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Download full textStanley Dai; Kayla Warner; Colleen Sommo; Emily Brennan, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Christine Johnston, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
In community colleges in the United States, graduation rates remain frustratingly low. Students face many challenges, including the financial costs of attending college; the demands of school, work, and family; complex institutional systems; underfunded student support services; and insufficient preparation for college-level work. To address these…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Paying for College
Direct linkVillavicencio, Adriana; Schwab, Ben; Lafayette, Camille – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
School districts across the country are increasingly seeking out digital tools to support the work of educators, in the hopes of improving students' academic achievement. With the rapid emergence of this new market, many districts have been challenged by the task of identifying and procuring educational technology (ed-tech) products that match the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Program Development
Sherman, Lloyd R.; Grannis, Joseph C. – 1978
The experiences of black and Hispanic students from low income families who spent their senior year in this program is reported and evaluated. The Secondary Education Through Health (SETH) program was designed to prepare interested inner city high school seniors to enter medical and health careers and to give them an understanding of environmental…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Exploration, Environmental Education, Health Education
Wertheimer, Barbara M. – 1968
This handbook grew out of an experimental program called Labor Explores the Arts, begun in the fall of 1966 by the Metropolitan Center of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, together with several New York City unions. It was planned to be of use to training staff who want to set up such a course in their own unions. It…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Bibliographies, Dance
MACALLISTER, ARCHIBALD T. – 1963
BASED UPON DATA GATHERED IN A SURVEY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, LEADERS IN THE PROFESSION WERE CALLED TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXISTING PROBLEMS. THE CONFERENCE CONSISTED OF 18 PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH SUFFICIENT DATA TO DESCRIBE CONDITIONS AND DISPARITIES. STUDIES…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Conferences, Consultants, Higher Education
Chuang, Ying C. – 1971
The major aim of this paper is to try to develop a cost analysis system model appropriate to the projects of the Center for Urban Education. Cost analysis can be viewed as an application of the economic concept of system analysis. The analysis always moves from a base that represents the existing capability and resources. The problem is to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Centers, Educational Finance, Educational Programs
Pousada, Alicia – 1982
Two bilingual education programs serving the Puerto Rican community of East Harlem in New York City were investigated to ascertain the degree and kinds of community participation in planning, implementation, and evaluation of bilingual programs. It was found that while there are formal structures in place for involving the community, such as a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Sole, Kenneth – 1978
School Self Renewal, rooted in the ideas of Organizational Development, is a process of school improvement undertaken with the participation of the members of the school community. Based on reports of Renewal projects in New York City Public High Schools, this paper presents some of Renewal's problem areas, strengths, and the implications of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities Improvement, High Schools
Gewirtz, Marvin H. – 1968
The 1967-68 Teacher Training and Reading Institutes constituted the third cycle of a program funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and performed under contract with the New York City Board of Education. The main objective of the training institutes was to provide teachers with training and insights particularly…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Decentralization, Disadvantaged Youth
Justman, Joseph – 1971
In the 1970-71 school year, 24 of the 28 local school districts in New York City submitting proposals for the organization of projects to be funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 had provided for some degree of non-public participation in a total of 53 separate projects. The evaluation reported here is limited…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Guidance Programs
Guerrero, Frank; McMurtry, Mary – 1990
The state-funded Quality Improvement Program Plan (QUIPP) for Special Educators provided professional development training to New York City special education teachers and paraprofessionals to improve the quality of instruction for students with mildly to moderately handicapping conditions. The program was designed to be participant-driven and…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Disabilities, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Solomon, Henry; And Others – 1988
The Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program in New York City identifies and delivers services to middle school students who are excessively absent or otherwise at risk of dropping out. The AIDP program has the following components: (1) facilitation; (2) attendance; (3) guidance; (4) health; (5) school-level linkages; and (6)…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
HAUBRICH, VERNON F. – 1966
THE BACKGROUND OF THE FAILURE OF RURAL AND URBAN SLUM SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS REVIEWED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEACHER, THE PARENT, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THESE PROGRAMS. IT IS FELT THAT ACTIVE TEACHER…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs
Steinberg, Lois S. – 1974
The purpose of this report is to explore what is being done, as well as what is not being done, for students who enter New York City schools with little or no understanding of English. The data provided in this report provided the basis for a class action suit which resulted in the establishment of the Pilot Schools bilingual program. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Jackson, Barbara L.; And Others – 1988
This report is an evaluation of New York City's 1987-88 Parent Involvement Program (PIP). PIP included the following: (1) a Parent Orientation Program focusing on parents of children in grades K-3 in six community school districts; (2) a Citywide Parent Involvement Program; and (3) community school district, borough-wide, and local school Parent…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
