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National Center on Education in the Inner Cities (CEIC)

Type: National Research and Development Center Grant

ED Program: OERI/At-Risk Institute

Latest Amendment:

Award Number: R117Q00061

ED Agency Contact : Oliver Moles, At-Risk Institute

Start Date: 11/1/90

End Date: 10/31/96

Expected Total Award: $7,631,984

Principal Investigator: Margaret Wang

Institution:

Temple University
933 Ritter Hall Annex
13th and Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Phone: (215) 204-3001

Affiliated Organizations:

University of Houston

University of Illinois at Chicago

Abstract: The center mission is to strengthen education and related resources in inner cities by conducting a program of interdisciplinary research and development on families, schools, and communities. The central question of the CEIC is "What conditions are required to cause massive improvements in the learning of children and youth in this nation's inner cities?"

Projects:

  1. A Test of a Theory of Underachievement of African-American Adolescents
  2. Adolescent Problems in Family and School Contexts: Clinical and Preventive Aspects
  3. Schools in Inner Cities
  4. Exemplary Schools for Resilient Students in Inner Cities
  5. Student Diversity: The 20/20 Plan
  6. The Longitudinal Study of the Life Cycle of Improving Schools
  7. Assessing Systemic Reform of Inner-City Secondary Schools
  8. Improving the Effectiveness of Chapter 1 on Student Learning in Inner-City Schools
  9. The Ecology of Urban Education
  10. Exploratory Studies of School-Community Connections
  11. Student Development in the Multicultural Context of the Inner City
  12. The Transition from School to Work in the Inner City
  13. The Dissemination and Utilization Project

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Last updated 6/10/97