What are the socioeconomic implications of the time allocation decisions made by low-income adolescents? The way adolescents allocate their time between schooling, labor and leisure has important implications for their education attainment, college aspirations, job opportunities and future earnings. This study focuses on adolescents and young…

Church-based programs for caregivers of black elders have emerged from both demographic and cultural factors. To investigate the effectiveness of a training program for caregivers of noninstitutionalized elders, 95 Washington, D.C. adults (99% black, 87% female), who were providing caregiving assistance to an older adult, completed a 12-hour…

Provides a comparative analysis of the Perry Preschool project, an experimental program that delivered high quality preschool education to 58 at-risk, African American children, and the national Head Start preschool program. Finds that each program has unique strengths and weaknesses. (MDM)

A longitudinal study of 20 experimental and 20 control preschool children identified at birth as being at high risk of suffering cultural-familial mental retardation is nearing completion. Ss (identified from a low income Milwaukee area) all have mothers with IQs below 75 and are of Negro extraction. The experimental intervention is composed of…

Critically reviews the quantitative literature on culturally sensitive parent education programs, discussing issues of research methodology and program efficacy in producing change among ethnic minority parents and their children. Culturally sensitive programs for African American and Hispanic families are described in detail. Methodological flaws…

Describes a rite-of-passage approach to the treatment of addicted African American women drawn from traditional African culture. Claims that the best way to work with families to recover sobriety and cultural knowledge is through value orientations drawn from African wisdom. (MOK)

This study of a parent education program associated with a medical facility investigated two questions: (1) Was the medical facility a valid site for recruiting and training parents for an educational intervention program to be carried out at home? (2) Would a short term intervention program have an impact on the performance of preschool children…

This question-and-answer format paper looks at some of the basic issues surrounding the chronically poor and initiatives and services designed to break the poverty cycle. A first section explores some of the myths and realities surrounding the characteristics of the chronically poor population and notes that this population is comprised of…

Project Reach, a Federally funded two-year program at the University of Notre Dame, studied three methods of increasing the scope and effectiveness of a local adult basic education (ABE) program in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The methods were: (1) a paraprofessional training program for six former ABE students in still photography, color film…

A program was developed in Virginia to train Black and rural family caregivers of persons with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. This final program report begins with project briefs that summarize major products and findings, program objectives and accomplishments, and dissemination activities. Chapter 1 addresses issues related to…

This document provides an overview of programs and activities in adult and secondary education, along with statistical data about adult education efforts in the United States. The first part of the document presents seven short sections about council functions and programs in adult education. Included in these sections is the following…

A study focusing on vocational education in the Atlanta schools reveals that while vocational education in the Atlanta public schools has a long history, full-fledged job training was quite late in coming to Atlanta's high schools. With the onset of desegregation in the mid-1960s, several new projects were initiated to enhance vocational education…

This report on secondary school dropouts consists of an analysis of the scope and nature of the dropout problem, a discussion of successful programs and activities for dropouts, a description of a pilot study involving Minnesota public secondary schools and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) agencies, and presentation of…