McCosh Even Start, a federally funded family-literacy project located in a Chicago school, used older donated Apple computers, video technology, and photography to develop literacy and also to evaluate parents' and children's literacy progress. Older and newer technologies were successfully combined. (MLH)

A parent-involvement program was set up in a black, inner-city public school in South Chicago through a partnership sponsored by an Illinois Board of Education Even Start grant. The program, with afterschool, home-visiting, adult-literacy, and field-trip components, proved rewarding for participants. (23 references) (MLH)

Describes a collaborative parent-involvement project for inner-city Hispanic primary students sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust. A university professor, two graduate assistants, the principal, and the school community representative designed a summer program featuring hospitality and support activities, free books, and hands-on science and…