Arguing that the goal of the development of thinking skills for the low-achieving student is within reach, this paper contends that an effective course on thinking skills should result in a single, well-integrated schema which is built upon the principles and processes that the course is intended to develop and should be elaborated with concrete…

This paper presents arguments for changing a portion of current federal policy for evaluating Chapter 1 grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Chapter 1, part of the federal Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides funds to schools and districts to improve education for economically disadvantaged students. The paper advocates that…