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Download full textReisner, Elizabeth R.; Marks, Ellen L. – 1987
This document examines the following aspects of the federal administration of evaluation, program improvement, and technical assistance under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act: (1) changes in each of the three areas since 1981 when Chapter 1 replaced Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; (2) activities…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Strickland, Dorothy S., Ed.; Cooper, Eric J., Ed. – 1987
This book comprises papers on effectively educating black children. The foreword is by U.S. Representative Augustus F. Hawkins; the introduction is by Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Section I, "School Policy: Formation and Implementation," includes the following papers: (1) "Revisiting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Black Youth, Educational Policy
Green, Richard; And Others – 1987
Without massive public intervention centering on the public schools, America will have a permanent underclass. This report of the Council of Great City Schools analyzes existing reports on educational reform and provides recommendations for improving urban schools. The report examines the following five key issues that urban schools will have to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Cultural Awareness, Educational Facilities Design
Schaier-Peleg, Barbara, Ed. – 1984
Designed to acquaint educators and administrators with the Ford Foundation's Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP), this booklet examines the rationale for and activities and outcomes of the program. First, introductory comments indicate that UCCTOP was designed to help urban community colleges with high minority…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Smith, David M. – 1979
Inner City children have been known to experience difficulty in school with their academic programs because they are taught in an environment that is culturally different from the home and community that a child comes from. Thus, an inner city child may be stigmatized as educationally deficient, consequently depriving him of the opportunities to…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Howe, Ann C. – 1982
Individual pupils were observed in junior high school science classes to characterize and record their classroom behaviors. The sample (N=80), drawn from five urban schools, was evenly divided by race (black and white). Instruction in class was based on laboratory work or other activities requiring active pupil participation. Systematic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Individualized Instruction, Junior High School Students
Hispanic Policy Development Project, Inc., New York, NY. – 1984
This document provides an account of the status of Hispanics in inner-city public high schools, and recommendations for improving that status. The report has two main parts. The first gives background data which reveal, among other things, that although the majority of Hispanic students enter high school with aspirations as high as any social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Dropouts, Educational Change
Smartt, Steven H. – 1981
The role of advanced programs in urban universities and the relationship between large public urban universities and comprehensive state universities in less-populated areas are addressed. An overview of the issues, case studies in three states, a study comparing students in two doctoral programs, and information on the characteristics of large…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Programs, Financial Support, Graduate Study
Kerr, Barbara A. – 1981
This paper discusses the current state of research in the area of career education for gifted and talented students and its applications. The paper also addresses three major questions: What are the special career development needs of gifted and talented students?, What kinds of career education and guidance programs are currently meeting the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Hall, Elizabeth; And Others – 1978
The Dallas K-12 Urban Career Education Project was conducted in two phases. Phase I focused on the following objectives: (1) perform an assessment of career education needs; (2) identify and train a cadre of staff members from the fourteen schools participating in the project; (3) identify and/or develop infused career education curriculum for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Awareness, Career Education
ELLWOOD, CAROLINE – 1967
THIS SURVEY OF UNIVERSITY-LEVEL ADULT CREDIT AND NON CREDIT COURSES COVERS OVER 30 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN GREATER NEW YORK--LARGELY EVENING COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. AN HISTORICAL REVIEW PORTRAYS THE GROWTH OF LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION SINCE THE FOUNDING OF COOPER UNION IN 1859. A SURVEY OF ADULT EDUCATORS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Community Colleges
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THROUGH EXPANDING OPPORTUNITES. INSERVICE TRAINING COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING PROGRAMS. TRAINING IS OFFERED IN LABORATORY SCHOOLS TO TEST NEW MATERIALS AND…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Action, Counseling Services, Curriculum Research
CLIFFORD, VIRGINIA I. – 1964
ASPECTS OF URBAN EDUCATION WERE SOCIAL FACTORS, PERSONALITY, LEARNING, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS. STUDIES SHOW THAT MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES ARE INADEQUATE IN REACHING THE LOWER CLASS CHILD. LOWER CLASS FAMILIES FOSTER FEELINGS OF CONFUSION AND ANXIETY IN THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF STRONG MATERNAL DOMINATION IN THE HOME AND LITTLE…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development
Hentschke, Guilbert C. – 1977
In recent years urban school systems have had to face unusually severe economic constraints. In the process of adjusting to these constraints, urban systems will likely seek new ways to reallocate existing resources and will undertake more cooperative ventures with other organizational entities to gain access to additional resources. Four…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Career Development, Career Education, Change Strategies
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1972
This document presents the case for a new Harlem High School viewed in the larger context of a potential Independent Harlem School System, created as a response to the Harlem Community's sincere desire for quality education and local control of schools. Twenty-one chapters, each further subdivided into several categories, comprise the document as…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Institutions, Black Students, Black Youth
