Poverty and reading age
Tags: POOR children -- Education; LITERACY; HIGH school students
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- Fighting truancy with made-to-measure education. // UNESCO Courier;Feb99, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p16
Presents information on a program called El Abrojo launched by a group of teachers to fight illiteracy among poor children in Montevideo, Uruguay. Aim of the program; Success of the program; Award received by the scheme.
- Relation of computer attitudes and computer attributions to enrollment in high school computer... Campbell, N. Jo; Williams, Janice E. // Journal of Research on Computing in Education;Spring90, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p276
Presents two exploratory path analyses of potentially relevant variable influencing both high school computer course enrollment and perceived computer efficiency. Computer knowledge as a filter limiting career choices; Explanation of variability of enrollment in computer courses; Computer...
- THE AUTHOR AND MAGAZINE RECOGNITION TESTS AS PREDICTORS OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN KOREAN. Haeyoung Kim; Krashen, Stephen // Perceptual & Motor Skills;Dec98 Part 2, Vol. 87 Issue 3, p1376
Assesses whether the Author Recognition Test and Magazine Recognition Test would predict literacy development in Korean by testing 103 high school girls living in a middle-class neighborhood in South Korea. Relatio among the three measures of reading experience; Significant predictors of...
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Johnston, Robert C. // Education Week;06/06/2001, Vol. 20 Issue 39, p8
Reports on Guatemala's launching of a program requiring high school students to teach illiterate adults in the country. Challenges in overcoming illiteracy; Opposition against the program.
- D.C. Program Aims to Help Students Graduate From College. Robelen, Erik W. // Education Week;3/28/2007, Vol. 26 Issue 29, p6
The article reports that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help to fund a program providing intensive support and scholarships to low-income students in Washington, D. C. The program, which begins in 2007, aims to help students graduate from high school and college. Students' resilience...
- "Breakthrough" High Schools Qualify 90% of Students for College. // Education Digest;Sep2006, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p10
The article explores the implications of the Breakthrough High Schools (BTHS) project which involved 25 high schools nationwide, each with a student population of at least 50% under-represented minority students and a minimum of 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. At...
- Literacy and the Speech-Language Pathologist. Bernthal, John E. // ASHA Leader;9/11/2001, Vol. 6 Issue 16, p43
Discusses the role of speech-language pathologists (SLP) in literacy initiatives. Overview of the language exposure of poor children; Role of SLP in enhancing the language of poor children; Topics discussed in the White House Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development.
- Junir Great Books: Reading for Meaning in Urban Schools. Wheelock, Anne // Educational Leadership;Oct99, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p47
Looks at Great Books Foundation's reading program called Junior Great Books Program adopted by three schools which have low-income students in Chicago, Illinois. Description on the reading sessions in these schools; Factors that influenced the adoption of the program; Implications of the...
- Financial Tips for Teens. Lynch, Laura; Arnold, Mary // Credit Union Management;Jul2011, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p13
The article reports on the series of articles intended for high school students' financial literacy which is published by CUcontent.com.
