The economic, social, cultural, linguistic, and psychological factors which are relevant to the beginning schoolchild's success or failure in reading must be examined. Test norms may not be valid for disadvantaged children. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American…

The educational adage "Teach each child from where he is calls for a greater understanding than now exists of the nonstandard English speaking child's language and cognitive style. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)

Describes and evaluates program which attempted to reduce the alienation that keeps youth within the poverty-failure cycle, through work experience, and personal and vocational counseling. (Author)

Highlights four years of experience at a day care center serving 80 children, between three and six years of age, on Manhattan's West Side. Center uses small groups as a modality for improving learning. (Authors/JM)

Describes the operation of a contingency management program developed by Central Midwestern Regional Education Laboratory, in cooperation with the faculty of the Carr Lane School in inner-city St. Louis. (JN)

The author contends that it is not enough for the white counselor to take the attitude that he is dealing with "just another person." He must realize he is dealing with a Black client who hurts because of the system and not because of any other unresolved conflicts. (Author)

Results of the study indicate that the strongest abilities of the children graduated from Head Start centers are least correlated with readiness and achievement, while their weakest abilities are most correlated. The abilities that are highly related to school achievement are those in which they show the greatest deficiency. (Author)

Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools, December 4-6, 1969. (DS)