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Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
Results are presented of a study on the economic development efforts of ten rural community action agencies (CAAs). This report describes the role played by the various CAAs in the economic development of their communities: the problems faced by the different agencies, the program approaches tried and how these approaches were developed, what the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Action, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Download full textQuebec Dept. of Education, Quebec. – 1973
The first section of the report (which is written in French) presents the ten recommendations of the commission which conducted the study to the Minister of Education, and the five principles on which the recommendations are based: (1) the adult's right to education, (2) the necessity of an integrated system of adult education, (3) the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Hellerich-Tuttle, Linda; And Others – 1996
Transition projects have emerged to address Head Start fade-out effects, that is, the disappearance of gains made by Head Start program children by the third grade. The Nebraska Transition Project is one of 31 across the United States providing Head Start-like services to families with children in public elementary school, kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Programs
Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington, DC. – 1993
It is time to revise the Chapter 1 program to prepare disadvantaged children to meet the challenges of the National Education Goals. The Chapter 1 program must be aligned with larger reforms to develop higher standards for student performance and greater accountability. The gap in achievement between disadvantaged and other students means that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Compensatory Education
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1989
The Illinois Council on Vocational Education evaluated the adequacy and effectiveness of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in Illinois. Three categories of programs were offered: Title IIA Employment and Training Services to economically disadvantaged youth and adults and Older Individuals Programs; Title IIB Summer Youth programs; and Title…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1978
This pilot-year report comments on the efficiency and current status of strategies for improved urban education. By pooled judgement and survey methodologies, program data from thirty cities, student interviews from site visits, and study team observations of five city districts (Atlanta, Dallas, Milwaukee, Oakland and Toledo) are examined. Urban…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Elliott, Mark; Roder, Anne; King, Elisabeth; Stillman, Joseph – 2001
A study assessed the first two years of a three-year initiative to test the potential of extending sectoral employment strategies among 10 organizations, most of which were new to the sectoral employment field. Five organizations increasing low-income workers' access to good jobs were ARCH; PhAME; Training, Inc.; WIRE-Net; and Project QUEST. Five…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
