EIGHTEEN REFERENCES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1954 AND 1965 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN. EMPHASIS IS ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT BOTH STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. FIVE REPORTS ARE LISTED ON MIGRANT EDUCATION RESEARCH. (JEH)

THE CRITICAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH AND THE EVIDENCE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE YOUTH DID NOT MEET EVEN THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PEACETIME MILITARY SERVICE PROMPTED PRESIDENT KENNEDY, ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1963, TO CREATE THE TASK FORCE ON MANPOWER CONSERVATION, COMPOSED OF THE HEAD ADMINISTRATORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE,…

This report is a brief discussion of the case histories of three preschool children who were participants in an "Exploratory Study of the Effects of Individual Work on the Functioning of Maladjusted Pre-School Children." This exploratory study was concerned with emotional-social learning and developed the hypothesis that certain desirable…

The Navajo Yearbook began as an annual report to relate progress in carrying out provisions of the Navajo-Hopi Long Range Rehabilitation Act (P.L. 474 - 81st Congress), but the scope has been expanded to include all programs conducted on the reservation. This volume, the eighth in the series, is designed to reflect changing problems, changing…

Purposes and objectives are set forth for this outdoor education program designed to concentrate on the educationally disadvantaged. Selection procedures, letters and forms utilized, and daily schedules are included. Segments of the program evaluated are nature studies, nature crafts, food preparation and clean-up, recreation, budget, and…

In order to determine the validity of using the Cooperative English Test (CET) for placement in remedial writing, Queensborough Community College initiated a study using the Holistic Reading Method to rate essays written by a random sample of 204 incoming freshman in fall 1973. Three regular English and three remedial English instructors were…

This bibliography focuses on studies which relate discrimination in education to sex differences in the attainment of roles and rewards both in the educational system and in the larger society. The authors define discrimination in education as reduced access to the educational system, reduced mobility within the educational system, or reduced…

Forty third-grade students who were reading below third-grade level and who were identified as educationally deprived participated in a study of the effectiveness of the TARMAC reading program. Twenty students were randomly selected for the experimental group; the other 20 served as a control. The Stanford Achievement Test was administered as a…

A project was undertaken in San Antonio, Texas, to develop a recruitment approach which would be more effective than the traditional mass media approach in recruiting hard-core undereducated individuals into adult education classes. An experiment was designed to test a recruiting method which would employ a personal, face-to-face interview…

This math lab activities booklet accompanies a teacher's management guide and a set of five booklets which comprise the basic curriculum for "Mathematics Laboratories for Disadvantaged Students," a nationally validated Title III ESEA project. The materials in this bulletin are designed to serve as the core of the laboratory curriculum.…

This report evaluates the fifth year of a supportive reading program for educationally disadvantaged children in grades two, three, and four. Students were tested for improvement in oral reading, total reading, grade placement, self-concept, attitude, and attendance. In addition, the parents of participating children were surveyed for their…

Low ability freshmen enrolled in a 1972 fall semester remedial mathematics course at Santa Barbara City College (California) were randomly divided into three groups: (1) a control group comprised of 62 students meeting for one hour per week in small subgroups to study programmed materials; (2) a classroom tutoring group comprised of 67 students…

This pamphlet provides a brief profile of independent schools, intended for minority teachers who are seeking a new and different teaching experience. It is said to provide answers to questions such as what an independent school is, what independent schools have to offer, who the students are, why there are few minority teachers, how best to serve…

Responding to the special educational needs presented by an increasing number of Puerto Ricans residing in the U.S. mainland, this ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education annotated bibliography covers a span of 442 documents directed to educators concerned with meeting the critical pedagogical needs of children and youth from this ethnic minority.…

Secondary students in the New Haven, Connecticut schools are offered a community high school program as an alternative to traditional education. The program is committed to three basic goals: (1) building student skills; (2) increasing student motivation to learn; and (3) encouraging students to become responsible, independent members of society.…