An educator discusses conclusions he drew concerning the need to provide equal educational opportunities for all youngsters in public schools. (Author/RK)

Academically underprepared students are identified, and a variety of programs for helping them are described and evaluated. (Editor)

A myriad of problems has arisen from the open door'' policy many institutions are pursuing. Not the least of these is the increasing presence of many high risk'' or academically disadvantaged'' students in classes where they are not adequately prepared to do college work. This article seeks to present an innovative approach to the problem.…

The LEA assessed the Russell Report and made comments about those people who can benefit from its provisions as well as where the responsibility for implementing the reports recommendations rests. (RK)

Reviews the problems of the present front-end'' load or education of individuals in their pre-productive years; some disorganized elements of a recurrent education system in the present emerge, but ways of connecting these elements remain a challenge. (DM)

Virginia has a wide gap of educational opportunity among Virginia's 130 local school divisions which, by 10 measurable criteria, is generally unimproved over 5 years ago. (DM)

Describes the experimental project of the Baltimore City Public Schools to prevent development of learning disabilities and to reduce the number of school dropouts within the population identified as educationally disadvantaged. (Author/MB)

Results are reported on a one year introductory course for Chicano, Black, American Indian, and Asian-American minority students. Teaching innovations employed were edited lecture notes and a class council. Evaluation of student performance including a comparison with students in other introductory physics courses and student evaluation are…

Resistance to improvement of educational opportunity for child laborers suggests the presence of deep-seated factors involved in the issue. Some tenacious myths rationalizing child labor are refuted in this article. (DM)

Describes the population trends in the U.S. and the effects of these trends on public education, and offers some hope for the future. (AN)

Only excellent programs in literacy education can motivate an adult to develop or increase his reading skills; the direct economic advantages as well as the pleasures of reading must be made apparent. (JB)

Data seem to indicate that for children disadvantaged with respect to social class and ethnic background there is a functional interaction between art and language which allows such children to give verbal expression to their conceptual development. (Authors)

Discusses England's responsibility to help upgrade developing nations through educational assistance. (BH)