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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1978
This report provides background and data from an investigation of New York City's summer youth employment program. It concludes that the program was poorly planned and poorly administered by both the Department of Labor and the city. Although some of the worksites visited were providing useful work experience to enrolled youths, over half of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Committee on Administration of Training Programs, Washington, DC. – 1968
The Committee studied the administration of training under federal programs including Manpower Development and Training, Economic Opportunity, Adult Basic Education, Vocational Education, Work-Study Program, Social Security, Vocational Rehabilitation, and National Apprenticeship Training Acts, as well as selected administratively established…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Olmsted, Cameron B.; Zinser, Melvin – 1965
The stated purposes of this Head Start project were to provide deprived children with experiences designed for cultural enrichment, to improve personal health, to encourage social and emotional growth, and to develop mental competencies. This report provides information on the various activities undertaken in the project, personnel preparation and…
Descriptors: Activities, American Indians, Annual Reports, Blacks
Heath, Robert W.; Nielson, Mark A. – 1974
The history of testing and evaluation in Indian education has been less than satisfactory since achievement and intelligence testing instruments traditionally have been norm-referenced, rather than criterion-referenced, and have not accounted for cultural differences. The Indian Education Act of 1972 provides for Indian involvement in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
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
Coulson, John E.; And Others – 1975
This report summarizes the national implementation and impact of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot Programs during the l973-74 school year-the first year of their operation in school districts across the nation. Sections deal with evaluation sample selection; district, community, and school characteristics; student and family…
Descriptors: Bias, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Dawson, James I. – 1976
The effectiveness of a leadership development program for rural lay leaders on promoting community improvement in Lawrence County, Alabama was evaluated. The sample consisted of 16 disadvantaged rural lay leaders who participated in the 2-month program and 24-month follow-up activities; 60 disadvantaged rural lay leaders who only participated in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Change Agents, Community Development, Community Involvement
Ryan, Charles W.; Cook, Keith E. – 1974
The project was designed to provide counseling services for children in poverty areas by preparing community educators to function as counselors. Participants were counselors, teachers, administrators, and employees of helping agencies (Boy Scouts, YMCA, YWCA, etc.) from two school administrative districts evidencing poverty-related problems. The…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Organizations, Counseling, Counseling Services
Longo, Paul; Auerbach, Carl – 1972
This report evaluates three New York City school district educational projects funded by the "New York State Urban Education Program" enacted at the 1969 legislative session of the New York State Legislature for the purpose of "meeting special educational needs associated with poverty." Project Read represents an attempt to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Washnis, George J. – 1973
This study focuses on eight cities in the Model Cities Program and the effects of the program on national urban policy and the ability of cities and counties to cope with urban problems. The cities (Boston, Chicago, Dayton, Indianapolis, Newark, New York, Savannah, and Seattle) were chosen not only for their geographic and population…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, City Government, Community Development
Plankenhorn, Andrew – 1974
W. H. Crogman Elementary School primarily served black low-income residents. Its program's objectives were: (1) To develop the responsibility within the pupil for his own learning. (2) To have pupils assume leadership roles. (3) To develop academic achievement for each pupil. The primary goal was to create a no-fail attitude among the pupils. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Day Care, Diagnostic Teaching
Plankenhorn, Andrew; Sylvan, Donna L. – 1974
Grant Park Primary School is located in a small neighborhood where most residents are at the poverty level. The primary goals were to provide an educational program which would meet the needs of the pupils and would correct academic deficiencies in reading. This goal was supported by the following: (1) to provide an environment in which each pupil…
Descriptors: Career Education, Compensatory Education, Day Care, Diagnostic Teaching
Nieman, Ronald H.; Gastright, Joseph F. – 1974
The Impact of a Preschool Interracial Program (IPSIP) project, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was designed to test the hypothesis that intervening with sufficient impact in the early lives of environmentally deprived children will produce a significant, lasting effect on their cognitive and social…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Longitudinal Studies
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The Corrective Mathematics Services Program for Disadvantaged Pupils in Nonpublic Regular Day Schools, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was proposed to serve approximately 14,032 poverty area children who attended 165 non-public regular day schools. Those children were eligible for these services whose score on…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Nellum (A.L.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1973
In June, 1969, the Government of the District of Columbia sought and was awarded a grant by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, under Section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended, to train 25 public housing youths in five maintenance skills: painting, window glazing, landscaping, screening, and carpentry. In addition to being…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
