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Download full textLynn, Randy; Glynn, Jennifer – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, 2019
Since 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has supported educational enrichment in rural areas by awarding over $3.3 million in grants to six outstanding organizations operating in Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In this report, the authors combine the experiences of these organizations with findings from the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Lynn, Randy; Glynn, Jennifer – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, 2019
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has provided over $3.3 million in grants to outstanding providers of educational enrichment in rural areas since 2012. In extensive interviews, rural education experts in our grantee organizations shared their practical knowledge of the best ways to identify academically talented students in rural areas, provide…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Direct linkDenton, Carolyn A.; Solari, Emily J.; Ciancio, Dennis J.; Hecht, Steven A.; Swank, Paul R. – Elementary School Journal, 2010
This pilot study examined an implementation of a kindergarten summer school reading program in 4 high-poverty urban schools. The program targeted both basic reading skills and oral language development. Students were randomly assigned to a treatment group (n = 25) or a typical practice comparison group (n = 28) within each school; however,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Summer Programs, Listening Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design
Banks, Janet Caudill – Instructor, 1970
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Creative Writing, Language Skills, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedAustin, Gilbert R.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1972
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educational Research
SILVER, A.B. – 1967
IN SUMMER 1967, ALL ENTERING STUDENTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE 11TH PERCENTILE ON THE BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, SCAT, AND ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION TEST WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL READING, ARITHMETIC, AND GROUP NONVERBAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS. FROM THIS GROUP, 27 VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN A 6-WEEK, 4-HOUR DAILY PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Developmental Programs, Low Achievement
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 2000
This report describes youth employment and training programs run by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) in summer 1999. The MPRB operates the Teen Teamworks program, which helps teens acquire appreciation for connections between academic, social, judgment, and job skills. MPRB has identified changing social and economic needs as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Programs, Job Skills
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1989
The 1989 New York City Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) Summer Remediation Program met or exceeded each of its objectives. The program comprised basic skills and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, serving 12,785 students in 880 classes in the regular high schools and an unspecified number of students at 73 off-site…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), High Schools
Peer reviewedSchnapp, Linda; Olsen, Christopher – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
This paper describes the drama component of Project Access, a transitional 4-week summer program for students (ages 15 to 18) with disabilities at Howard County Community College (Maryland). Emphasis is on development of self-advocacy skills through a variety of exercises and performance activities. Participating students have demonstrated growth…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Drama
Peer reviewedMikulecky, Larry J. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes the Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) designed to reduce summer learning losses, improve reading and math skills, increase graduation rates, and reduce the incidence of teen parenthood. Reports that STEP succeeds in slowing, and in many cases stopping, summer learning losses of at-risk students. (RS)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, High Risk Students, Program Descriptions
Donaldson, William S. – 1993
The Summer Academic Skills Enhancement Program (SASEP) was offered in June-August 1993 to provide Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients with the reading comprehension and language mechanics skills required for employment in entry-level positions. A total of 125 referred clients were enrolled into both of two remedial courses of study.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Grammar, Pretests Posttests
Hill, Paul T.
Evidence collected through comparison of compensatory education students' calendar year and school year gains implies that summer drop-off of basic skills is a common phenomenon. There are two possible interpretations of this finding. The first, "forgetting," assumes compensatory education students know less in the fall than they did the previous…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Peer reviewedSchor, Sandra – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Describes an experimental six-week summer intensive course in basic writing in which the instructor assumes the identity of "Ms. Mystery" and exchanges weekly letters with each of the students. Provides excerpts as well as analysis of these letters and argues the efficacy of letter writing as a pedagogic tool. (KEH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Porterfield, Craig; Eglsaer, Richard – 1980
A total of 359 retained seventh and eighth grade students from the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's junior high schools participated in a summer enrichment program that was designed to improve their basic skills and decision making skills and to provide them with a successful school experience. Diagnostic information was used to assign…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Research, Junior High School Students
Parker, Charles C. – 1977
This paper advances the thesis that students should be trained to recognize acceptable and unacceptable performances in basic skill areas and should assume responsibility for attaining proficiency in these areas. Among the topics discussed are the value of having junior high school students check their own assignments, discover their errors, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
