The Technology-Rich Authentic Learning Environments (TRALE) project aims to improve young children's literacy skills through the creation of a community of technology enriched classroom environments. TRALE has been implemented in kindergarten through grade 3 classrooms in one urban elementary school in the District of Columbia, a school located in…

The National Study of Effective Title I Schoolwide Programs was initiated to address the lack of information on how schoolwide programs affect teaching and learning and student outcomes and to develop a critical empirical base for strengthening the implementation of Title I programs in service of students in high poverty schools. This paper…

Alienation in our society takes several forms--withdrawal, hostility, or efforts to reform. The author traces the roots of alienation to our neglect of many of the needs of children, particularly their need for interaction with adults. Among his many recommendations are: modified work schedules to permit more time with children and systems for…

The author comments on Cyril O. Houle's article, The Potential Audience for the External Degree. (PG)

Develops a perspective on relevance and suggests some means of maximizing the effectiveness of our educational goals in teaching the disadvantaged child mathematics. (Author/JM)

This investigation was concerned with identifying teacher values concerning disadvantaged urban pupils and developing an instrument which would provide a general measure of these values; value is defined as preference for life goals and ways of life. (Author/JM)

Warns that the recent California decision on state school support may not improve financial problems of urban schools. (JF)

Purpose of this two-part article is to point the way towards more sophisticated educational technologies with specific reference to educating the disadvantaged. (Author)

"From the findings of this study it can be inferred that experiences in the art class can have an important role to perform in developing the visual sophistication of disadvantaged learners... the art teacher is the key to effect behavior changes in disadvantaged learners and not in art, per se. (Author)

Panel members (George A. Schlekat, David Johnson, Silas Purnell) agree that aid does not go to those most in need, and until system is revamped, our colleges will remain closed to those too disadvantaged to achieve well on standard tests, or to raise minimum personal funds. (CJ)

Implications are that increasing a child's ability to think in terms of alternative solutions to real-life problems could supplement a primary preventive mental health program. (Authors)

Contains the major findings and recommendations of a study of ability grouping by investigators associated with the College of Education, University of Georgia. (JM)