The effect of a structured program of musical training on the musical abilities of preschool children from disadvantaged environments was investigated. It was hypothesized that, if the musical abilities of such children could be improved sufficiently, they might then be able to enter elementary school on a level commensurate with that of their…

Appendix One, items pertinent to the hearing of September 21, 1971, includes material supplied by Dr. Robert W. Blanchard concerning allocations from Oregon's basic school support fund. Appendix Two, items pertinent to the hearing of September 22, 1971, includes material supplied by Joel B. Berke on "The Current Crisis in School Finance:…

The readings presented here are the result of a review of numerous professional journals (dating from 1960 on), curriculum bulletins, other publications by district and county offices, and addresses and materials prepared for workshops and conferences. The materials chosen were felt to be the most significant descriptions of individualization as a…

Deviant functioning within preschoolers in a Get Set program was assessed in order that an effective screening instrument could be utilized for early identification of learning disorders in disadvantaged children. (AG)

This report evaluates a Career Opportunities Program (COP) in the Richmond Public School System, Virginia--one of many COP programs which train adults from model cities' neighborhoods for new careers in education. The report specifies that 150 participants served as auxiliary personnel in 32 Richmond schools and that the educational phase of the…

To develop and operationalize a model job training-employment program which utilizes the Federal Civil Service system to provide job training and subsequent employment for hard-core youth, a 26-week pilot program was conducted for 18 female trainees. The training program consisted of a 2-week orientation followed by a 3-month classroom training…

A Neighborhood Youth Corps trainee orientation program was developed in order to prevent early dropout from training caused by a new trainee's lack of information about job training and its concomitant problems. Orientation sessions used group techniques, role playing, audiovisual aids, and field trips to give the trainee a clearer picture of the…

The future of any society depends on how well it prepares its young people to make the decisions and carry the responsibilities of mature citizenship. There is much evidence that society is not measuring up in helping all youth become useful, well-informed, self-reliant, socially responsible people. The Cooperative Extension Service's youth…

The purpose of this study was to develop a reading program that would allow for individual differences and that would attempt to develop in each child a desire to read and to improve his reading ability. Twenty-nine first-grade students and 30 third-grade students who were adjudged to be slow learners were selected from a school located in a…

This study investigated the effects of three different methods of teaching English on English achievement and attitude toward school of tenth-grade, educationally deprived students. Three groups of twenty students were matched according to English achievement scores, chronological ages, and attitude scores. Pretests and posttests of attitude and…

This report attempts to synthesize the available information about 16,000 children in the Chicago Area who are living in "uprooted" circumstances in the sense of having been removed from their own homes for one reason or other, and having been placed in substitute homes. Over 100 separate agency facilities and programs for children are…

The job of the school administrator is to provide meaningful and effective occupational education programs to help the disadvantaged segment of our population become useful, productive, and self-sufficient. This guide describes the special problems of the disadvantaged and the administrative procedures required in programs for the disadvantaged.…

The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule was developed and field tested for study of independent child behavior in the open classroom. Eight Head Start classrooms were used for field testing, six of which used the Tucson Early Education Model curriculum and two of which, for comparison, used local curricula. Procedures involved observing and…

The purpose of this research was to develop an evaluation technique to assess how effectively children develop as independent learners within classrooms implementing the Tucson Early Education Model. A situational task was chosen in order to gather information about the ongoing open classroom. The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule was…

The study assessed contributions of different novelty pairings and reward types to exploration behavior across three successive discrimination learning problems in a 3 x 2 x 3 mixed design. After learning a simple two choice discrimination problem, Headstart subjects responded to six double reward trials and six extinction trials. A…