Describes a program for qualified but financially disadvantaged high school juniors to work and attend Atlantic Community College during the summer. (PG)

The author argues that the secret of successful use of indigenous paraprofessionals in social and health services is the development of purposeful assignments, respect and meaningful status for the paraprofessionals as contributing members of a service team. (Author)

Volunteer business, industry, legal and civic groups have helped Maryland Extension Service home economists open and run a thrift shop which supplies donated goods to program families. Shop also doubles as demonstration facility for nutrition, home management, health and youth-oriented courses. (PD)

Describes what happened to the Head Start teacher aide idea when it was taken over by middle-class schools. (Author)

The nutritional status of one hundred preschool children from the economically depressed area of Nashville, Tennessee was evaluated and correlated with Stanford-Binet test scores. (JM)

The director of Project Reach describes some methods for reaching and motivating adults who need basic education. (AA)

Northwest Indians turn to aquaculture as source of jobs and steady income. (Editor)

Evaluates the effects of preschool training and social work services on reading readiness, social maturity, and family dysfunction among children whose parents receive public assistance. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to develop a battery of perceptual and perceptual motor integrative tasks that would be appropriate for administration to young disadvantaged children. (Author)

The pros and cons of providing vouchers to school children are discussed. (CK)

This survey of the prevailing program of publicly assisted housing is based on a questionnaire administered to 10,276 housing authority commissioners. It concludes that inadequacies in the performance of the housing authorities and the attitudes of lay commissioners are responsible for the present low-income housing problem. (RJ)