This bulletin provides information on financial and participation statistics, including the number of programs, Title I programs, State compensatory education programs, and joint State and Title I funded programs. Children served are given in terms of grade, ethnic/language group characteristics, and public and non-public participation. Program…

The document presents an evaluation of: (1) consumer homemaking education programs in Illinois high schools and their role in helping economically disadvantaged youth in assuming the dual role of homemaker and wage earner, (2) strengths and weaknesses of these programs, and (3) current and projected needs of professional education programs and…

Covering the time period of February 1974 through January 1975, the final report describes a project to plan and implement a K-14 career education program in a rural and mountainous area of Kentucky. The project design consisted of an awareness component for grades 1-6, an exploration component for grades 7-9, a preparation component for grades…

The report describes a Vermont project begun in 1970 and designed to assess the long term value of the Special Work Project (SWP), or Public Service Employment, as a vehicle for providing transitional employment to unemployed members of low income families with children receiving public aid. The study attempted to contact and interview the 609…

The document presents an evaluation of the two year Bachelor of Science Agriculture program for Gramsevaks, or village level workers, initiated by the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India in 1961. An employment questionnaire was sent to all agricultural graduates, 1963-71, for whom valid addresses existed. A return rate of…

The Cluster Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is a two year mini-school designed for 150 ninth year and 150 tenth year students in ten classes of 30 students each. Students are admitted to the Cluster Program on the basis of being two years or more behind in reading and mathematics skills. The major…

The community served by Towns Elementary School has changed from a black neighborhood of upper middle class homeowners to a neighborhood where the majority of the houses are now rented to lower socioeconomic status residents. Pupils now, possibly because of their environmental circumstances, exhibit behaviors which indicate needs for remediation…

To move toward meeting the needs of the pupils at Carey the following goals have been developed: (1) to challenge each child's ability by diagnosing his strengths and weaknesses and then individualizing instructional activities for him as much as possible; (2) to concentrate on positive methods of control and reinforcement in all activities; (3)…

The study reported here was undertaken to determine if a structured human relations program, focusing on positive classroom management techniques, could contribute to more positive teacher-student relations and thereby help to decrease one of the major sources of friction in our educational communities. The major objective of this program was to…

The Detroit College Opportunity Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to provide remedial support, instructional assistance, academic stimulation, and personal, educational and vocational counseling for selected eligible students so that their chances to become successful college students will be…

The objectives of the Nutritional Improvement Project were as follows: children will attend school regularly; children will develop a receptive attitude toward school; children will increase in level of achievement. Cleveland Public Schools for the past four and one-half years have provided breakfast for all elementary pupils attending Title I,…

The purpose of the demonstration programs in intensive reading and mathematics instruction for low-achieving students was essentially to enable school districts to establish and operate exemplary and innovative projects to improve the competence of junior high school students in reading and mathematics. Projects were limited to students in grades…

This report contains enrollment data about the North Carolina Division of Social Services Work First clients who were enrolled in North Carolina community colleges curriculum and extension programs during the academic years 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98. North Carolina's welfare reform initiative, Work First, is the State's Temporary Assistance to…

This report focuses on people who entered the Jobs First evaluation when they were applying for or receiving cash assistance in the Manchester and New Haven (Connecticut) Department of Social Services offices between January-June 1996 and who left cash assistance within 18 months after entering the program (before reaching the 21-month time…

Claims that the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an early intervention with children from economically and socially impoverished homes, has produced and maintained higher IQs in children at risk of mental retardation are examined for approximately 112 children. Assertions of project success are reviewed, and the implications are discussed. (SLD)