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Download full textPechman, Ellen M.; Fiester, Leila – 1994
This handbook provides information on how to use comprehensive schoolwide models to improve learning for more students. It paves the way for creating programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that are grounded in the lessons of successful Chapter 1 schoolwide programs. Following the executive summary and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMotala, Shireen – Comparative Education, 1995
A cohort of 782 Soweto (black South African) students was traced during students' first 4 years of schooling, 1987-90 (apartheid still in effect). Only 55 percent completed second grade in 4 years, but repetition in grade was a much greater problem than dropping out. Discusses postapartheid policy implications for improving educational efficiency…
Descriptors: Black Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts, Educational Change
Peer reviewedStrydom, A. H.; And Others – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1995
Discusses the need for a differentiated college system to redress educational disparities in South Africa and to enhance equitable access to postsecondary education within a reasonable budget. Considers adequate primary and secondary education the long-term solution, but sees the development of community colleges from existing educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Environment
Matthews, Frank L. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
The retired Procter & Gamble corporate leader and member of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) discusses the crisis in the American education system and his efforts for reform. Subjects covered include implications for business and the nation, business and federal reform initiatives, and the mandate for community-wide involvement.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Business Responsibility, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Environment
Schwartz, Wendy, Ed.; Howley, Craig, Ed. – 1991
This publication contains two essays and an annotated bibliography of publications about risk. The entries in the bibliography were produced by the various clearinghouses in the ERIC system. The first essay, "Who Is at Risk? Definitions, Demographics, and Decisions," by Aaron M. Pallas, categorizes personal, family, and environmental factors that…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Disabilities
Levin, Henry M. – 1987
This paper outlines the types of schooling programs that will build on the strengths of educationally disadvantaged students to bring them into the educational mainstream as well as to prepare them for economic, political, and social participation. Without intervention on behalf of the disadvantaged, the following results may occur: (1) a dual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change
