Search Results - "Lower Class"

Four-Year College Students' Use of the Community College: A Middle-Class Takeover? ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.

Authors: Townsend, Barbara K.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 8

Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Lower Class, Lower Class Students, Middle Class, Middle Class Students

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Missouri

Journal Code: RIEAUG2002

White Women's Social Class Identity and the College Experience.

Authors: Ostrove, Joan M. Long, Susan M.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 29

Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Seniors, Females, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Competence, Lower Class Students, Social Cognition, Social Status, Upper Class

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Minnesota

Journal Code: RIEMAR2002

Help Needed: How Can High-Risk Adults Prepare for Skilled Jobs in South Carolina?

Authors: Miles, Curtis

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 51

Sponsoring Agency: South Carolina Partnership for Distance Education, Columbia.

Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Educational Needs, Employment Problems, Job Layoff, Job Training, Labor Force Nonparticipants, Low Income Groups, Lower Class, Postsecondary Education, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Statewide Planning, Underemployment, Unemployment

Geographic Terms: South Carolina

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Workforce Investment Act 1998

Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends.

Authors: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. Economic Policy Inst., Washington, DC. Bernstein, Jar et al.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 77

Sponsoring Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY.
Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI.

Descriptors: Federal Government, Low Income, Lower Class, Middle Class, Poverty, Public Policy, State Government, Taxes, Upper Class, Wages

Building Effective Programs for Summer Learning.

Authors: Johnson, Peter

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 9

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Individual Development, Learning Experience, Lower Class Students, Reading Improvement, Summer Programs

Critical Literacy in 'White Ethnic' Classrooms: When Empowered Writing Reveals Class.

Authors: Hourigan, Maureen M.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Grammar, Higher Education, Lower Class, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Attitudes, Student Empowerment, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments, Writing Attitudes

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Ohio

Journal Code: RIEAPR1999

Social Networks, Career and Training Paths for Participants in Education and Training Programs. Technical Report.

Authors: Schneider, Jo Anne

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 69

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, High School Equivalency Programs, Incentives, Job Training, Low Income, Low Income Groups, Lower Class, Mentors, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Poverty, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Social Networks, Social Services, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services, Work Experience

Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Growing the Seeds of Strength in High Risk Urban Neighborhoods.

Authors: Saegert, Susan

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 22

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Involvement, Cooperation, Coping, Housing, Inner City, Low Income Groups, Lower Class, Minority Groups, Neighborhood Improvement, Poverty, Stakeholders, Urban Problems

Geographic Terms: New York (New York)

Educational/Occupational Expectations and Aspirations: Mothers' Views of Their Children's Futures.

Authors: Powell, Douglas R. Peet, Susan H.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 20

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Careers, Employment, Evaluation, Expectation, Grades (Scholastic), Low Income, Lower Class, Mothers, Occupational Aspiration, Occupational Clusters, Occupations, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parents, Performance, Poverty, Questionnaires, Standardized Tests, Success

Improving Student Behavior through Social Skills Instruction.

Authors: Cook, Staci

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 62

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Child Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning, Discipline, Discipline Problems, Family Environment, Family (Sociological Unit), Grade 2, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Kindergarten Children, Lower Class Students, Modeling (Psychology), Primary Education, Role Playing, Social Behavior, Social Development, Student Behavior

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Illinois

Journal Code: RIESEP1996

Early Orientation and Later School Achievement.

Authors: Harper, Lawrence V.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 11

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment, Family Life, Low Income, Lower Class Students, Middle Class Students, Parent Child Relationship, Poverty, Preschool Children, Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Stimulation, Verbal Communication

Look at Even Start, 1992-1995.

Authors: RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH.

Source: Look at Even Start. 1992-1995 (1-7).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 34

Sponsoring Agency: Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Lower Class Students, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Parents as Teachers, Program Effectiveness, School Readiness, Social Agencies, Social Networks, Social Services, Social Support Groups, Transitional Programs

Home Visiting: Forging the Home-School Connection. Even Start Project Manager's Guide.

Authors: RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. Winter, Mildr

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 14

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Life, Family Programs, Family School Relationship, Home Visits, Lower Class Students, Parent Education, Parent Empowerment, Parenting Skills, Partnerships in Education, Social Agencies, Social Networks, Social Services, Social Support Groups

Parenting: Supporting Parents within a Family Literacy Perspective. Even Start Project Manager's Guide.

Authors: RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. Powell, Douglas R.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 16

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Administrators, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Life, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Literacy Education, Lower Class Students, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Parenting Styles, Parents as Teachers, Partnerships in Education, Social Agencies, Social Networks, Social Services, Social Support Groups

Northeast Florida College Reach Out Program: 1995 Evaluation Report.

Authors: Drummond, Robert J. Drummond, Heather A.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 75

Sponsoring Agency: Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee.

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College School Cooperation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Grade 7, Grade 8, Higher Education, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control, Lower Class Students, Minority Group Children, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation, Student Surveys, Study Skills

Learning To Read in a Violent Society--It's Not Natural or Easy!

Authors: Hurley, Sandra R. Wooden, Sharon L.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Ethnography, Family Violence, Interviews, Literacy, Lower Class Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research

Geographic Terms: Mexico, New Mexico, Texas

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1

Longitudinal Study of a Bilingual Program for Four Year Olds.

Authors: Schmitt, Dorren R.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 14

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Limited English Speaking, Longitudinal Studies, Lower Class Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: California Achievement Tests

America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop.

Authors: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Children and Families. Crowell, Nancy A. Leeper, Ethel M.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 60

Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY.

Descriptors: Child Support, Disabilities, Early Parenthood, Family Relationship, Fathers, Federal Programs, Inner City, Lower Class Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Program Development, Public Policy, Social Science Research, Workshops

Geographic Terms: U.S.; District of Columbia

Journal Code: RIEDEC1995

Acquiring the Language of Learning: The Performance of Hawaiian Preschool Children on the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI).

Authors: Martini, Mary

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 52

Sponsoring Agency: Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Honolulu, HI.

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Language Processing, Language Tests, Language Usage, Lower Class, Middle Class, Preschool Children, Preschool Education

Geographic Terms: Hawaii

The Multicultural Population of New York City: A Socioeconomic Profile of the Mosaic.

Authors: Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Inst. for Urban and Minority Education. Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 57

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Ethnicity, Low Income Groups, Lower Class, Minority Groups, Profiles, Racial Differences, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns, Socioeconomic Status, Urban Areas

Geographic Terms: New York (New York)