A federally funded school breakfast program in Florida offers a nutritious meal to approximately 1800 pupils per day. This program is available to the poor, to children who miss breakfast because of bus schedules, and to any other students at a school where the meal i s offered. Those who can afford to pay a nominal fee; otherwise, breakfast is…

Designed as a guide for public library administrators and personnel, the document suggests ways to recruit new library users from the disadvantaged adult population. Libraries interested in recruitment are assumed to already have materials for the disadvantaged that include easy to read adult content materials, audio-visuals, out reach services,…

A radio placed in each classroom was successfully used as an aid to teaching 1,800 new words to 24,000 middle grade, public school children in St. Louis. The lessons were presented three days weekly over the school system's radio station. Students were tested before and after each lesson. The pre- and re-test answer sheets were scored at the…

The objective of this project was to increase the quantity and quality of research and available information on the education of disadvantaged youth, through conferences and seminars, consultation services, and the development of the Information Retrieval Center on the Disadvantaged (later ERIC-IRCD). Proceedings of conferences in the following…

This document includes a summary of the Laboratory's activities for the year ending November 30, 1970; the Laboratory's objectives and plans; and a proposed budget for the year ending November 30, 1971. There are seven major sections: 1) an introduction describing the Laboratory's role, specific target area of the educationally disadvantaged from…

The third in a series of three workbook texts on beginning algebra. Designed primarily for use by low ability mathematics students, the texts have been used by average ability students as supplementary materials. Volume 3 contains material on order of operations, using variables and phrases, solving equations, equivalent equations, the addition…

The bibliography provides access to some of the latest research findings and developments on migrant education. This supplement contains citations and abstracts which appeared in Research in Education (RIE) from April 1971 through September 1972. The Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) section includes citations beginning December 1970…

If middle-class parents can, and do, help their children to make it into college, public policies must aim at offering poor children comparable help. (Author/RK)

Reviews literature on the effectiveness of the Head Start program, with emphasis on the Westinghouse report and the long-term follow-up studies of the Consortium on Developmental Continuity. Discusses the conflict between the child educative and parental development goals of Head Start. Concludes that social competency and significant minority…

Describes positive results in instruction and in pupil's school readiness achieved within the extended-day kindergarten program implemented in Worcester, Massachusetts, public schools in 1972. (GC)

Project ABLE is a successful program providing educational services to learning-disabled adults over the age of 16 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The program features individualized, structured, remedial lessons in language arts and mathematics; large-group motivational sessions; and attempts to make learning as functional as possible. (PGD)

Discusses the changes in the aims of education over the years and points to the importance of planning and implementing changing goals if they are to result in appropriate improvements in education. (JOW)

Asserts that policies, faculty attitudes, and curricula in colleges must change to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged students. (KS)

An established set of criteria for developing adult basic education programs for black adults in urban areas is needed. A reported Delphi study resulted in twelve recommended criteria which are described. (MS)