The numbers, family status, educational disadvantages, homelife, income, and employment experience of minority youth, primarily blacks, are discussed, utilizing much supportive statistical data. After presenting the general picture, the author narrows his focus to the specific skill and training needs and deficits of minority youth from slum and…

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section describes three programs in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) that have been developed by the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and have performed well with underachieving children. These programs are in elementary arithmetic, initial…

The project was initiated in fall 1968 to conduct a pilot program to prepare returning veterans for careers in education. Eight large city school systems and eight institutions of higher learning took part. Specific objectives were 1) to launch an educational career development program for veterans to be employed in urban schools; 2) to utilize…

This report discusses the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), the primary purpose of which is to expand equal educational opportunities to the economically and educationally disadvantaged youth of New York State (1) who are graduates of approved high schools or holders of a New York State high school equivalency diploma, and (2) who are…

This report summarizes the status of the 1970-71 Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), and the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) programs in the public and non-public colleges and universities in New York State. The major aims of the programs are to encourage economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enter…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the first volume of a two volume, one year program in physical science, and contains these five units and activities: First Class Levers, six activities; Inclined Plane, six activities; The…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the second volume of a two volume, one year program in physical science, and contains these four units and activities: Buoyancy, nine activities; Solubility, six activities; Crystals and…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the first volume of a two volume, one year program in earth science, and contains these four units and activities: Earth Materials, 8 activities; Weather, 10 activities; Water, 4 activities;…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the second volume of a two volume, one year program in earth science, and contains these five units and activities: Rock Cycle, 12 activities; Minerals and Crystals, 6 activities; Weathering…

Research concerned with the compensatory education of disadvantaged children points to language deprivation as a primary causative factor in the "cumulative deficit" in education and school failure of these children. From a psycholinguistic framework, a method was devised to teach some of the essential linguistic skills in a short intensive…

The College Education Achievement Project (CEAP) is designed to raise the level of scholastic performance of high school graduates who are underprepared for the standard type college programs. The Project provides a program of learning experiences for developing the learning skills essential for college work. It is a transitional year program…

This is a participant-observer's description and analysis of an American ghetto school, Midway School. The viewpoint that distinguishes this study is the positioning of observations in the context of the political and social reality that creates ghetto schools. Relations between children, teachers, parents, and administrators have a much broader…

This publication, the fifth annual report of the Division of Federal Assistance of the Ohio Department of Education, summarizes the work of the Division during fiscal 1970. In addition to presenting statistical, fiscal, and graphic data, the report is designed to help educators and other interested persons understand Titles I, II, and V of the…

This book is a collection of essays on the problems of education in relation to the urban crisis. The first essay is an analysis of the school decentralization issue in New York City. The kinds of conflicts focused on here are those which will in a variety of forms plague most city school systems. Also included are a series of essays on urban…

The point of view is taken that the issues of open admissions and programs for the disadvantaged can only be resolved if careful consideration is given to the desired objectives of the higher educational system: i.e., should we strive for outcomes that are egalitarian, elitist, remedial or what, and to the long-term implications of these various…