First-grade Negroes and Caucasians from deteriorated city-center areas were tutored in reading by paraprofessional tutors whose behavior was tightly programed. The project was developed through several years of experimentation by Indiana University before being initiated in the Indianapolis Schools in 1965. Children were given 15-minute sessions…

The purpose of this study was to "demonstrate the application of behavior modification techniques upon three children with behavior problems in a first grade class for culturally deprived children." A systematic reinforcement program was set up in which the student was reinforced with candy the first time he showed acceptable behavior…

A total of 50 subjects, low in sociometric status and identified as educationally disadvantaged on the basis of high "school anxiety" were drawn from fifth and sixth grade public school children. Control and experimental groups were set up. Elementary counselors worked with the experimental groups using procedures based on the theory of cognitive…

Twenty-six elementary and junior high school administrators and four college teacher educators participated in a 6-week summer institute, the first phase of a program designed to improve the education of children in schools serving the disadvantaged, particularly Mexican-Americans. The program involved (1) cognitive learning, (2) practicum…

Research into the effectiveness of various approaches to reading instruction, while it has dealt with several which are promising, has been unsuccessful in establishing any one as superior. Therefore, one especially important aspect of future research should be an examination of meaningfulness and its effect on children's verbal learning. This…

A project will recruit 40 educationally and financially disadvantaged young Negro men, many of them veterans, to prepare them for secondary school English teaching in city schools. Students will be granted probationary college admission and enrolled in special seminars to overcome deficiencies in language and study skills; operating initially on a…

This report describes a group problem-solving approach to educating disadvantaged elementary school children. It is suggested that aggressive verbal exchange and active solution to real life problems are potent tools for helping disadvantaged students become active learners and creative participants in society. Methods for conducting such a group…

The rising costs of education could be reduced by substituting a four-quarter rotational school calendar for the traditional school calendar. Under this system, each student would attend three continuous quarters and have the fourth quarter off. One fourth of the students would thus be on vacation each quarter, and one-fourth less teachers would…

This report discusses the "Special Admission" program adapted by Pennsylvania State University (P.S.U.) for "culturally deprived" students. Deans from the ten colleges within P.S.U. give their views on the program. There was general agreement arrived at among the Deans in regard to the following: the "special…

This paper is a criticism of "Finance and the Aims of American Higher Education" by Howard R. Bowen (HE001412). Veering toward "free education" is inconsistent with ordinary notions of equity because: (1) the purely private benefits of higher education accruing directly to the individual are substantially greater than all costs incurred, and (2)…

The role of the graduate school in the education of the disadvantaged graduate student and in the solution of domestic problems are among the most important issues facing graduate education. Undergraduate institutions must devote increasingly greater portions of their time, facilities and personnel to alleviating educational deficiencies resulting…

This collection of reprinted speeches delivered at the 1967 Ohio Conference on Disadvantaged Children covers the following topics: learning as the discovery of personal meaning, occupational and vocational training, characteristics of successful Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I Programs, the inherent difficulties of cultural…

The advent of federally funded programs to promote career development within the regular school curriculum has posed the problem of identifying or developing instruments which provide valid and reliable information to assess the effects of these programs. This study investigates the relationship between a number of noncognitive variables and the…

This document reviews the findings of relatively small, controlled, long-term evaluations of preschool programs in various parts of the country. It is an attempt to clarify unresolved issues arising from the Westinghouse Learning Corporation Report on the impact of Project Head Start. Generally, this review focuses on the following question: What…

This document is the second part in a report on longitudinal evaluations of preschool programs. Part I reviewed long-term, controlled studies in order to generally assess the impact of preschool intervention. Part II reviews follow-up data in order to resolve the following five questions: (1) Do children in experimental programs continue to gain…