The recognition of some difficulties in ghetto education does not mean that efforts are not being made to improve schools or that all teachers are ineffectual or that all students are unreceptive. But many variables can affect ghetto education and of prime significance is the teacher student relationship. (Author)

The triumph of science has brought with it a quasi-religious scientism. Science, which focuses on the rational ordering of events, has disregarded the process or passage between them. By concentrating on the pattern and ignoring the transition, science has in part caused and in part abetted a corruption of time. (Author)

Describes a program in cross cultural training for the American businessman about to go on foreign assignment which should increase employee effectiveness when serving outside one's own country or when working with minority groups within the United States." (Author/DR)

Testing all Seminole students in grades 1-4 residing on the reservations, the authors tried to pinpoint the learning difficulties unique to this group, and, at the same time, provide a comparative view of Seminole achievement in different social settings. (RB)

Article lists ways in which cultural values influence behavior and attitudes, and suggests adjustments of the curriculum to meet the needs of Mexican-American students. (SP)

Two narratives ( We Didn't Understand School" and My Grandfather Was a Good Witch") provide impressions of Indian children attending public schools. (LS)

Argues that the substratum of non-English language and cultural patterns in the United States limits the extent to which English can effectively function as "a deep component of American experience and of American national awareness. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue, "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American…

A major conclusion of this Texas Education Agency sponsored project was that cultural as well as linguistic relativity must be part of the teacher's basic approach if he is to effectively reach those who differ in language or culture. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American…

Argues that bilingualism and biculturalism make Mexican Americans an advantaged rather than a disadvantaged group. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (FWB)

Current programs to aid Negroes focus on them as people who are culturally deprived rather than culturally different. This approach dooms these programs to failure. (CK)