Beginning in the 1970s, low-wage manufacturing areas in advanced industrialized countries experienced deindustrialization and worker dislocation as transnational corporations left for sites of lower-cost labor. In response, communities sought to rebuild their economies and pursue new employment opportunities in the restructured labor markets of…

Discussions of early childhood care and education usually focus on its social and educational value, and how it helps children and families. More recently, the focus in many states, including Wisconsin, has been on potential investments in child care quality improvements as strategies for improving long-term educational outcomes for disadvantaged…

Although there is a growing body of research based on social disorganization theory that relates the neighborhood context to juvenile crime and delinquency, it is unknown whether neighborhood social processes operate in a similar way across all types of disadvantaged neighborhoods. It is possible that some social processes are unique to…

Objective: Scholastic achievement in a nonclinical sample of ADHD children and adolescents was evaluated taking into consideration variables such as comorbid learning disorders, family income, and parental education which may also be associated with poor academic performance. Method: After screening for ADHD in 396 students, the authors compared…

Head Start, the federal program that provides preschool education, health, and social services for children from poor families, is one of the United States' most popular government programs. Created in 1965, it has endured as a symbol of commitment to children, serving just fewer than one million children a year in neighborhood sites across the…

The history of literacy programs indicates that they are not the solution to poverty, but adult education for disadvantaged adults must be a continuing activity. (Author/AG)

In the summer of 1970 The School of Library and Information Science of the State University of New York at Albany received a grant from the United States Office of Education (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title II-B) to initiate a three-year undergraduate and graduate program leading to the Bachelor of Arts/Science degree (field of choice) and to…

The article argues that the widespread belief that child abuse and neglect are unrelated to socioeconomic class is not supported by the evidence, and that it consequently serves to divert attention from the true nature of the problem involved. (Author/DLS)

Study of adults (N=3,025) revealed significantly fewer network resources among the poor than among higher income groups. Asserts social workers must avoid addressing the problems of the poor solely through informal networks and target network interventions carefully to achieve maximum effectiveness. (Author)

Deals with incorporating community skills into the field of education using a non-formal educational framework and active participation by young people and families. (NH)

Notes that some progress has been made in teaching the socially disadvantaged to read, defines the socially disadvantaged, lists the causes of reading retardation among disadvantaged children, and suggests actions to overcome present inadequacies. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)

Examines the role played by early childhood education programs in the development of several Latin American countries. Describes and assesses current programs and offers recommendations for improving the effectiveness of these programs. (JOW)

The long-held fiction that this is a society without class distinctions, that everyone has an equal chance, helps to keep the working class from a sustained and organized effort on its own behalf. (JOW)