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Mallette, Marla H.; Schreiber, James B.; Caffey, Crystal; Carpenter, Tina; Hunter, Martha – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore both the short-term and long-term value of a summer literacy program on the literacy learning of at-risk seventh- and eighth-grade students. The students who participated in the study were all slotted for grade-level retention. The program brought them from an isolated and impoverished area to a university…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Grade Repetition, Literacy Education, Summer Programs
Durham Education Improvement Program, NC. – 1966
The establishment of the Education Improvement Program in Durham, North Carolina, is described. The program includes a longitudinal Infant Evaluation Project at Duke Hopsital, a nursery program for two- and three-year olds, an integrated demonstration school, and a preschool for black five-year olds. Also involved are ungraded primaries in two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs