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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) is a summer employment, academic remediation, and life skills program intended to lower school dropout rates by reducing summer learning loss and preventing teen parenthood. The program is integrated into the federal summer jobs program and is offered during six-to-eight-week sessions in two consecutive…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Temporary Employment, Remedial Programs, Daily Living Skills
Ely, Margot – 1984
This study is about the impact on students and their families when students used computers in a "summer camp" setting and when computers were introduced into the homes of students who normally could not afford to buy them. The computer camp project involved minority group students 8 to 10 years of age, in 2-hour sessions, 5 days a week…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Day Camp Programs
Stea, David – 1988
During the 2.5 years the project was in operation, the International Center for Culture and Environment (Santa Fe, New Mexico) provided courses concerned with aspects of intercultural communication related to environmental design and planning to students and practitioners from 15 U.S. states and 15 foreign countries. Courses were provided in three…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Community Involvement, Course Content
Kraetzer, Ann V. – 1980
The 1978-79 evaluation report describes projects, participants, personnel, and services involved in the state's efforts to provide comprehensive educational services to migrant children throughout the state. The program, operated by 10 school districts and 10 boards of cooperative services, highlights 3 projects on the basis of their innovative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Taylor, Y. A., Comp. – 1981
In 1981 North Carolina's Migrant Education Program adequately met legislative requirements and national program objectives while initiating 11 new projects. More that $7 million was expended on 72 school year projects with total enrollments of 15,682 migrant children and 34 summer programs with total enrollments of 4,854. Program continuity was…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning
Rude, Harvey; Bailey-Anderson, Susan; Dotter, Susan – 2003
The Montana Behavioral Initiative (MBI) was developed in 1995 in response to increased incidents of student behavior problems. The intent of MBI is to improve educational environments to meet the needs of all students, including those with behavioral challenges. Each participating school conducts needs assessments and develops site-specific goals…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems, Community Involvement, Discipline
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Epstein, Joyce L.; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1996
The Baltimore School and Family Connections Project is a collaborative effort to design comprehensive partnership programs and evaluate their results. This case study explores one school's efforts to involve middle-grades students and their families in learning activities at home during the summer break. Marginal students who worked on the home…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement
Youngblood, Robert – 1980
In 1980, North Carolina's migrant education program adequately met legislative requirements and national program objectives; all local project evaluation reports indicated successful attainment of a majority of objectives. State priorities were met through implementation of approximately 60 projects conducted through local educational agencies.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Community Involvement
Boynton, Mary – 1983
The evaluation report describes the state program activities, the 16 regular year and 14 summer programs, and the 3 support services provided for migrant children throughout the state in 1981-82. An introduction presents a brief program description, the report's purpose and format, the approach to evaluation in 1981-1982, the national goals for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Community Involvement, Education Service Centers
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice; Patrick, Ertha; Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 1999
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title I program activities during school year 1998-1999.
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Preschool Education