Can summer programs, as remedial supplements to regular schooling, extend learning opportunities and other benefits to disadvantaged students? To frame this question, we compare logics from "social reproduction" and "partial compensation" perspectives, and then apply them to a large mixed method study of four kinds of summer…

Describes a program to help prepare students for a successful freshman year in college, Edinboro State College's Pre-College Educational Experience Program --students being provided with an orientation to the college, and corrective and remedial courses in English and communication and mathematics. (RJ)

To give at-risk teenagers the best chance for high school graduation and further schooling or employment, Baltimore schools created Student Adventures in Learning (SAIL), a remedial computer-assisted instruction program. Over 100 eighth graders identified as potential dropouts instead improved academically and made secure transitions to high…

THE COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE MINORITY YOUTH INTO THE COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY. A STUDY OF STUDENTS WHO HAD ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1966 INCLUDED THESE OBSERVATIONS--(1) 95 PERCENT WERE NEGROES, (2) ALTHOUGH 40 PERCENT HAD NOT CHOSEN A MAJOR, ACADEMIC OR…

A group of independent schools developed summer remedial and enrichment programs for disadvantaged urban youth which were conducted with the cooperation of the communities, public schools and State Department of Education. Funding was through Title I and Title III, poverty agencies, and individual contributions. (JB)

Project Open Future offers a summer residential program and Saturday classes during the school year to about 200 disadvantaged junior high school students selected from the East Los Angeles, Compton, and Watts areas. Instruction is given in reading, written and verbal expression, mathematics, science, and social studies. Computer training and a…

This report is the result of a 2-year study of existing day care and summer feeding programs sponsored by the USDA undertaken to provide background information, define the current status, determine restraints and make recommendations for improvement in such programs. A history of the creation of the Special Food Service Program for Children…

The Thomasville City School District offers an 8-weeks summer program for students in grades 1 through 6. The program consists of individualized and small group instruction, with an emphasis on improving reading skills. Areas covered include vocabulary, comprehension, oral and written expression, and basic arithmetic. Evan though the program's…

Studies opinions and comments of students who completed the Kansas Governor's Academy (KGA) program in summer 1991. The KGA served 24 at-risk students in an intensive program for academic and interpersonal skills. Student responses suggest that the program should continue, improve, and expand. (SLD)

Assesses the effectiveness of Northwest Mississippi Junior College's 1984 Summer Youth Employment Training Program, which involved 133 disadvantaged learners between the ages of 14 and 21 in an eight-week educational program focusing on remediation in mathematics and communication skills, career exploration, and job-search skills. Reviews related…

The Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act were reviewed to determine how the various service delivery areas (SDAs) planned to assess and improve the reading and mathematics skills of participants. Telephone interviews with program officials at 200 randomly selected SDAs found that local school…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE UPWARD BOUND SUMMER RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMIC-YEAR PROGRAMS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE. TO PREPARE DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, THE PROJECT WILL OFFER REMEDIAL WORK AND COUNSELING SERVICES. INCLUDED IN THE SUMMER CURRICULUM WILL BE A COMMUNICATIONS CORE COURSE,…