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Sandusky, Nancy; Johnson, Susan – 1976
The Special Services Program for Disadvantaged Students is designed to assist certain postsecondary students who require special help to complete their education successfully. Through Federal grants to institutions, special service projects have been established to offer supportive services to low-income, physically handicapped, and…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Aid
GODON, ROLF M. – 1966
PRESENTED IS AN EVALUATION OF A 6-WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 502 DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ENTERING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE FALL OF 1966. PROGRAM GOALS WERE TO RAISE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS, REDUCE SUMMER LEARNING LOSSES, ENCOURAGE ASPIRATION AND MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING, AND PROVIDE ENRICHMENT. THESE OBJECTIVES WERE IMPLEMENTED BY INTENSIVE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Core Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
Cloward, Robert D. – 1966
This is the report of a demonstration tutorial project which was conducted in New York City as part of the Mobilization for Youth program. Eleven tutorial centers were established in neighborhood elementary schools, and 240 students from local academic and vocational high schools were hired to tutor 544 fourth- and fifth-grade pupils. Each center…
Descriptors: After School Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Control Groups
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1967
The purposes of this project were (1) to help teachers prepare "consumable" instructional materials appropriate for students in a desegregated elementary school and a desegregated junior high school in a low-income neighborhood, (2) to encourage the teachers to use these materials and duplicating and audiovisual equipment placed in their…
Descriptors: Art Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Schools, Identification (Psychology)
Chern, Hermine J.; And Others – 1978
Evaluations of thirty career education projects in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are contained in this report. Fifteen of the projects concern classroom or shop instruction, six concern development and/or field testing of curriculum materials, and the remainder involve staff development, installation of shop equipment, job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs
Brown, James M. – 1974
This program serves a population of disaffected, underachieving inner-city youth of junior high and high school age who are known to the Family and/or Criminal courts and are at least two years retarded in reading. In most cases, the first efforts of the center are said to be directed to the provision of remedial reading services, and toward…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth
Crawford, Alan N. – 1975
The Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program, a Los Angeles Vocational Amendments Part A project, employs instructional aides to help disadvantaged vocational education students develop positive attitudes toward education and employment, more cooperative behavior, pride in their course work, efficiency in completing assigned tasks, and improved…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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
Erie City School District, PA. – 1975
Information about the Erie Urban Network School Project as it has been functioning for the past two years is provided in this report. Designed (1) to meet the needs of the inner city child by aiding the professional staff through inservice, and (2) to understand the child, the community, the educational techniques best suited for him, this project…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Federal Programs
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1970
This first phase of a projected longitudinal study designed to assess the impact of Head Start in Montgomery County, Maryland, concentrates on reporting results of data collection activities from 1966 to the end of 1969. Instruments were developed to measure whether Head Start evolved a curriculum relevant to its goals and whether the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Lohman, Maurice A. – 1967
Evaluated is an extended school day program initiated with Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, funds. To alleviate learning difficulties faced by disadvantaged children in the classroom, this after school program provided additional teacher time, attention, and instruction. The program offered tutorial services in reading and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, After School Centers, After School Education, After School Programs
Klaus, Mary Louise – 1973
The one and one-half year Raleigh County Career Education project involved over 9,000 students in grades K-12. The project's goals were directed toward recognition of the importance of: career preparation, relevancy of education in career preparation, effective teaching methods, and continuing career assistance for former students. Specific…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1972
The bulletin reports on significant research, development, and current practice that bear on the social studies and the disadvantaged for levels K-12. The report is intended to serve as a guide for curriculum decision makers and other educators interested in teaching about, as well as to, the disadvantaged. The following five areas are discussed:…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged Youth
Almen, Roy E. – 1971
The Work Opportunity Center (WOC) is a vocational facility in a non-school setting with programs designed to meet the special needs of disadvantaged, inner city youth. This experimental program originally served 200 junior high youth who attended a half-day program of vocational and related training at the WOC. Emphasis throughout the program was…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Prevention
Kraft, Richard H. P. – 1971
In preparing this evaluation report, the Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education believed that evaluation should (1) focus on the people and their needs, (2) look into all parts of the human resources development program of the State, and (3) identify the employment opportunities within the State and the vocational…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
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