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Davidson, Mary E.; And Others – 1988
This report summarizes the response of a monitoring commission to a 1986-87 report on the educational components of a court-mandated school desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois). The Board of Education was required to alleviate the effects of both past and ongoing segregation by providing educational and related programs for predominantly Black…
Descriptors: Black Students, Budgets, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Litigation
Melograno, Vincent; Loovis, E. Michael – 1990
To comply with the Education for the Handicapped Act, comprehensive needs assessments were conducted in Ohio relative to appropriate physical education programming in the least restrictive environment. Results from an assessment in an urban school district confirmed the belief that physical education teachers did not possess needed competencies…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Natriello, Gary; And Others – 1988
This report develops a topology of approaches to high school dropout prevention, and uses it to examine and review the effectiveness of existing programs, and to identify major gaps in current practice and research. Research on dropouts was reviewed to identify the kinds of students who drop out and their reasons for dropping out. Based on this…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
During 1985-86 the School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program), funded by the New York State Legislature, provided a variety of educational and training experiences to some 25,871 participants, including pre-kindergarten children and their parents; and students, teachers and supervisors from kindergarten through grade…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Research, Ethnic Studies
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Ginsberg, Alice – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2005
This paper focuses on the evaluation of programs and policies designed to promote gender equity in schools and to raise awareness in general about gender issues in urban education. It raises the following problems: (1) How to frame and define gender as an important issue in urban education; (2) How to decide where and by what criteria to…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Equal Education, Urban Education, Gender Issues
Diaz, Agapito; Nicolich, Mark – 1974
The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VII Bilingual Program operated at the Bilingual Mini School housed in P.S. 59 completed its third year in operation and will be expanded next year to include fourth grade participants. Grades serviced by the program during 1973-74 were Kindergarten, first, second and third. Instructional procedures in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Education, English Instruction
West Chester State Coll., PA. – 1974
This report provides a program description and evaluation of the second year of operation of the Cognitively Oriented Urban Prekindergarten, a developmental educational program for low income Black and Puerto Rican families. Aimed at preventing educational regression, the project is primarily designed to form an important link between the Early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
The Advisory Council reviews the administration of programs funded under Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in an effort to strengthen State departments of education, and makes recommendations for further development of State education agencies. Successes of numerous programs are noted and special recommendations are…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Program Administration, Program Development
Nearine, Robert J. – 1974
Since the project evaluation for the last years indicated that pupil achievement and growth were significant, the corrective program in reading, language arts, and mathematics operated with Title 1, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, and State Act for Disadvantaged Children funding was continued during the 1973-74 school year in seven…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Language Arts
Institute for the Development of Educational Auditing, Arlington, VA. – 1974
The Child Parent Education Centers, funded through Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, are administered by the Chicago Board of Education in areas characterized by a high density of low-income families. Approximately 2100 children, ages three through nine, are enrolled in the 11 centers which offer up to six years of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Health Programs, Kindergarten
Neff, Franklin W.; Ahlstrom, Winton M. – 1973
The study reported here focused on student outcomes and staff perceptions of the educational aspects of the programs funded under Model Cities and Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. In 1966 a Division of Urban Education was established. One of the major goals was to improve instruction for inner city children. Improvement of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Cross Sectional Studies
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
During the 1972-73 school year, Community School District 17 in New York City opened its Bilingual Center for Pre-Schoolers, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The major objectives for the program were: (1) to improve verbal communication skills of all students in their first language; (2) to develop comparable…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. National Academy for School Executives. – 1973
ERIC abstracts on needs assessment in education, announced by this and other clearinghouses in RIE through July 1973, are presented. The key term used in compiling this collection is "Educational Needs." The documents cover the philosophy of needs assessment, instruments and procedures used, and specific programs of needs assessment. The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Jordan, David C.; Spiess, Kathryn Hecht – 1970
The general objective of this study is to assist in the improvement of compensatory education programs in Massachusetts through modifications of current programs based on evaluations specific enough to permit the formulation of concrete recommendations for improvement. A 10 percent sample of projects was chosen for study as theoretically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
MILLER, HARRY L. – 1966
A NATIONAL SURVEY WITH A CASE STUDY APPROACH WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF BROADCASTING A PUBLIC AFFAIRS, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) PROGRAM. THIS ETV PROGRAM, A SERIES OF FILMS AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS ON THE PROBLEMS, DILEMMAS, AND PROMISE OF MODERN URBAN LIFE, WAS DESIGNED AND TELEVISED IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Action, Community Problems, Community Programs
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