Recent expansions in Medicaid coverage for children and state health insurance programs for children mean that the majority of low-income children in the United States now are eligible for health insurance. A new analysis of Census data, presented in this report, finds that 94% of all uninsured children with family incomes below twice the poverty…

Summarizes legislation affecting vocational education, and presents the results of a preliminary examination of statistics concerning vocational programs for disadvantaged and handicapped students. (Editor/JF)

Examined are causes of negative self concept in many gifted children, programs for disadvantaged gifted children, and the trend toward more research- for the gifted. (MC)

The poor child has not been able to meet his basic human needs, to gain broad experiences akin to success in school, or to develop a feeling of positiveness about his ethnic and socioeconomic identity. These are the priorities of concern for counselors and teachers if this child is to learn necessary skills for success. (Author)

Accuracy measures of reflection-impulsivity for girls, but not for boys, suggest that at the preschool level, at least, these cognitive style dimensions are not functionally equivalent for both sexes. (Authors/CB)

Attempts to develop a variety of remedial process'' programs at the high school level appear to be worthwhile, in terms both of the potential benefit that may accrue to the adolescents enrolled in them, and of the groundwork that may be laid for more effective remediation at earlier levels. The new approach appears to offer more potential benefit…

This article elaborates on the problems of communication between counselors and Black disadvantaged students and how the press for programmed ways of helping Blacks find opportunity has sometimes obscured the focus on individual development. (Author)

By listening to taped responses while viewing a projected slide of the art work, the author gains a new insight into the nature of each student's creative performance. (Author/CB)

The relative advances in cognitive development and hearing vocabulary not only demonstrate the effectiveness of a particular program in a particular center, but also the potential effectiveness that preschool programs in general can achieve with disadvantaged children as young as 19 to 28 months of age. (Author)

Growth of union participation in and sponsorship of manpower training programs, particularly in the last four years, with emphasis on preparation of minority and other disadvantaged youth. (MF)

Describes the California State Preschool Program and its success with disadvantaged children. (MF)