This paper reports a short term intervention in the area of "need to achieve" among disadvantaged preschoolers. Changes in measured intelligence were also examined. The study hypothesized that children receiving need for achievement ("n"-Ach) training would score higher on intelligence tests and evidence more of an increase in…

This annual report on the state of the education professions focuses on the problem of educating students from low-income families in an attempt to sharpen understanding of the issues involved. Subjects for the chapters were chosen with respect to concern with these particular problems and because surveys had been conducted which bear on them…

Papers presented at the Conference were: (1) "The Development of Health Care Areas: Development and Implementation of the Concept" by O.H. Duggins, M.O. Drage, and S.S. Katz, (2) "Measuring Our Progress Toward Our Goals" by E. L. Brown, (3) "The Program and the Direction of the National Student Nurses' Association" by M.A. Tuft, (4) "The…

The inner city child is described, and the differences between his school and that of his middle-class counterpart are contrasted. The author lists what he has frequently found to be affective constraints of recalcitrant inner city students: (1) poor school attitudes; (2) anti-societal (middle class) values; and (3) negative school perceptions.…

The Special Services Project, designed to provide a multidimensional support program for disadvantaged college freshmen, is described. The program is designed to provide for the identification of appropriate students, their strong support during their freshman year, and the opportunity for students to return to the program in areas of individual…

The doctoral dissertation compared intelligence, general ability, and reading achievement of 735 Negro, Anglo, and Spanish-surnamed first-graders from the San Antonio Independent School District. Intelligence and general ability were measured by pretest. The "Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Man Test" was used to test intelligence and "The Inter-American…

Contents of the New Mexico State Annual Evaluation Report for ESEA Title I Projects, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, include: New Mexico allocations for 1969-70; school districts allocations for 1969-70--basic statistics, state education agency staff visits to local education agencies, changes in the effect of state agency procedures, effect…

Two witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Michael Kirst, School of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University; and Dr. Stephen Bailey, chairman, Policy Institute, Syracuse University Research Corporation, and Regent of the State of New York. An article by Dr. Kirst, "Delivery System for Federal Aid to Disadvantaged Children:…

The KAPS (or Keeping All Pupils in School) program was initiated by the Baltimore City Public Schools in 1969, using funds provided under Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This evaluation deals with the academic year 1970-71, the second full year of the project's evaluation. Most important among the goals of Project KAPS is…

The major purpose of this research project, conducted as a part of the Huntsville-Madison County Education Improvement Program, was to generate basic data in order to determine the effect of a preschool intervention program on a population of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Specifically, cognitive, demographic, learning, material,…

A summer program conducted in two schools involved 154 nursery school and kindergarten children. Eligibility was determined by economic criteria, ability to attend the full 5-week program, and probability of benefit from the program. Pupil-teacher ratios were generally 9 to 1; part-time psychological and speech services and a nurse were also…

An overview is given of conditions linked to the causes and perpetuation of poverty. These factors include large family size, unemployment, lack of education, and social and personal disorganization. Family planning services are important but by themselves tend to be ineffective and programs should be launched which would improve the total life…

Contents of Part One include, in addition to the testimony of the witnesses called, such materials as: examples of citizen complaints, about the operation of school lunch programs; a report on the nutritional status of preschool Mexican-American farm children; a report on the Demonstration Migrant Nutrition Education Project, Edinburg, Texas; a…

Information on aspects of social studies teachers' racial attitudes, knowledges, and skill in implementing relevant ethnic-racial activities in the classroom are presented. Major research studies that have examined teacher attitudes toward black and other minority group children are discussed along with information on programs that have attempted…

This publication is designed to serve teachers and counselors interested in reviewing the key concepts relative to working with disadvantaged youth in urban areas. The compact nature of the review and its organization into guideline format should provide a ready reference for the practitioner seeking to improve his instruction. Major sections of…