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Cribb, Herschel – Opportunity, 1971
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
Fleming, Douglas – Opportunity, 1972
Project Broad Jump is a New York-based education program for some 600 youngsters from urban areas, in the third through tenth grades. The basic concept of the program is that academic opportunities are not accessible to many inner-city youth, whereas Head Start and Follow Through help pre-third graders, and Upward Bound helps high school students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
Heins, Margaret J.; Davis, Mariana – Hospitals, 1972
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
Download full textWarren, Robert P., Jr. – Connecticut English Journal, 1969
Fifty disadvantaged urban boys ranging from ages 11 to 16 participated in a 6-week summer writing workshop patterned on the ideas of James Moffett, Donald Murray, and John Dixon. The students were divided into groups of five, were trained in methods of group discussion (aided by video tapes to prepare them for profitable analysis of each others'…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
Bellman, Richard E.; And Others – 1971
This report presents a general description of the 1970 "Project SOUL" summer program. The computer training course, intended for disadvantaged high school students, provides both training for immediate jobs and fundamental mathematical and scientific training for students going on to college. Included in this document are a description…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Wasik, Barbara H.; Sibley, Sally A. – 1969
Twenty culturally deprived children planning to enter first grade in the fall attended an 8-week half-day summer program in which a systematic classroom management program utilizing token reinforcement and isolation techniques was combined with a strong academic program. One hour and 40 minutes was allotted daily to pre-reading and language…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth
LACHICA, GENARO; TANNER, DANIEL – 1967
A NEW YORK CITY PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WITH UNDISCOVERED COLLEGE POTENTIAL AT THE END OF NINTH GRADE, TO IMPROVE THEIR MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL WORK, TO DEVELOP THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE, AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, IS DESCRIBED. DURING THE SPRING OF 1965, 579 DISADVANTAGED BOYS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1966
Described is Washington's Model School Division, an experimental educational project in a disadvantaged area of the city. The efforts in this target area include curriculum innovations, a preschool program, a teacher aide program, and two six-week summer institutes combining inservice training of teachers with pupil enrichment. Also discussed are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
North Carolina Advancement School, Winston-Salem. – 1969
This is a report on the North Carolina Advancement School's eight-week summer session for sixth- and seventh-grade boys. The summer session for underachievers was limited to a residential program. The instructional program involved studying humanities, mathematics; science, and the arts with close guidance by a counselor. The results from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
