THE 1961 SUMMER SESSION FOR ABLE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT POTSDAM, NEW YORK, ACCEPTED 11 BROOKLYN GIRLS WHO ORDINARILY WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR COLLEGE. THESE GIRLS CAME FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS AND, ALTHOUGH CAPABLE, THEIR SCHOOL RECORDS DID NOT MEET SUMMER PROGRAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS. THEY AND THEIR…

THIS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS WORKS ON THE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD. GENERAL DISCUSSIONS OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION ARE FOLLOWED BY SEPARATE SECTIONS ON RELEVANT RESEARCH, DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIFIC PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF PROJECT HEADSTART. THE MORE THAN 130 WORKS CITED INCLUDE JOURNAL ARTICLES,…

THE PLANNING PHASE OF A COOPERATIVE PROJECT OF THE QUEENS COLLEGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND A DISADVANTAGED QUEENS PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS EVALUATED. THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO PROVIDE (1) UNDERGRADUATE AND PRETENURE TEACHER TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS, (2) A PROTOTYPAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, AND (3) AN UPGRADED…

A NEW YORK CITY PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WITH UNDISCOVERED COLLEGE POTENTIAL AT THE END OF NINTH GRADE, TO IMPROVE THEIR MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL WORK, TO DEVELOP THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE, AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, IS DESCRIBED. DURING THE SPRING OF 1965, 579 DISADVANTAGED BOYS…