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Ensuring Healthy Youth Development through Community Schools: A Case Study

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Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Paluta, Lauren; Sterling, Karen; Anderson, Carol – Children & Schools, 2018

Using mixed methods, this case study explored outcomes associated with the adoption and implementation of a community schools approach in four Title I schools using the Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement. Trends in school data demonstrate academic achievement improvements in three of the four schools. Absenteeism and the number…

Descriptors: Community Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Educationally Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement

Powerful Stories, Positive Results: Arizona At-Risk Project Report, FY 1990-91.

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Vandegrift, Judith A.; And Others – 1991

Outcomes of 1990-91 Arizona At-Risk Pilot Project for grades K-3 and 7-12 are described in this third in a series of annual evaluation reports. The evaluation focuses on effective strategies in the context of the total school environment, examining both implementation processes and outcomes. Following an introduction, chapter 2 describes the…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students

A Model for Promoting Student Interaction on Community College (Commuter) Campuses.

Ridge, Richard A. – 1977

The planning and development of a program to promote interaction among commuter students at Germanna Community College and to provide for their various needs are described. The program involved establishing an Interaction Center (IC) in 1974, centrally located in proximity to the college's learning resources center and library. The center was to…

Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Counseling

The Benefits of Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented and Low-Income Students.

Ackermann, Susan P. – 1990

The study sought to determine the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 1988 cohort of students enrolled in the Freshman Summer Program/Transfer Summer Program (FSP/TSP) were tracked…

Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged

Summer Bridge: Preparing Disadvantaged Vocational Students for Success.

Parochetti, Jo Ann; And Others – 1983

Summer Bridge, a 2-week, non-credit program of intensive career exploration and personal development offered to eligible freshmen at Alvin Community College, was instituted to enhance retention rates and achievement levels among high-risk students, particularly during their first semester at the college. The rationale for the program lay in the…

Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged

Reflections on "Recognition and Development of Academic Talent in Educationally Disadvantaged Students."

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Mills, Carol J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992

The author of EC 604 296 explains the evolution of a pilot project to improve the basic skills and thinking ability of gifted minority children to improve their performance on standardized tests. The paper reviews the effects of the project and notes changes recommended in repeating the program. (JDD)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted

Case Study Report #2. Jim and Nan Schmidt.