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Murphy, Michael J.; And Others – 1978
Concerned with the impact of Title I, as national education policy on four mountain west states (Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana), this study concludes that Title I has not been internalized, integrated, or institutionalized in this region of the country or in any of the four individual states. The rejection of Title I policy rests on two basic…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
SILVERMAN, SUSAN B. – 1964
A SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH RELEVANT TO THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION IS PRESENTED IN AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE HYPOTHESIS, METHODS, SAMPLING, FINDINGS, AND CONCLUSIONS ARE CONTAINED IN EACH REFERENCE. EACH IS CLASSIFIED AS TO HOME ENVIRONMENT, SIBLINGS AND PEER GROUP, INTRODUCTION TO SCHOOL, SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Research
YERSAK, CHARLES G. – 1961
A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN MIGRANT LABOR HAS OCCURRED IN NEW JERSEY BECAUSE OF MECHANIZATION AND URBANIZATION. THIS REDUCTION IS REFLECTED IN FEWER ACTIVE CAMPS THAT HOUSE WORKERS. THE TREND IS AWAY FROM THE USE OF FRAME BUILDINGS AND NEW CAMPS BEING BUILT ARE CONSTRUCTED OF CINDER BLOCK. THE MIGRANT FORCE IS LARGELY COMPOSED OF NEGROES FROM THE SOUTH…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Blacks, Day Care, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textCOLEMAN, JAMES S. – 1967
THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE CONCEPT OF "EQUALITY OF EDUCATION" IN TERMS OF ITS MEANING TO SOCIETY. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES WHAT THE CONCEPT HAS MEANT IN THE PAST, BEGINNING WITH PRE-INDUSTRIAL EUROPE AND ENDING WITH THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S SURVEY, "EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY." HE ALSO SUGGESTS WHAT THE CONCEPT, AS IT HAS EVOLVED…
Descriptors: Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Education, Culture Conflict
DOUGLASS, JOSEPH H. – 1967
ON A NATIONAL BASIS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET, AND THE RURAL SEGMENT (ESPECIALLY RURAL YOUTH) OF THE POPULATION FARES EVEN WORSE THAN ITS URBAN COUNTERPART. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INADEQUACY INCLUDE--(1) LOWER INCOME, (2) SPARSITY OF POPULATION, (3) LOWER EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, AND (4) THE…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Low Income
HOWE, HAROLD, II – 1967
THE CURRENT INFLEXIBILITY OF BUSINESS AND COLLEGES IN WANTING TO USE ONLY "CREDENTIALED" PEOPLE (I.E. THOSE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR COLLEGE DEGREE) IS ACTING AS A BARRIER TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION. TO COMBAT THIS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT (1) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BOTH CONTINUE AND AUGMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Achievement Tests, Business Responsibility, College Entrance Examinations
HENDERSON, GEORGE M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS GUIDE PROVIDES CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEPRIVATION, AND INDICATES HOW THESE CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE THE DEPRIVED CHILD'S REACTION TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SETTING. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR HELPING THE TEACHER ADJUST TO THE CHILD AND FOR HELPING THE CHILD ADJUST TO THE SCHOOL. A…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Democratic Values, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Goldstein, Joseph – 1980
A large-scale educational program, involving 30 settlements and neighborhoods that had been defined as suffering from deprivation, this project included a variety of reinforcement and enrichment programs. Information for a case study of the program was collected through interviews. Findings indicated that the guiding principles of the program…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Committees, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Gwin, Stanford P.; Downey, Jennifer – 1980
A pilot program was begun at the University of Southern Mississippi to measure the effect of a concentrated period of linguistic and communication skill development at the beginning of college for high risk students. The experiment was designed to follow an experimental group drawn carefully from the 15% of college freshmen with the lowest scores…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., Brooklyn, NY. – 1978
Summarized in this report is the effect parent participation in the Family Education Program at Intermediate School (I.S.) 55 in New York had on student achievement in the school during 1975-1977. Results of the first year of the program, 1974-75, indicated a relationship between parent participation and improved student achievement in mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Education
PDF pending restorationGreenawalt, Kent – Equal Opportunity Review, 1979
This paper deals with the application of the dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court justices in the Allan Bakke case to a range of admission and hiring practices in which universities have engaged, or might engage. The issues posed in the Bakke case, the basic positions in each of the justices' opinions, and the interrelationship between the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Green, Jean; And Others – 1977
This paper is a compilation of summaries and comments made at this conference on disadvantaged young children. The discussions presented are centered around a number of educational issues. These include the importance and relevance of a child's environment on his academic success, attitudes concerning the proper way to educate children, the role…
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Early Childhood Education
RISLOV, SIGURD – 1966
EMPHASIS IN THIS CONFERENCE WAS ON THE MARGINAL OR LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS ADMITTED TO OPEN-DOOR COLLEGES. THE FIRST SPEAKER DISCUSSED THE ACHIEVEMENT POTENTIAL OF THE MARGINALLY PREPARED, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WITH STRESS ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND FAMILY FACTORS ON THE MOTIVATION OF SUCH STUDENTS. PROBLEMS OF REMEDIAL AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission, Conference Reports
ARNOLD, RICHARD D. – 1968
THREE GROUPS OF DISADVANTAGED MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE CHANGES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GRADE. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AN ORAL-AURAL ENGLISH GROUP OF 102 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WHILE AN ORAL-AURAL SPANISH GROUP OF 67 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN INTENSIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Grade 2
FARLEY, CATHERINE – 1968
IN THREE SUCCESSIVE SEMESTERS (SPRING 1965, FALL 1965, AND SPRING 1966) MERRITT COLLEGE ENTERING FRESHMEN WHOSE LOW TEST SCORES INDICATED PROBABLE LACK OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE WORK WERE OFFERED BLOCK PROGRAMS OF CLASSES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM GAIN INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE REGARDING THEIR SELF IMAGE, THEIR VALUES, AND THEIR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Students
