Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, Illinois, 1968).

Reprint form "This Book Belongs To Me, a report of the Washington pilot program of "Reading is Fundamental.

The importance of summer instruction for children from lower socioeconomic strata (SES) is emphasized by research which shows that the gap in achievement levels between higher SES children and lower SES children that is evident during the regular school year becomes greater during the summer. An examination of summer school programs in Austin,…

The final part of a study of the needs of approximately 500 Alabama vocational educators serving handicapped and disadvantaged students focuses on concerns and problems reported by the educators. Responses are reported by six service areas (agribusiness education, business and office education, distributive education, health occupations education,…

THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER, BEGUN IN 1958, CONSISTS OF SCHOLARS WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP IN A CITY, AND WHO ARE SEEKING WAYS TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THOSE PROBLEMS. THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS A RESEARCH-EDUCATION-DEMONSTRATION ORGANIZATION WHOSE RESEARCH IS DIRECTED AT GAINING A BETTER…

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING AND MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF LEARNING. FOR MAXIMUM LEARNING, TEACHING STYLES AND LEARNING STYLES SHOULD BE CONGRUENT, THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH THE DISADVANTAGED LEARNER. THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD COMES TO SCHOOL WITH A CERTAIN PERSONALITY, WITH CERTAIN NEEDS, AND WITH CERTAIN BUILT-IN MECHANISMS. HE…

A CIVIC GROUP'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE DESCRIBED AND THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE EVALUATED. THE POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL NEGRO CHILDREN IN A STATE-WIDE TESTING PROGRAM STIMULATED ACTION AND RESULTED IN A GROUP COMPOSED OF PROFESSIONALS AND SEMIPROFESSIONALS FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND…

REPORTS ON PROCEDURES USED TO DISCOVER WHAT MODIFICATIONS WOULD MORE EFFECTIVELY PREPARE TEACHERS FOR WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS WERE PRESENTED. A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF BEGINNING TEACHERS IN A DEPRESSED-AREA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHOWED THAT PROBLEMS AROSE FROM THE TEACHERS' LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF LOWER CLASS…

ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, CLASS SIZE, NUMBER OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED, ADEQUACY OF FACILITIES, AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS WERE THE CONCERNS OF A 1961 SURVEY OF SCHOOLS SERVING CHILDREN OF SEASONAL FARM WORKERS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF 105 CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS ENROLLING THE MOST MIGRANT…

THE DIMENSIONS OF PROGRAM EVALUATION ARE OUTLINED, SOME NON-TEST METHODS WHICH CAN BE USED ARE DESCRIBED, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE INTERVENTION ARE STRESSED. THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK BETWEEN EVALUATORS AND INTERVENTIONISTS IS ILLUSTRATED AND THE VALUE OF SUCH AN APPROACH IN FURTHERING THE CLEAR CONCEPTUALIZATION AND…