If the disadvantaged student is to have extended educational opportunities, programs of special relevance must be set up for him. His lack of skill is a cultural problem, not necessarily an intellectual one. Two programs leading to careers in social service, along with their attraction for students and the allocation of resources for their…

This is a report of an effort to improve ghetto children's reading in science classes. The writer worked as a consultant with ninth grade general science teachers. The teachers involved in this study used lessons designed by the consultant, as well as materials from commercial publishers. The author reports that there was marked improvement in the…

Health effects of migration were studies among Chinese Americans living inside and outside of Chinatowns. For most causes of death both populations showed a common level of mortality. In spite of the data limitations in this study, the findings were compatible with transition experiences noted for Japanese migrants. (VM)

The literature of the Holocaust casts light into one of the darkest shadows in history--it is a literature worth teaching not only because of the lessons it teaches, but because of its reach into the depths of human experience. The teacher's job in teaching about the Holocaust is to explore and expose--to help students find their way through the…

Case study focuses on Omaha, Nebraska, between the years of 1880 and 1920, where closer examination of ethnic residential patterns have established that around the turn of the century, clustering of national groups did not exist in degrees as strong as assumptions about the American ghetto'' suggest. (RJ)

Drawing upon results of interviews with 522 policemen in the black ghettos of 13 major cities in Spring, 1958, the authors speculate that by far most" of the white policeman's perception of black hostility is a projection of his own fears and prejudices, not legitimate reaction to actual hostility. (DB)

The research reported the attitudes of Detroit ghetto residents concerning both riot control issues and police conduct before, during, and after the 1967 riot. Subjects were residents of the Twelth Street neighborhood, center of that riot. (DB)

Considers major studies on the cause of riots and on the rise of Negro militancy in the United States as forming the foundation of an empirically based explanation of riots. (JM)

The findings of this interview study, designed to minimize response bias of 92 ghetto youths entering a work training program, suggest that normal" drug use in the ghetto is more comparable to non-ghetto drug use than has previously been believed. (Author/JM)

Counselors and their clients must communicate effectively. Because trained counselors do not always relate to the problems of his clients who are black and poor, this article examines the role that paraprofessionals, or indigenous counselors, can play in the ghetto. (Author)

It is desirable that ghetto children be made bilingual, i.e., they should be able to speak well both the language of the slums and standard English. (CK)

Recounts the short history of the independent black film industry and the reasons for its failure. (RJ)