael – 1996
A primary goal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is to identify and promote programs that enhance the field of juvenile justice. Since 1992, the Gould-Wysinger Awards, commemorating two OJJDP professionals, have recognized programs that advance the objectives of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Delinquency, Identification
2001
The Rosen Scholars Program was a privately funded program for the support and mentorship of talented disadvantaged urban youth. After 6 years of planning and operation, the program was evaluated to assess effectiveness in terms of program objectives and outcomes. The evaluation was conducted by doctoral candidates from Teachers College, Columbia…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students
Hebert, Eugene E. – National Institute of Justice Journal, 1993
Reports on the Children at Risk (CAR) program, a program aimed at diverting inner-city youth from involvement in drugs, gangs, and crime through an intensive program of activities. The article describes the CAR program in general and its specific application in Austin (Texas). (GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Crime Prevention, Delinquency Prevention
Peer reviewedKahne, Joseph; Bailey, Kim – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Presents findings of a study that focused on two "I Have a Dream" programs. Identifies factors related to the demonstrated success, including high school graduation rates, of these 2 programs in comparison with 10 others and discusses the importance of social capital in the support of youth in inner-city contexts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Graduates
Peterson, Paul E.; Greene, Jay P.; Howell, William G.; McCready, William – 1998
The Washington Scholarship Fund Pilot Program (WSF) was established as a privately funded voucher program for low-income families in the District of Columbia. The WSF awarded its scholarships by lottery, making it possible to evaluate it as though it were a randomized experiment. The responses of qualified families with children in public schools…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Groups
Strusinski, Marianne – 1997
"I Have a Dream" (IHAD) is a program designed to enhance the educational opportunities of disadvantaged youth by providing them with sustained care, personal support, and guidance to ensure that they graduate and have the opportunity to pursue postsecondary education. The IHAD project in Dade County (Florida) is based in an elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1991
An evaluation was done of New York City Public Schools' program ADVANCE (Adolescents Developing Valuable and Necessary Channels of Esteem), a U.S. Department of Education funded project that provided support to adolescents in Tier II transitional housing in Brooklyn (New York). Tier II housing provides temporary living space and on-site social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Service Centers
Spencer, Margaret Beale – 1991
The processes by which mentors might improve the self-esteem of economically vulnerable African American male youth are explored, drawing on previous research. The combination of biological, behavioral, and societal factors faced by young black males is complex, and has implications for identity processes. The initial longitudinal study of urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Black Youth
Schinke, Steven P.; And Others – 1991
This comparative study evaluates the effects of Boys and Girls Clubs and related SMART Moves drug prevention programs on children and adolescents living in public housing and on the quality of life in public housing. The study involves 15 public housing developments in a representative sample of American cities and focuses on alcohol and other…
Descriptors: Athletics, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Drinking
