Evaluates two programs in the Johnsonian "war against poverty": one "macroeconomic," attempting to create an environment of greater job opportunities and higher employment; the other "microeconomic," investing in low-income workers to raise their relative earning power. (Author/JM)

Examines two goals of anti-poverty programs beyond reducing the number of people in income poverty and increasing public expenditures disproportionately benefiting the poor: that inequality of income should be substantially narrowed, and that benefits for the poor must meet their needs. (Author/JM)

Describes an industry-sponsored day care center, the Urban Affairs Child Development Center, in the heart of Houston's Fifth Ward poverty area. (CS)

The effectiveness of a public nursery school program was evaluated using two comparision groups, those who had and had not attended nursery school and Title 1 and non-Title 1 children. (Author)

Board members of Instructor have an informal discussion about important educational issues that affect each child's learning proficiency. (Author/RK)

Discusses the power of early childhood education to overcome longstanding social, psychological, and economic problems. (Author/RK)

Applachian Studies is the inter-disciplinary academic study of the Appalachian region, its people and culture, and the inter-relatedness of the social, economic, historical, religious, and political aspects of its life. (Author/JM)

At some point in the development of this nation, and that of most of the Western world, the link between a good education and a good job was broken for blacks. (DM)

This study reveals a common opinion regarding the importance of adequate health care at reasonable cost for all citizens, that it is a political issue. (JB)

Middle-class respondents mistakenly deny that the work ethic is strong among the poor, fundamentally misunderstand how high work ethic leads to increased feelings of insecurity, and mistakenly project for the poor a strong identification of welfare income with income from quasi-illegal sources. (Author)

Considerable amounts of money already come into the cities and the black communities, but go right out as payments to absentee landlords, exploitative merchants, credit gougers, and loan sharks, as well as in support of the colonial management system. (Author/JM)

Analyses and evidence presented suggest that suppliers of low-income housing are caught in a tightening vise of contracting demand and rising costs. (DM)