Based on a speech given at a Children's Book Council meeting (Spring, 1968).

THE LEARNING STYLE OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IS THE INDUCTIVE, RATHER THAN THE DEDUCTIVE, DISCOVERY METHOD OF LEARNING. BY STARTING WITH A PARTICULAR CONCRETE ITEM WITHIN THE CHILD'S FRAME OF REFERENCE, IT BECOMES EASIER FOR HIM TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS. THROUGH SKILLFUL QUESTIONING, THE TEACHER CAN HELP THE CHILD SEARCH OUT AND UNDERSTAND AN…

THE PRESENT PURPOSE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS TO HELP ALL CHILDREN ASSUME MATURE ADULT ROLES, EQUIPPED WITH THOSE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND ATTITUDES WHICH WILL GIVE THEM SOCIAL MOBILITY, TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIALITIES, AND TO EFFECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THE PROCESS HAS…

PROCEDURES TO HELP THE TEACHER OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN RECONSTITUTE THE MODELS OF LEARNERS AND CLASSROOMS TO WHICH SHE IS ACCUSTOMED ARE PRESENTED. THESE PROCEDURES ALSO HELP TO ELIMINATE THE EDUCATIONAL RETARDATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. SEVEN PROCEDURES WERE DISCUSSED--(1) "CONTACT WITH THE CULTURAL MAINSTREAM"--ON THE ASSUMPTION…

THE PLAN FOR THE SYMPOSIUM WAS DEVELOPED AFTER DISCUSSIONS TO DETERMINE AREAS OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD AID ALL TUTORS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER LARGE SCALE TRAINING WAS FEASIBLE OR ADVISABLE, AND TO DETERMINE HOW THE SYMPOSIUM COULD SERVE AS A PILOT FOR FUTURE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION BY THE OFFICE OF TUTORING SERVICES. THE SYMPOSIUM WAS DEVOTED TO…

THESE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE WHICH EXPLORED THE POSSIBLE USE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I FUNDS FOR THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN CONTAIN OUTLINES FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS AND THE TEXTS OF THE CONFERENCE PAPERS. THE CONFEREES, LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, DEVELOPED 24 OUTLINES FOR PROJECTS FOR…

IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE ACTUAL INTEGRATION IN EVERY SCHOOL, THE GREENBURGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NEW YORK ABOLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS ALL CHILDREN OF A GIVEN GRADE HAVE ATTENDED THE SAME SCHOOL. A PROJECT FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS HAS RECENTLY BEEN INSTITUTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AN EDUCATION FOR…

THE AUTHOR PROPOSED THAT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS SHOULD FOCUS UPON POLITICAL RESOCIALIZATION, THAT IS, THE ATTEMPT TO CREATE NEW COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, AND BEHAVIORAL DIMENSIONS OF POLITICAL LEARNING. THE CURRENT POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION PROCESS SERVES TO REINFORCE TRADITIONAL MIDDLE-CLASS VALUES RATHER THAN TO EXPAND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND…

THE CALIFORNIA MCATEER ACT AUTHORIZED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 2-YEAR PILOT PROJECT AIMED AT UNCOVERING METHODS OF ENCOURAGING CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL UNTIL GRADUATION. SELECTION OF 16,000 DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS BASED UPON THE STUDENT'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, HIS ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, AND…

A study was conducted to ascertain what influence transferring from one school to another had on students from four ethnic groups and on the overall reading achievement scores in ten selected Title I disadvantaged schools over a five-year period. The approximately 700 sixth grade students involved in the study represented Hispanic, Causasian,…

This volume contains evaluation reports of 1967-68 elementary school activities in the Los Angeles Unified School District, funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Included are all components which continued throughout the school year or were extended into the 1968 summer session. Elementary level activities, serving…

The author suggests that higher education become a service for students, not an obstacle course that excludes rather than includes. The "paper student," as shown by his transcript, is poorly described. No account is taken, for instance, of his family background--low income, lack of occupational status and geographic or social mobility,…