Presented are the findings of a research study designed to assess the effect on 200 children (5-21 years old) of being in long-term agency care. In part I, a survey of work in the child welfare field is noted to point out the gaps in knowledge and relatively poor progress of many children during the time they were in care. Described in part II is…

The Academy of Applied Electrical Sciences, Inc. was created in response to the educational needs of disadvantaged inner-city youth in Philadelphia. The academy approach in formulating a vocational program was a result of collaboration between the industrial community and the School District of Philadelphia. (EC)

Describes a study designed to increase and improve participation in class discussions among urban low-income fifth and sixth graders. Comparisons are made between small group discussions of moral issues led by teachers, by trained students, and by untrained students. (CW)

Examines the relation of race, sex, financial aid, grades, and American College Test composite scores to college freshman attrition/persistence (dropping out vs continued enrollment). (RL)

Although public schools carried out their social functions with success and acceptance in the past, they have resisted efforts for reform and are now seen as discriminatory and authoritarian, and as political instruments of social repression. (Author/EB)

The effectiveness of two training programs on the linguistic skills of 79 Black high-risk kindergarten students was assessed. Journal availability: see EC 112 927. (DLS)

In Arkansas the five-percent allocation is known as VESA-CETA: Vocational Education Set-Aside Funds under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. The article describes various state-administered projects for dropouts, potential dropouts, and adults who are unemployed or underemployed. (MF)

Attracting ethnic minority and disadvantaged students to health careers and facilitating their successful completion of training program requirements have been major activities of the University of Colorado Medical Center since 1969. The status of this effort is described, including advising and counseling, summer orientation, and academic support…

Depicts the role of an internal Evaluation Section, which is responsible for compiling annual evaluation reports of the use of federal funds for compensatory education programs, in evaluating two programs--migrant programs and neglected/delinquent programs--funded under Title 1, Public Law 89-750. (Author/RK)

This is the first article in the vocational education literature, according to the authors, to describe how vocational teachers can use school psychological services to facilitate vocational programs particularly for special-needs students. School psychologists diagnose learning and behavior problems, provide consultation services, and conduct…

The study investigated effectiveness of an experimental program for disadvantaged students. It was contrasted to a control program and to the freshman population relating sex, race, financial aid, special instruction, general achievement/aptitude, and attrition/persistence with GPA. Experimental courses elevate GPAs; regular courses do not.…

A study involving eight Portugese and two Italian children in kindergarten was conducted to find out to what extent the cultural and linguistic handicaps of children from non English speaking families could be overcome by the use of non-linguistic materials. Available from: Journal of Practical Approaches to Developmental Handicap, 3304-33rd…

Productive language is where both recent innovative efforts and the most severe problems are. Two problems to be answered are decisions about the assessment situation and about focal aspects of communicative competence to be assessed in them. Two examples of current work are inserted from papers prepared by the staff of the High/Scope Educational…

Following the protest action at Hartcliffe School in Bristol, the author, one of the senior teachers, describes in detail the effect of the cuts on teachers and students. (Editor/RK)