The concensus of opinions concerning current literacy programmes was that, in spite of the fact that communication skills (reading, writing, arithmetic) are sill viewed as important, there was an expressed need for subjects and educational materials and aids relevant to production in agriculture as well as in industry. (Author)

Argues that the present reliance on education as the ultimate policy for curing all problems, economic and social, is unwarranted at best and in all probability, ineffective. Suggests that any time a consensus emerges on the need for more equality, it can be at least partly achieved by making a frontal attack on wage differentials. (RJ)

Originally published in Spanish in American Indigena," Organo Trimestral del Instituto Indigenista Interamericano (Mexico) in Vol. 31(2), April 1972. (NQ)

This two-part article reports an investigation by the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children and its role in correcting illegal and exploitive practices of a school in Louisiana attended by migrant children. (DM)

While recounting some of the flaws of presentday government systems, shows that by and large modern merit systems are beginning to move to rectify past inequities toward minorities. (DM)

A comprehensive review and analysis of significant research on malnutrition and learning. Indicates that nutritional factors contribute to depressed intellectual level and learning failure. (DM)

Focuses on the hither to divergent race/poverty movement and the ecology crusade and examines new relationships to see just where there is convergence between the two issues, where there is conflict, and where is still the traditional indifference. (RJ)

There are two competing ideologies centering upon the idea of individualization of instruction: one looks to increasing the effectiveness of instruction by adapting it to the traits of the learner; the other looks to releasing the full human potential in each individual learner. (Author/MB)

Civil rights leader's widow suggests activities conducive to peaceful social change, including Foundation-released film. Describes King Atlanta Center's plans for teacher-training in nonviolent means to attack poverty, fortify women's rights, improve race relations and black representation, end segregation outside South. (PD)

The article concludes that the difference between skid row and middle class women is not in standards, essentially, but in success in adhering to standards. Though this difference may be due to inherited qualities that make these women more vulnerable, a portion of the blame rests with society. (Author)

Despite high costs, this program is worthwhile because of its impact on post-training earnings. (BH)

This is Part I of an article published in two parts, and deals with a multiplicity of factors which reduce the quality of living. The author feels that major causes of failure to learn are social, political and economic. (Author)

A review of Quarterly articles representing the social science orientation of the business disciplines (consumer economics and marketing). Poverty, Minorities, and Consumer Exploitation" by Frederick D. Sturdivant and Walter T. Wilhelm, 1968, is reviewed and reprinted. A critique by Sturdivant is included. (SE)