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Download full textGotts, Edward Earl – 1989
Reported are findings of a large-scale, longitudinal follow-up study of the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, one facet of a multifaceted attack on the endemic problem of underachievement in Appalachia, which sought to find solutions viable within the region's family and cultural traditions. The scope of the study is immense,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Child Rearing, Dropouts
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
Ashland Community Coll., KY. – 1987
The Single Parent/Adult Homemaker Reentry Program at Ashland Community College (Kentucky) was developed to meet the training needs of 40 eligible persons by enrolling them in vocational-technical programs at the college. Students received financial support for tuition, books, child care, and transportation; academic and personal counseling;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers, Financial Services, Job Training
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1989
The testimony presented in this report addresses the effects of recent reforms on the achievement of disadvantaged students, their dropout rates, and their enrollments in vocational education. An evaluation of programs in four large-city school districts revealed that educational reform has been neither a disaster nor a boon for the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Proller, Norman L. – 1984
The 1983-84 Center for Urban/Minority Education (CUME) Project, funded by the Education Consolidation Improvement Act, (ECIA) Chapter II, was designed to address the needs of teachers, administrators, and parents of schools serving low-income/minority students in Dade County, Florida. However, the substantial reduction in funding from the amount…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
Hollenback, Kathryn; And Others – 1984
A project consisting of two followup studies, a literature review, and a pilot study was conducted to evaluate the occupational orientation curriculum and occupational orientation teacher education programs currently in existence in Texas and to recommend changes needed to update them. Various survey instruments were administered to participants…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Change Strategies
McConnell, Beverly B. – 1982
The effects of early education bilingual programs on subsequent educational achievement were studied with Spanish-speaking children of migrant farm workers in southern Texas. The children were enrolled in the Individualized Bilingual Instruction (IBI) program for at least one year from preschool through grade 3. About 30-50 children were tested at…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Testing
Johnson, Jessie – 1987
The Instructional Aide Program of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools trained instructional aides to provide direct instruction to selected underachieving pupils in the classroom setting. The aides attended in-service training sessions and were provided with supplementary materials and numerous instructional activities in the areas of oral…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Activities, Grade 1
Broderius, Bruce W.; And Others – 1985
The effectiveness of an instructional improvement project in the Greeley-Evans Schools, Colorado, was studied. Teachers were provided inservice education in a class called the Essentials of Instruction. Recognizing that receiving training was not the same as being an implementer of the innovation, the Levels of Use instrument identified teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
The 1986-87 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide assistance to selected underachieving pupils in grades one through eight so that they might attain more fully their potential for and improvement in language and reading skills. The program featured individual…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Price, David W.; And Others – 1975
To find major problems with the National School Lunch Program, a study was conducted with 1,015 students, their parents, and 16 school lunch supervisors in 18 Washington school districts. When interviewed, only 2% of the students said the lunch program did not need any changes. The needed changes most often mentioned were for "different kinds…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Blacks, Breakfast Programs, Cultural Influences
Marsh, D. T. – 1984
In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), vocational education is designed to assist in the achievement of political, economic, and social aims. The emphasis that the USSR constitution places on "socially useful work" and its results has been consistently reflected in legislation governing vocational training since 1919. Not…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Davis, Charles E. – 1986
The history of school district reorganization in New York State over the past 150 years is examined. Basic research tools included a survey of present and former district superintendents, contacts with former State Education Department personnel, and reports from other leading figures and past participants. Sections are included on: the historical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational History, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1985
This document evaluates the Bilingual Program in the Auxiliary Services for High Schools program, which provides instruction in English as a second language, native language development, basic education, and job counseling and placement services to approximately 1,900 students at 15 sites in New York City. The program was developed in 1969 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Guidance
Omvig, Clayton P.; Tulloch, Charlotte – 1981
A project was undertaken to develop a model for organizing and operating learning centers in secondary and postsecondary vocational schools as well as in community colleges in Kentucky. During the first year of the project models were developed for learning centers at both instructional levels. Stressed in each model was the use of key elements of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
