Summer educational programs held in 7 California school districts and funded by Title I, ESEA, are described in this issue of Focus on Innovation. Programs of remedial instruction and enrichment were developed to assist the educationally disadvantaged, primarily in the area of communication skills. Selection of students, framework of the programs, and evaluation processes are discussed. An extract from an interview with John F. Hughes, Director of the Division of Compensatory Education, U.S. Office of Education, is presented relative to federal funding of summer programs. (JEH)