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Download full textClaus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1990
This document reports the findings of the 1989-90 process evaluation of the Saginaw, Michigan school district's state-funded prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds at risk of academic failure. As of January 29, 1990, a total of 255 pupils were participating in the program at 11 sites. The Michigan Early Childhood Education Preschool (MECEP)…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Formative Evaluation
Farrell, Edwin – 1990
The urban high school dropout phenomenon may result from the inability of at-risk students to integrate competing social identities, or "selves." Using Erik Erikson's theory of adolescent personality development as a framework, this study analyzes information gathered from interviews with 73 New York City high school students by peer…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, High School Students
Becker, Stanli K. – 1986
A description is provided of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Jesse Owens Youth Development Program, a comprehensive year-round combination of courses, programs, and activities for inner city young people between the ages of 11 and 21. Following introductory comments on the program, the beginnings of CCC's youth development program are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cultural Activities, Disadvantaged Youth
Smith, Calvert H. – 1973
This report examines some myths and stereotypes in the light of factual information about cultural and learning characteristics of minority group children in urban school settings. Cited among the most prevalent myths are that the academic failure of urban children results from genetically determined intellectual inferiority, and that the failures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Cultural Traits, Educational Objectives
McDaniel, Ernest D.; Bustamante, Jorge I. – 1979
Mexican and American children in grades 1 through 3 in urban schools were administered the McDaniel-Piers Young Children's Self Concept Scale to compare their self concept scores. Comparisons were made within three socioeconomic levels by grade level and sex for each item on the scale. In comparing the results, four generalizations were inferred:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Lyson, Thomas A. – 1978
Using data from a cross-sectional sample of 4,376 South Carolina high school seniors in 1969 to determine the differences in the perception of conditions relating to teacher choice among white and black females and males, the study explored the relative perceived importance of the following items in choosing a career: the chance to make a lot of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Planning, Comparative Analysis
National Four-H Club Foundation, Washington, DC.
The National 4-H Urban Program Development Committee's Plan for Action outlines some of the primary concerns of the urban 4-H program. It discusses the need for 4-H in urban areas and the particular relevance of sound program design and delivery in helping urban youth, especially those from low-income families, to find ways to improve their…
Descriptors: Adults, Advisory Committees, Community Resources, Evaluation
LeConche, John J. – 1975
The project combines full-time and on-the-job work experience with related programs of youth activities and classroom instruction, and provides an avenue for acquiring the Connecticut State Equivalency Diploma. It is aimed at serving young adults in Hartford, Connecticut who have left school before completing 12 years and who are unable to obtain…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Distributive Education
Katz, Lee – 1970
The stated purposes of this paper are to: (1) consider selected causal explanations of the problem of low educational attainment among low income non-white populations in a highly complex industrialized society; (2) examine alternative strategies of intervention; and, (3) construct a model as a tool for continued analysis of the problem. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Administrative Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Fruth, Marvin J.; Yee, Albert H. – 1971
The purpose of the Integrated Black History Institute was: (1) to educate administrators and teachers; and (2) to develop units of instruction on the black man's contribution to American history. Historians, curriculum experts, media specialists, teachers, principals, and curriculum supervisors participated in the construction of the units. Eight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change
Soares, Anthony T.; Soares, Louise M. – 1974
The study reported here investigated the various dimensions of actual and inferred self in comparison to the ratings of the subjects by supposed significant others. An inventory of 40 bi-polar traits used extensively in previous research was given to secondary school students to measure their self-concepts and their reflected selves--how they…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics
Guerra, Roberto S. – 1974
"Vocational Education in Texas High Schools: An Ethnic Comparison", was initiated in March 1973 and continued through the summer of 1974 when all project reports were completed; this is a summary and conclusion of the entire study. Among the major goals were to: document and describe the experiences and aspirations of a large sample of…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Blacks, Career Education
Hummel, Raymond C.; Nagle, John M. – 1973
The goal of this book is to provide parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, and the general public with a systematic and comprehensive view of the condition of urban education in the 1970's. Previously, city educators tended to project the failure of the school on to "bad homes" and other conditions. The authors stress that new…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Huffman, Harry; And Others – 1971
BOOST, Business and Office Occupations Student Training, is a research and development project devoted to the improvement of programs in office occupations for disadvantaged students. The project was designed to discover the perceptions of disadvantaged students concerning office work and to develop a program for modifying those perceptions that…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Salazar, Tony – 1970
The goal for the second year of the Colorado Mexican-American Student Program was to motivate and inspire a selected number of high school students to seek a college education. Students for the program were selected according to 5 criteria: (1) Mexican American ancestry, (2) promising academic potential, (3) completion of grade 10, (4) average or…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Preparation, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
