A training program which has been operating in Virginia Beach City Public Schools since 1980 provides services to disadvantaged and handicapped students ranging in age from 14 to 22 years. Each student participates on an individualized basis in academic and vocational activities, with rehabilitation counseling support, to develop appropriate work…

Analyzes errors made by 65 innercity third and fourth graders on the "Gray Oral Reading Test." (RB)

Discusses some of the characteristics of disadvantaged children in relation to reading and suggests ways to improve self-concepts. (RB)

The special education classroom teacher can make important contributions toward changing the American educational system to accommodate the needs of multicultural children. (LC)

This is the Teacher's Commentary for Mathematics for the Elementary School, Book 1 (Part 2), Special Edition. The writers have relied on the existing SMSG kindergarten and first grade materials as a framework. This special edition is designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children. Included in the Commentary are background information for the…

System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project for compensatory educational intervention for older disadvantaged youth in secondary and postsecondary education. Two intervention strategies were developed, and this report discusses the design of a longitudinal study to evaluate the effects of models growing out of those…

To do their central part in fulfilling the American promise of equal opportunity for all people, colleges must get at the task of seeking out and educating able young people, no matter how poor they are or what race they are. Presents suggestions on how colleges and universities can take steps to move society in this direction. (Author/PG)

Review findings about aspirations and socio-economic status in Canada, explores the possibility of identifying disadvantaged groups and bringing about greater equality of educational opportunity, and suggests that egalitarians must look beyond the educational system to help remove some of the factors which educationally disadvantage the socially…

Four hundred thirty-seven juvenile cases that were heard in Kay County Courts during the years 1968-1972 were reviewed in order to study the issue, it is stated, of whether or not the Ponca Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma maintain community pride in terms of housing, health, and employment programs at the same time that Ponca youth are being labeled…

Data reported on the prevalence of psychological disturbances in children from welfare and cross-section homes were reanalyzed. The data show no meaningful differences in means or skew and a paradoxical greater heterogeneity among welfare children. Three conclusions were offered. (Author/PC)

Compares the effectiveness of two reading programs for use with low socioeconomic first grade children. (RB)

Fourth of five articles in a series, titled " The Elementary School: Focus on the Culturally Different.