The author presents an overview of the results of a nationwide series of workshops that addressed Comprehensive Employment and Training Act/career education collaboration. Topics included local education agencies/prime sponsor agreements, Youth Employment and Training Program implementation efforts and problems, and future concerns. (CT)

A CETA-funded project provided job training for disadvantaged youth through the rehabilitation of a house. Program benefits included providing building trades experience which will lead to longtime employment opportunities; providing educational experiences for credit towards high school graduation; and community improvement through the house's…

There was little or no involvement on the part of educators in the formative stages of the youth employment legislation of the 1970s. With an array of bills being introduced in Congress in support of reauthorization of youth employment legislation, it is time for our educational systems to trade nonparticipation for cooperation. (CT)

The paper reports an analysis of the general changes in the language, other than that specifically targeted by the incidental teaching procedures, used by 31 disadvantaged preschool children. (Author)

Structure and construct validity of the California Preschool Social Competency Scale was investigated. Five factors were interpreted: considerateness; extraversion; task orientation; verbal facility; and response to the unfamiliar. The first three were found to be similar to the three dimensions of the Classroom Behavior Inventory. (Author/BW)

A program using college students as tutor-counselors with low-achieving inner-city junior high school students is described and evaluated. Results support positive program impact in students using teacher ratings of classwork effort, quality, and attitude, and in students' self-reported attitudes toward education, educational aspirations, and…

Investigated the relationship between feelings of comfort and maturity of expression revealed by inner-city preschool Black children in three situations: with a familiar teacher, with the mother or principal caretaker in the home, and with a chosen peer. (DD)

Summarized are results of a survey of past participants in the American Chemical Society's program for disadvantaged high school students (Project SEED). Results from 355 to 939 mailed surveys indicate a number of positive aspects in terms of academic and career guidance. (CS)

The study investigated the effectiveness of a programed reading unit for 13 second- and third-grade students (12 Black, 1 White) referred for reading problems. A criterion test was administered before and upon completion of the trimodal instructional program. Improvement in word recognition was significant. (Author/SBH)

A study shows that in classrooms where teachers are simultaneously considerate and less structured, success of the disadvantaged student is the rule. (Author/MLF)

This study confirms the hypothesis that poor children's difficulties with sounds stem not from deficiencies in auditory discrimination but from inadequate skill in phonemic analysis. Almost all of disadvantaged and middle-class kindergarten-age children could readily hear phoneme differences in words. Almost all of the disadvantaged children, but…

Defining students' different styles of learning and their study patterns enables a teacher to guide them into using their own methods effectively; this is particularly important in teaching inner-city students. (JD)

Examines the relationship between teachers' race, students' sex, socioeconomic status, and classroom behavior. Results indicate race was a significant factor. (Author)

Presented is an historical review of programs and research in early childhood education, with particular emphasis on Project Head Start designed for poverty level preschool children. (SBH)