Until government policy puts greater emphasis on changing the social and economic factors that contribute so massively to family problems, our social programs will remain directed at healing wounds, not preventing them. More resources of money and authority are needed to strengthen parents' abilities to do their jobs. (Author/EB)

The Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program of the City University of New York provides special services to economically disadvantaged students. Graduation data for SEEK students are compared to those for students who were eligible for SEEK, denied admission by random procedures, and entered the college anyway. (Author/GDC)

This study was directed to the question: "How do minority students respond to an interest inventory?" If these students show different response patterns, then modifications need to be made in the counseling interpretations of such results or in the instruments. Holland's VPI was administered to 110 Educational Opportunities Program…

Describes a summer writing program for disadvantaged students that provides grammar and composition instruction preparatory to college study. Provides a schedule of the program's weekly activities. (RL)

Five years of summer program experience with minority and disadvantaged students are examined and the impact of summer programming on medical school admission and academic performance in the first year of medical training is discussed. An academic curriculum of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology--with intensive counseling--provides the basis of…

After explaining why disadvantaged youth have little interest in reading, this paper prescribes eight techniques to increase student interest in reading, including reading aloud with and to the students, acting out the reading material, using the newspaper, and advertising reading around the school. (RL)

Discusses the distinctive features of the University of Oregon's Direct Instruction Model program, designed for disadvantaged youngsters--its underlying assumptions and basic teaching components. Explores the implications of teaching reading and language skills to economically disadvantaged children and advocates vocabulary instruction be taught…

Reports on two distributive education sessions at the annual vocational convention. Topics cover two major areas: the more than 300 career opportunities in the food distribution and supermarket field and the need to destroy myths surrounding the disadvantaged and to encourage teacher understanding of this group. (SH)

Investigated with 217 school psychologists was the notion of school psychologist expectancy-bias against the socially disenfranchised child. (Author)

Reports research on ways to communicate with minority and disadvantaged youth to increase their participation in vocational programs. Attitudes of San Francisco Bay Area minority and disadvantaged high school students were measured and the resulting data analyzed and discussed. Suggestions for attitude facilitation and change are included. (MF)

Research indicates that the Wallach and Wallach tutorial reading program for low-readiness first graders which emphasizes phoneme identification skills is effective. (MKM)

Abt Associates, the firm responsible for the primary analysis of the Follow Through experiment, summarize the findings. Their clearest finding indicates that local circumstances, attitudes, and activities unmeasured by evaluation have much more to do with the effectiveness of Follow Through models, without exception, than do their theoretical…

In a comparison of expressive language in different settings, 20 economically disadvantaged students in a Head Start program were divided into four groups: single-object picture, toy, multi-object picture, and adult-child conversation. (CL)

Youth from low-income families responded to the Mooney Problem Check List before and after enrollment in a precollege program. The number of perceived problems decreased over the 6-week period, and the data suggest information which may be useful in assisting youth in coping with problems that affect academic achievement. (Author/SMR)

The article describes components of writing competence for instructors of basic writers (e.g., remedial, disadvantaged, language/learning disabled) emphasizing fluency, clarity, and appropriateness. Implications of research for the teaching of writing (such as the significance of errors) and assessment of writing competence are noted. (DB)