This preliminary report evaluates the second year, 1970-71, of Head Start Planned Variation (HSPV), covering research methodology, description of the models, characteristics of the children, classrooms and sites, estimated overall effects of the Head Start experience, differences in the effects of PV and comparison classrooms, and short term…

Statistics on job tenure of American workers are presented which are based on a January, 1973, survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Three tables are presented: length of employment of workers on their current job, by sex; median years on current job, by sex, age, and race; and median years on current job, by occupation, industry, and sex.…

Recognizing that interest is essential to motivation, this study was designed both to identify and describe the content interest patterns and media preferences (print and television) of middle-grade children and to determine any relationship between these interests and sex, race, or socioeconomic status (SES). An inventory was administered to 250…

The first in a series of bulletins prepared for each region and with a national summary, this report presents relevant data about the South's rural youth (persons under 25). The total rural population of the South includes some 22.2 million persons, representing slightly higher than 41 percent of the rural people in the entire nation. There are…

The direct and indirect effects of neighborhood characteristics on school-level reading achievement were investigated via path analysis in this study. Race, family structure, income, and neighborhood density were among the variables investigated. (Author/JKS)

Provides a general overview of research on the sociology of school knowledge which has focused on the dynamics of class, gender, and race. Presents a framework for analyzing how these ideological dynamics produce the stratification of culture and people in education. (KH)

In the seven years since Minnesota's version of federal welfare reform took effect statewide, more than 50 research studies have considered one central question: How well has Minnesota's welfare-to-work system succeeded? This report reviews the research conducted on the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), and finds that the research…

This report presents trial school-district-level results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics 2003 and 2005 assessments at grades 4 and 8 for nine urban public-school districts: Atlanta City, Boston School District, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, City of Chicago School District 299, Cleveland Municipal School…

Researchers who employ contextual models of parenting contend that it is not spanking per se, but rather the context in which spanking occurs and the meanings children ascribe to spanking, that predict child outcomes. This study proposed two plausible meanings that children may ascribe to spanking--a legitimate expression of parental authority or…

The History section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "The Big, Not-So-Bad, Wolf: Cultivating a New Media Image" (Richard Gross); "The Forgotten Battles: Congressional Hearings on Television Violence in the 1950s" (Keisha L. Hoerrner); "President Nixon's China Initiative: A Publicly Prepared…

Reports a study of the impact of teacher race on the performance of inner city high school students on a listening comprehension test. (JM)

The extent to which medicine is perceived as a viable educational pathway for lower and middle income students and for the racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine is discussed. Data on the income of parents of applicants to and student accepted by U.S medical schools is presented. (MLW)

Comparison of national data for 1960 and 1976 on educational requirements of jobs and workers' educational attainment, race, and sex indicates that overeducation has increased recently, chiefly because educational attainment has grown. Whites are still less overeducated than Blacks in jobs, but the gap has narrowed. (Author/RW)

A statistical survey of employment mobility during the period from January 1977 to January 1978, this study compared data from similar surveys conducted in 1965 and 1972, and found a greater mobility rate in 1977. Discusses the results in terms of age, sex, nationality, race, education, and occupation. (JOW)