The new wave of youngsters in city schools will require remedial help out of proportion to the financial and political resources that cities will be able to invest in schools. (Author/JM)

Five symposium papers evaluate the usefulness of ideas associated with the life-span view for enriching, highlighting, or expanding issues, theory, and research pertinent to change processes during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and for intervention programs during these periods. (Author/MP)

In an attempt to change existing science curricula to make it more meaningful to the new school-age population since the Israeli Ministry of Education's reform seeing more students included in the country's law of compulsory education, curriculum contents and orientation are explored. (CE)

Title I may have fallen short of its lofty goals, but it is an effective basic skills program for underachieving students. Its successes depend on requirements that the program supplement the regular learning program, evaluate pupil progress, be coordinated with other school activities, and involve parents. (Author/JM)

After outlining an ideal, the author examines the reality of the response by governments of the major host countries of Europe to the educational needs of migrants' children to determine how far they have been met and to suggest some factors which may have determined the nature of this response. (Author/SJL)

The authors contend that, if educational programs are to be maximally effective, it is important to recognize the different needs gifted children have based on their cultural/racial backgrounds. (SBH)

The performance of the higher educational system is thought to have deteriorated in six ways: shortened academic schedules, increase in size of institutions, less effective faculties, difficulty in meeting the needs of disadvantaged students, excessive student vocational interests, and market orientation of institutions. (MLW)

Race and socioeconomic status predicted achievement of disadvantaged first graders on the Stanford Early School Achievement Test; equating these factors did not establish equality of achievement. Students with kindergarten experience performed similar to norms on the letters and sounds subtests, but lower on mathematics, aural comprehension, and…

Examines the effects of a career exploration program on self-esteem, achievement motivation, and occupational knowledge of seventh-grade, inner-city youth. Results indicate that given an outstanding teacher and a well-designed, well-executed career exploration program, dramatic gains can be made in both cognitive and affective variables with…

The education of children of urban slum dwellers is adversely affected by the poor educational and economic conditions of their parents. Any attempt to improve the education of these children must deal first with parental attitudes, educational motivation, and illiteracy. (SK)

Presents preliminary data from a study of the effects of supplementary instruction given by teachers and by paraprofessionals on the reading and mathematics achievement of inner-city remedial students. Concludes that no differences in achievement were attributable to type of instructor. (FL)

Procedures mentioned in this article include: (1) developing a new test, (2) modifying test items or keyed responses on existing tests, and (3) developing new norms for existing tests. Examples are given for each procedure, and advantages and disadvantages are discussed. (Author)

Concrete suggestions for using out-of-school objects to help inner-city students learn mathematical and scientific concepts are given. (MK)

A study of 23 inner city adolescent and 32 older mothers was conducted to test the hypothesis that the simultaneous occurrence of adolescence and motherhood would result in special infant rearing attitudes, concerns, and support systems which interfere with mothering. Journal available from The C.V. Mosby Company, 11830 Westline Industrial Drive,…

The hypothesis studied was derived from the work of control theorists: that self-esteem would be higher for offenders "removed" from conventional ties, lower for those maintaining conventional attachments. Family background and self-esteem scores of 75 male delinquents strongly supported this hypothesis. Implications for incarceration are drawn.…