THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM WERE TO (1) MOTIVATE DISADVANTAGED SPANISH-SURNAMED YOUTH TO ENTER EXISTING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS THROUGH THE USE OF NEW TELEVISION TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE, AND (2) DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION DESIGN WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK AND AN EXAMPLE…

TWO OF THE 10 SESSIONS OF A TEACHER AND SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING OF SOME OF THE NEW YORK CITY PILOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS WERE EVALUATED. DATA CONSISTED OF OBSERVER REPORTS AND PARTICIPANTS' RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES. THE PARTICIPANTS MAINTAINED A HIGH LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AND COOPERATION DURING BOTH SESSIONS.…

THE REACTIONS OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO THE SAME READINGS WERE STUDIED. THE READING REACTION ANALYSIS WAS GIVEN TO 73 SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ADVANTAGED AREAS AND TO 59 SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. RESPONSES TO THIS TEST AND…

THE RECENT CONCERN FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE POOR IS BEING REFLECTED IN CHANGES IN EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICES. EDUCATORS NOW FEEL THAT THE DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS EDUCABLE AND THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE HIM. THERE IS, HOWEVER, THE DANGER THAT THIS PRESENT CONCERN IS ONLY A "FAD" AND THUS WILL PASS. IN THEIR INCREASED…

THREE PRINCIPLES ARE BASIC TO THE JUNIOR COLLEGE ROLE IN EDUCATING THE DISADVANTAGED--(1) THE COLLEGE MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ALL, (2) THE COLLEGE MUST MAKE A DEFINITE COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, AND (3) THE COLLEGE MUST HELP ITS ENROLLEES TO SUCCEED. DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, REPRESENTING 15 PERCENT OF THE CHILD POPULATION, ARE (1)…

THE FULL TEXTS OF INVITATIONAL ADDRESSES GIVEN AT THE 1965 INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (IRA) CONVENTION IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, BY SIX RECIPIENTS OF IRA CITATION AWARDS ARE PRESENTED. GATES SUGGESTS STEPS IRA SHOULD TAKE TO REVIVE AND REDIRECT READING RESEARCH. MCCALLISTER DISCUSSES THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHANGING AND EXPANDING VOCABULARY OF…

PROJECT BEACON'S TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE FOR THE PREPARATION OF PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE PERSONNEL TO WORK IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THOSE INVOLVED WERE TEACHERS OF REGULAR AND SPECIAL CLASSES, ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS, GUIDANCE SPECIALISTS, THERAPEUTIC EDUCATORS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. THE…

A SERIES OF ARTICLES FEATURES THE EDUCATION OF THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED IN URBAN AREAS. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL ISSUES INVOLVED (IDENTIFICATION OF THE DISADVANTAGED, DE FACTO SEGREGATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INVOLVEMENT OF THE FAMILY), TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS FACING THE INNER-CITY TEACHER AND A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF A…

This report covers three aspects of the Follow Through program in Philadelphia: pupil absence, pupil continuance, and teacher continuance. Data are presented by grade, model, and total program for the 1975-1976, 1976-1977, and 1977-1978 school years. Patterns of attendance were identified for the total pupil population and two subgroups: pupils…

IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DUE TO THE REAL OR IMAGINARY MENTAL DEPRIVATION OF THE LOWER-CLASS CHILD, TANGIBLE REWARDS WOULD BE MORE REASSURING TO HIM AND WOULD INVOLVE HIM IN CONCEPTUAL TASKS MORE THAN WOULD THE INTANGIBLE REWARDS OF THE SORT OFFERED IN MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOLS. THESE FOUR KINDS OF CONCEPTUAL BEHAVIOR--(1) CONCEPT SWITCHING, (2) CONCEPT…

This conference report presents the position taken by large cities in evaluating projects under ESEA Title I. Since this was the first educational legislation in history to call for evaluation at the local level of programs generated by Federal funds, most districts had little time to design project evaluation and to obtain adequate research…

This final Bulletin of the National Institute reviews the activities it has sponsored since June 1966. Major articles report the four Student/Beginning Teacher Conferences to evolve recommendations for new conceptual models of teacher education; the Conference on New Curriculum Materials and the Teaching of the Disadvantaged; the Professors in the…

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOME SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, PARENTAL AND HYGIENIC DEPRIVATIONS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. ALSO NOTED ARE DEPRIVATIONS THAT RESULT FROM RACE, CONSTRICTED EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATIONAL HANDICAPS. EDUCATION IS CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS OF BREAKING THROUGH THE COMPLEX CYCLE OF POVERTY AND…

A Job Values Inventory and a Job Values Ranking Scale were developed to explore the work values of educationally disadvantaged youth. Subjects were 100, 12th-grade students enrolled in a summer, day high-school of the New York City Board of Education. The sample was classified as educationally disadvantaged because students were repeating…

This publication contains the evaluation forms sent by the Florida State Department of Education to school administrators, staffs of other agencies, similar staffs in other states, and parents of disadvantaged children served by Title I programs. Sample responses are given and results summarized. A section is included on in-patient treatment of…