IT IS URGED THAT THE TEACHER BE FAMILIAR WITH THE LANGUAGE PATTERNS OF HIS PUPILS. A CASE IS CITED IN WHICH A TEACHER ATTEMPTED TO TEACH ROMANTIC POETRY TO A CLASS OF TEENAGERS. THEY RESPONDED WITH BOREDOM. A POEM BY LANGSTON HUGHES ENTITLED, "MOTTO," EXPRESSED IN "JIVE" LANGUAGE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SAME CLASS AND IMMEDIATELY…

THE CONTRIBUTION OF WHITE-COLLAR FAMILIES TO THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS HAS BEEN WIDELY IGNORED. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A STEREOTYPING OF LOW-INCOME YOUNGSTERS THAT COMPLETELY OVERLOOKS THE DIVERSITY AMONG THE AMERICAN POOR. THE FACT THAT JEWISH LOW-INCOME AREAS HAVE HIGH GRADUATION RATES HAS BEEN USED TO CRITICIZE NEGROES AS UNWILLING TO HELP…

SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO SLOW LEARNERS WITH UNSTABLE AND CULTURALLY DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS TO KEEP THEM INTERESTED AND IN SCHOOL. PARTICIPANTS WERE 14 YEARS OLD, WITH AN IQ OF 76-90 AND 2 YEARS' RETARDATION IN LANGUAGE, READING, AND MATHEMATICS. PROJECT TEACHERS WERE SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO TEACH EMOTIONALLY…

THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT REGULAR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS HAVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AIMS TO SALVAGE, FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, THOSE PUPILS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BECOME DROPOUTS OR FAIL TO GET INTO COLLEGE. EACH TEACHING ASSIGNMENT IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS IS FOR ONE…

IDENTIFICATION AND STIMULATION WERE ATTEMPTED FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHOSE DEPRIVATION WOULD TEND TO KEEP THEIR ABILITIES FROM BEING RECOGNIZED. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MANY MORE SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION. A MAJOR PROGRAM OF CULTURAL ENRICHMENT WAS PLANNED FOR THE PROJECT STUDENTS AND…

BECAUSE OF THE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS OF STUDENT FAILURE AMONG CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, A STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF PRESCHOOL TRAINING, PRINCIPALLY IN KINDERGARTEN, IN PROMOTING NECESSARY SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. THROUGH A SERIES OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED TESTS, THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE…

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASKED THAT THIS STUDY BE MADE BEFORE ESTABLISHING WHAT WOULD IN EFFECT BE A THIRD TYPE OF 2-YEAR COLLEGE IN THE NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE THE DISADVANTAGED IN URBAN AREAS AND THE LOWEST QUARTER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, AMONG OTHERS. THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE INQUIRY INCLUDED AN…

Positive approaches to the administration and management of programs for culturally diverse gifted and talented children are suggested. An administrator offers five suggestions for building an atmosphere for culturally diverse gifted students. Teaching dimensions for this population are identified, and curriculum planning and teaching strategies…

This volume contains the texts of reports from four European symposia on pre-school education which were held under the auspices of the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The first two symposia were concerned with different aspects of links between preschool and primary education. The third symposium focused on the…

The Fullemploy Training Scheme is an experiment designed to overcome problems encountered by disadvantaged youth in Britain's Manpower Services Commission's job training program. The aim of the scheme is to bring minority disadvantaged young people into a special office skills training course which would combine vocational training with…

Delinquency reduction and reduction of the number of juveniles referred to the justice system were assessed for 14 diversion programs in Los Angeles County. A project versus nonproject comparison and a pre-post analysis with archival and other data gathered from 1972 through 1977 were used. Preliminary results indicated that the diversion projects…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF TITLE I PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. A QUESTIONNAIRE REQUESTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION--NAME OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, TYPE OF PROJECT (CURRICULUM, MULTIMEDIA, STUDENT-PERSONNEL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE, OR OTHER), NUMBER OF PUPILS SERVED,…

PRESENTED ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF SELECTED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I PROJECTS IN VERMONT. ARRANGED IDENTICALLY FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SUMMARIES CONTAIN (1) OBJECTIVES, (2) THE PROGRAM TITLE, (3) A DESCRIPTION, AND (4) AN EVALUATION WHICH INCLUDES A BUDGET FIGURE. BECAUSE MOST PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING READING AND…

DESCRIBED ARE THE FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL CENTER ON THE DISADVANTAGED (IRCD). AS A CLEARINGHOUSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER OF THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S BUREAU OF RESEARCH, IRCD GATHERS, CATALOGS, CATEGORIZES, ABSTRACTS, AND INTERPRETS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL ON THE EDUCATION OF…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, RACE, AND SOCIAL CLASS UPON THE EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, AND TO IDENTIFY BOTH TEST DATA WITH PREDICTIVE VALUE AND EDUCATORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESS. EACH OF 60 MEMBERS OF A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 1965 OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATES WAS…