This evaluation of the Twin City Institute for Talented Youth, a summer program for gifted students in grades 9 through 12, consists of two parts: a description of the program; and the evaluators' assessments, including advocate and adversary reports. Achievement tests were not used for evaluation. Evaluative comments follow each segment of the…

Selected data are summarized for students enrolled in the 1979 summer credit programs of six Hawaii community colleges (Honolulu, Kapiolani, Kauai, Leeward, Maui, and Windward). Enrollment in the credit and non-credit programs totaled 7,180. Of these students, 39% were in regular credit programs; this percentage represents a 6% decrease from the…

A 2-WEEK SUMMER CAMPING PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO 61 DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ABOUT TO ENTER LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THE PROGRAM'S PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO EASE THE STUDENT'S TRANSITION INTO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THROUGH CAMPING ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL ORIENTATION CLASSES CONDUCTED BY THE LINCOLN STAFF, CAMPERS WOULD BECOME ACQUAINTED…

VOLUME IV, A STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO AN EVALUATION REPORT OF NEW ENGLAND'S 1966 TITLE I PROJECTS, PRESENTS PROJECT DATA WHICH COMPARE THE STATES AND PROJECT TYPES. (LB)

IN THE SURVEY TAKEN OF 14 URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDED--INSERVICE EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT, READING PROGRAMS, SUMMER PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS, GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES, EARLY ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS, TEAM-TEACHING PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PLACEMENT CLASSES AND JOB RETRAINING PROGRAMS. ALL PRACTICES ARE INTENDED TO…

This report summarizes the past, present, and future activities of the Knowledge Development Plan for Youth Initiatives, which is being developed and implemented as part of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA). First, a framework for the plan is given, covering the aims of the fiscal 1978 and 1979 activities which stress…

Children's park programs in and near the District of Columbia are listed in this directory which is designed for people who plan field trips for children and people interested in developing similar programs. The directory describes more than 80 programs conducted in 30 parks and gives age ranges, schedules, and phone numbers for obtaining further…

This report provides training activities for teachers, counselors, and other elementary-secondary staff members who are involved in the delivery of career education to students. Training activities are based on the practical training experience of sixteen school districts and two universities which comprise the Wisconsin Career Education…

The individual and committee reports on the sociology of Puebla, Mexico, which are collected here, were written by participants in an NDEA Summer Institute program of the University of Wichita, Kansas. The underlying motives of the program, described in the preface, were to provide participants with real language experience and a chance to…

Removing a disadvantaged student from his environment and giving him the advantages of a middle-class education may be a mixed blessing for him educationally. Yet many compensatory summer programs, including Project ABC (A Better Chance) at Carleton College (Minnesota), appear to have caused no deleterious effects. The summer programs are intended…

Along with general information on the 1966-67 Title I compensatory education programs in the Sacramento City Unified School District and on the instruments used in evaluation the effectiveness of these programs, this report contains descriptions of individual activities: (1) language arts development and reading remediation (also information on…

Described is Washington's Model School Division, an experimental educational project in a disadvantaged area of the city. The efforts in this target area include curriculum innovations, a preschool program, a teacher aide program, and two six-week summer institutes combining inservice training of teachers with pupil enrichment. Also discussed are…

The document presents reports of Summer Resource Personnel Workshops held at the University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota, in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975 to improve precollegiate social science education. Objectives of the workshops were to train educators as resource personnel; implement and disseminate projects in anthropology, geography, and…

This report describes a Summer Integration Institute conducted by the Evanston, Illinois Board of Education to prepare teachers and administrators for school integration. The focus of the 1967 session was understanding factors of quality integrated education, and in 1968 understanding crucial issues in integration. The participants of these…

Although this project report emphasizes 1968-1969, the fourth year of Dayton's Early Childhood Education Program (ECE), it also refers to experiences ongoing from 1965 when ECE was initiated. The 1968-1969 program was a continuation of efforts to provide concentrated and continuous learning experiences for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in…