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Download full textMehan, Hugh; And Others – 1992
A study was done of the success of the San Diego (California) public school detracking program, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), by measuring the students' college enrollment. The AVID program was developed as an alternative to compensatory education and remedial tracking for underachieving high school students, especially those…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrollment
Lanese, James F. – 1992
To answer several questions about the Ohio statewide high school proficiency testing program, correlations of student performance on the ninth-grade proficiency test with other measures of reading and mathematics were studied for approximately 4,600 students in the Cleveland (Ohio) City School District. The performance of students from higher…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 9
Slovacek, Simeon P.; And Others – 1993
This report describes the first operating year of Project Support, a 3-year gang/drug prevention program aimed at elementary students in six inner city schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The project involves the implementation of nine strategies described in the research literature as being effective in drug/gang prevention. These…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Career Awareness, Community Involvement, Community Services
Rotberg, Iris C.; Harvey, James J. – 1993
The RAND Institute on Education and Training in consultation with the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives undertook an analysis of federal policy options to improve education in low-income areas. The analysis focuses on Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, drawing on a comprehensive review…
Descriptors: Accountability, Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Nightingale, Carl Husemoller – 1993
This book provides an account of life in the inner city from World War II to the present. Poor, jobless, and racially outcast young black people are economically and socially excluded from the American mainstream. To compensate for this, inner-city children turn to American traditions of consumerism and violence. Buying into the implicit message…
Descriptors: Alienation, Black Family, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
Deutsch, Morton – 1992
This paper is a summary report of a study of the effects of training in conflict resolution and cooperative learning in an alternative high school in New York City. Three of the school's four campuses participated, with Campus A receiving conflict resolution training, Campus C receiving cooperative learning training, and Campus B receiving…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Evaluation
Moles, Oliver, Ed. – 1992
School-initiated activities to change the home educational environment can strongly influence student learning, even in schools serving low-income and minority families. This sourcebook shows various ways that schools can take the initiative in reaching out and working with families as equal partners; and explores how family life, school programs,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Cooperation, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Improving Opportunities for Underachieving Minority Students: A Planning Guide for Community Action.
Bain, Josie G.; Herman, Joan L. – 1989
This booklet offers a set of guidelines for developing a community-based coalition dedicated to improving the education of at-risk minority students. The guide offers and is organized around the following nine-step plan for the development and implementation of strategies to mobilize a community: (1) "the initiation: build core support"; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Negroni, Peter J. – 1990
This paper looks at the successful initiatives and unforeseen problems that have arisen in Massachusetts public education since the passage of the Public School Improvement Act of 1985, with a focus on the needs of Hispanic Americans. There is overwhelming evidence that the specific needs of Hispanic Americans are neither being identified nor met…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention
Dial, Micah; And Others – 1991
This paper evaluates the Required Academic Proficiency tutorial program, implemented in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD) to reduce academic failure. Students are eligible for the program if they are failing (scoring lower than 70 on a scale of 100). A total of 14,748 students, eligible and non-eligible, attended the tutorials…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Competency Based Education, Ethnicity, High Risk Students
Stevens, Carla J.; And Others – 1991
This paper evaluates STRIVE, an alternative program designed to provide a nurturing, caring, and intensive academic environment for over-age, low-performing ninth grade students attending the Barbara Jordan High School for Careers in Houston (Texas). STRIVE operates in isolation from the regular student population and has a counselor and four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Attendance, Compensatory Education
Kirkpatrick, Nanda D.; And Others – 1991
This report describes after-school programs available in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD). Fifty-nine sites offer either after-school child care or instruction to elementary school students in the HISD. Magnet's Extended Instructional Day program is the largest and the Houston Committee for Private Sector Initiatives'…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Black Students, Children
Marx, Fern – 1989
This report summarizes research on the problems of young adolescent latchkey children and describes 18 programs designed to address their needs. There is growing consensus that young adolescents (10 to 15 years of age), as well as elementary school children, may be at risk when left on a regular basis in unsupervised settings. Children in sibling-…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Martin, Deanna C.; And Others – 1986
This report evaluates the Urban University/Urban School Collaborative Program sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). The program provided grants for 16 projects to improve opportunities for youth in urban areas, giving them access to higher education and jobs. The grants were to be used to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Moody-Thomas, Sarah; And Others – 1987
This study reports grade, gender, and environmental (school structure) differences in self-reported use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana among urban black adolescents. Among the results are the following: (1) an equal percentage of males and females reported having "tried" cigarettes and alcohol; (2) males reportedly smoked more cigarettes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Alcoholic Beverages, Black Students
