How to get young people to find status and prestige within a law-abiding society presents the most promising, although most difficult, solution to crime. It continues to be the most ignored and underfunded dimension within the political-legal-therapeutic process that attempts to prevent and control delinquent and criminal behavior. (SLD)

Explores how schools, colleges, and departments of education might improve urban teachers' preparation by applying Martin Haberman's research on "star teachers" of poor children. Discusses Haberman's findings in relation to PRAXIS III teacher performance standards, reflects on the selection/training dichotomy, and advocates video case…

Draws on existing literature and an earlier field study to explore the problems faced by African females when studying abroad. The general disadvantages faced by women are exacerbated for African women. The inequities they faced in their home cultures are compounded when they have to adjust to study abroad. (SLD)

School counselors working with Ebonics-speaking youth must assume the role of consultants to, and collaborators with, teachers and students toward increasing and improving students' use of Standard English without depreciating their culturally-based dialect and improving the teacher/student relationship in the language-learning process.…

Examined how race and class influenced the lives of six African-American high school seniors at a predominantly White, elite, independent secondary school. Interaction of the dominant habitus with the individual habitus of these students results in a form of symbolic violence students are willing to endure for the advantages of attending the…

Describes survey of mental-health needs of young people in England and Wales considered for secure placement. Findings confirm that highly disturbed young people may present to a wide range of services, and that their mental-health needs are neither well recognized, widely understood, nor adequately met. (Author/JDM)

Describes a collaborative program undertaken by a Massachusetts district to enhance preschool students' learning readiness when entering kindergarten. The program consisted of three elements: networking local and area programs and services; improving the quality of programs and services; and increasing access to family services. (11 references)…

Studies interactional, pedagogical, and curricular actions that stigmatized high school students perceived as affecting their willingness to adapt to varied classrooms. Data from 49 students illustrate that stigmatized students prefer teachers who give personal attention and respect and solicit student opinions. (SLD)

Highlights dynamic assessment, an approach to assessing cognitive ability in which students are instructed on how to perform on certain tasks and measured on their progress in learning to solve similar problems. It describes how dynamic assessment can be used for identifying disadvantaged students for specialized enrichment programs. (CR)

Describes the Book Club of Reading Connection, a nonprofit organization in Virginia, that gives books to children in homeless shelters and for up to one year after they leave the shelter. The key to the book club's effectiveness and its longevity is communication between the Reading Connection and the families. (SLD)

Studied differences in the print environment offered children in 20 first-grade classrooms of very low or very high socioeconomic status. Site visits show substantial differences between the two groups, with lower amount, type, and uses of print in the lower socioeconomic status classrooms. Meaningful differences in literacy instruction were…

Surveyed how children or parents derived benefits from early childhood intervention programs for low-income families. Found that such programs provide appropriate and stimulating learning environments for young children and support the roles of parents. Participants have higher academic achievement and parents made positive changes in their own…

Fluctuations in the achievement test scores of black students over time, in which they gained and then lost ground, suggest that changes in public investment in education and beliefs about education for the disadvantaged are responsible for racial differences in educational achievement. (SLD)

The case study of an African Caribbean boy in a British preschool class illustrates the ways in which African Caribbean students are caught between a devalued culture and a culture with which they do not identify. Approaches to promote cultural sensitivity toward African Caribbean children are discussed. (SLD)

Studied conditions in higher secondary schools in Pakistan through data collected from all 239 higher secondary schools in the Punjab province. Many higher secondary schools are in remote locations and lack materials and facilities. There is a shortage of principals and subject specialists. Enrollment is increasing in these institutions, but there…