Abundant research has shown the influence of social background on university dropout. However, there is little research that considers the different progression options for analysing the structure of the decisions that students make. This article explores the possible alternative decisions of: (1) continuing the initial degree course chosen; (2)…

This report summarizes federal Title I services provided to eligible students at participating private school programs and facilities for delinquent or neglected students within the Austin Independent School District attendance area in 2009-2010.

This article is a case study of compensatory education as it was developed and implemented by an innovative urban school principal in the early 1960s. I argue that while the compensatory education movement was often marred by pejorative-sounding language and inegalitarian ideas, especially as it was shaped and expanded by policy makers and…

This article describes a group work program devoted to changing the child rearing attitudes and practices of lower class mothers of preschool children. An activity and a discussion approach are analyzed in terms of their effectiveness in attaining the goals of the program. Participation in a parent education program can produce significant changes…

A description of the range of compensatory educational efforts in the city of Bradford, England, which are aimed at assisting the socially disadvantaged. Special attention is directed toward the educational problems of immigrant children. (EH)

A revised version of a paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Convention (Chicago, 1968).

A working party of the Educational Research Symposium on the "Socio-Culturally Handicapped" rejected the traditional psychopathological model and disadvantaged child syndrome in favor of interdisciplinary, basic and action research directed toward a causal analysis of socio-cultural difference and milieus and the development of more adequate…

The effects of the highly structured Distar language program and the semistructured Schiach program were compared on two groups of socially disadvantaged children in a day nursery. (Both programs attempt to assist young, learning-delayed children.) There were no major statistically significant differences between the two groups. (SK)

Describes the failure of compensatory education programs from the past through the present, the premises upon which such programs are based, and the real reasons for the failure of such programs. (AN)

A paper presented at conference of National Association for the Teaching of English (Exeter, England, 1970). (Editor/RD)

This report describes a preventively oriented intervention program with 13 inner city toddlers identified as slow in early social and verbal development. Program components featured a committed human relationship, enrichment, modeling and shaping, and also a behavior modification sub-program unit. Program children evidenced significant…