Investigates the availability of community social agencies as possible resources for home economics teachers who have disadvantaged students. (Editor/MU)

Discusses reasons why standard English instruction should be delayed. (DS)

Describes the results of two experimental home economics courses for potential dropouts in inner city schools, the courses having been developed and tested in a cooperative research project. (JM)

Two hundred children from the economically deprived areas of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Wards and near the North Side and Bottoms Public Housing Units of Houston participated in this study. (JM)

Contends that the success of open enrollment depends upon the willingness of instructors to use new methods of skill development and information accumulation which have reportedly proved useful in recent compensatory efforts. Discusses several of these efforts. (JM)

Several group projects are reviewed which suggest that group work, if well planned and continuous, can be a valuable tool for both trained teachers and counselors in their performance of the guidance and counseling functions, respectively. (CJ)

Provides information on Federal programs available to private schools and students. (MK)

Another version of this paper was presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (Washington, D.C., April 1968).

Describes Job Corps, an expensive residential program for employability training and renewal services, offered to disadvantaged American youth aged 16-22. Six principles (i.e., voluntary participation, open entry/open exit, individualization, accountability, comprehensiveness, and contractor competition) are the reasons for an employability record…

Summarizes recommendations of a study exploring issues of job preparation, program quality, and job market accessibility for disadvantaged youths. Discusses the role of the secondary school, job training and skill development programs, and cooperative education and work experience programs. Provides suggestions for delivery of counseling services.…

Reports results of a study that (1) assesses the nature of interracial interactions within a disadvantaged, inner-city high school, (2) identifies what factors predict these interactions, and (3) suggests what implications such interactions should have on school policies and strategies. (CS)