Father involvement enhances children's well-being. A growing body of research supports this conclusion, showing that children with involved fathers exhibit greater school readiness, increased cognitive development, higher levels of empathy, and other positive characteristics (Administration for Children and Families 2004a). Research also indicates…

Nearly 30 years ago, leading child psychologist Michael E. Lamb reminded us that fathers are the "forgotten contributors to child development." Since then, much work has been done to explore the ways fathers uniquely contribute to the healthy development of their children. Scholars now know that boys and girls who grow up with an…

Discusses several aspects of the 1970 report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children in an attempt to define areas in which professional psychologists may contribute to the realization of the goals established by the Commission; deals primarily with issues of a research nature. (Author/JM)

Discusses a number of problems facing the Indian student and suggests how teachers and schools can alleviate some of the difficulties. (TO)

Discusses some of the problems of the culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged student in learning to read and achieving academic success. Several suggestions are offered as solutions for these problems. (TO)

The court cases and legal codes cited in this article include: Brown v. Board of Education, 1954; Hobson v. Hansen, 1967; Diana v. State Board of Education (Calif.), 1970; and, California Education Code, 1972. (SF)

Reports a study of the relationship between teacher-candidates' sociopolitical ideologies and their attitudes toward poverty and the disadvantaged among 591 undergraduate students of education at Indiana University and Southern Illinois University in the winter of 1971. (Author/JM)

The aim of this project--carried out by teachers, students and their college tutors in an Inner London Educational Priority Area--was to see whether lack of experience significantly impeded disadvantaged children in forming mathematical concepts, and to assess how far enrichment activities can compensate these children. (Author/JM)

In a keynote address to the New York State Federation of Workers for the Blind the author discusses ethical and political aspects of the long-term, equitable dissemination of social and health services. (MC)

The author, who is Chairman of Elementary Social Studies Methods at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, points out that the CUNY policy of open admissions reflects a switch from elitism based on high academic achievement in high school of largely white middle class youth, to egalitarianism. (Author/JM)

Argues that, properly implemented, early childhood education in basic skills will drastically cut the waste of millions of students sitting in classes and learning little or nothing because they have not mastered the prerequisites. The next step in education, according to the author, must be preschool and home-based early childhood education…

Author describes several studies which show that Sesame Street does not prepare poverty children for first grade and does not narrow the achievement gap that now exists between the poor and the middle-class child. (Author/CB)