Two functional dialects possessed by the same person must function concurrently in the education of the disadvantaged. The problems involved are discussed. (Editor)

Reported are ideas, issues, and concerns discussed by 40 participants in a work conference on the culturally different gifted child in South Carolina, September, 1973. (MC)

Describes the outreach program of reading readiness for preschool children and their parents at Glassboro Public Library. (JB)

The group therapy techniques described were designed on a behavior-contracting model and combine activities and verbal communication in a program to control behavior and enhance personal relationships. (ST)

For forty years, the nursery school movement has emphasized play as part of the socialization process, but in the past few years, much research has been aimed at the question of stimulating cognitive development in the preschool years, especially for culturally deprived children. (Author/CB)

Compares the test scores on musical achievement of children in Hoboken (N.J.) with those of children from deprived and advantaged homes in cities in the Midwest in a previous study. (RJ)

Maintains that the concept of verbal deprivation'' constituting an integral part of the operating assumption of Sesame Street'' has been thoroughly refuted by reputed liguists; that nonstandard'' English is not an inept, deficient approximation of American English but a separate, logical, and highly structured system of communication. (RJ)

Article, written for the beginning teacher, lists basic background material, suggests course content, and gives ideason on methods and motivation. (SP)

Modesto Public Schools, California, designed a career education project for the disadvantaged youth aimed at creating opportunities for occupational clusters and improving skills in the basic subject areas. (DS)

Development of community college services looked like an impossibility in rural southern Delaware--but there's a real program going now. (Editor)

Evidence was sought to test the claim that many young children lack the abilities prerequisite to taking standardized tests and therefore, perform poorly. Curricular materials were designed and implemented in an effort to increase the test-wiseness of children unfamiliar with standardized tests. The experimental group improved significanly after…