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Download full textVirginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1966
ONE SECTION OF THIS EVALUATION IS A DESCRIPTION OF TITLE I OPERATIONS AND SERVICES, METHODS OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES. THE MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS WERE IN (1) THE SUBMISSION OF INADEQUATELY PREPARED PROPOSALS BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, (2) MISCONCEPTIONS ON THEIR PART ABOUT THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF TITLE I,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Community Action
Meade, Edward J., Jr. – 1968
In recent years the focus on accountability and governance in public education has shifted from the individual class and teacher to individual schools and staffs. By the way he applies and coordinates his school's available resources, the principal determines the product of his school, the departing pupil. More effective education is becoming…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Action, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Gibson, Duane, Ed. – 1980
The systematic, practical ideas presented for improving the quality of life in a community are based on the belief that people, working together, sometimes with and through local government and sometimes through the vigorous efforts of voluntary organizations and associations, can help their communities increasingly become the kinds of places that…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
Davis, Carolyn – 1978
This set of training materials was developed for a nationwide prevention education program designed to develop new citizen awareness of the importance of making sound, personal decisions leading to the reduction of drinking problems and alcoholism. There are three packages of prevention education materials presented: Reflections in a Glass, for…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Action, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Acker, R. Dean – 1968
This report describes a summer training institute designed to develop research skills among 30 selected local school district representatives from Kentucky and Appalachia to enable them to serve as research coordinators in their districts. The purpose of the institute was to increase the capability of local school districts to improve their school…
Descriptors: Community Action, Curriculum Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Problems
NELLUM, ALBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO (1) OFFER YOUTH WHOLESOME, INCOME-PRODUCING ACTIVITY WHILE THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, (2) GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH JOBS AND WORK, (3) LET THEM EXPLORE VOCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES, AND (4) TEACH THEM SOMETHING OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS THEIR…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Arizona State Dept. of Public Instruction, Phoenix. – 1966
THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS REPORT DESCRIBES HOW TITLE I ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED IN ARIZONA AND THE VICISSITUDES OF COORDINATING THEM WITH OTHER PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT AND OTHER FEDERAL ACTS. MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INCLUDED (1) UNDERSTAFFING WHICH HINDERED THE STATE IN PROCESSING PROPOSALS, (2)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Community Action, Compensatory Education
CORT, H. RUSSELL, JR.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN OVERALL SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF THE SUMMER 1965 PROJECT HEAD START IS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. THE FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE INCEPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND FORMAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECT. THE SECOND SECTION PRESENTS DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITIES, CHILDREN, PARENTS, STAFF, AND WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. THE THIRD SECTION…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Community Action
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
SELECTED PORTIONS OF A STUDY, "NEGRO PARTICIPATION IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS" (VT 004 310) BY F.R. MARSHALL AND V. M. BRIGGS, JR., ARE PRESENTED TO FOSTER ACTION TO AFFORD FULLY EQUAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CLEVELAND, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, DETROIT, SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND, HOUSTON, ATLANTA,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Black Employment, Black Youth, Blacks
Crawford, Fred R. – 1969
The two technical reports in this volume are devoted to describing the poor in Atlanta, and the persons who become clients in the service programs operated by Economic Opportunity Atlanta, and deal with residents of the areas served by the Neighborhood Service Centers located in the target area. Two samples are identified specifically: the Cohort…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Action, Community Centers, Educational Background
Peer reviewedColeman, Mick; And Others – Childhood Education, 1989
Provides guidelines that will help educators take a leadership role when they work with community leaders to plan for community-wide efforts to provide families with high-quality school-age child care services. (BB)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Leaders
Sam, Jimmy L. – 1993
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma was awarded a grant to provide education services to Cherokee adults in small, relatively isolated communities of northeastern Oklahoma. The program was designed to test strategies to reach and teach that population effectively. The staff of instructors were highly skilled, made the classroom less threatening to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Education
Domack, Dennis – 1981
A strong local economy which allows residents of a community to work and shop near their homes is perhaps the best safeguard against the threats of urban sprawl, economic stagnation, physical deterioration and loss of unique identity facing many small towns. Utilizing a six-phase process advocated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Woolman, Myron; Carey, Gordon R. – 1966
This 1965-66 study was made for the Office of Economic Opportunity under subcontract to the United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C. Its aim was to develop and test a combined literacy and job skill program for functionally illiterate dropouts in the District of Columbia. Only 54 such trainees were secured, and the remainder (315) were male…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Action, Correctional Institutions, Dropouts
Hussain, Farhat; Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1977
An April-May 1976 nationwide sample of more than 800 schools in rural Pakistan provides data to form composite pictures of the typical boys school and girls school. An observation checklist records such aspects as: (1) government ownership of building; (2) structural soundness and maintenance of walls, roof, veranda, steps, floors, windows; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Building Design, Classroom Environment, Classrooms
