The Detroit College Opportunity Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to provide remedial support, instructional assistance, academic stimulation, and personal, educational and vocational counseling for selected eligible students so that their chances to become successful college students will be…

This study used a variation of the two-child communication situation in order to determine in what way, and how successfully, a small set of schoolrelated relational concepts would be communicated by inner-city elementary school black children. Included for comparative purposes was a test of comprehension of the standard version of the concepts.…

The objectives of the Nutritional Improvement Project were as follows: children will attend school regularly; children will develop a receptive attitude toward school; children will increase in level of achievement. Cleveland Public Schools for the past four and one-half years have provided breakfast for all elementary pupils attending Title I,…

The seven years since the enactment of ESEA Title I in 1965 provided a unique opportunity to attempt to find answers to unanswered questions about the teaching-learning process, especially in relation to minority group children and youth, and to students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The flood of new programs provided fertile grounds for…

This Final Report summarizes five years of development of cooperative summer and school-year programs between the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and community colleges. NYC Goes to Community College is a combined work and study program for economically disadvantaged youth, cooperatively conducted by local sponsors of Neighborhood Youth Corps and…

In its annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the total program of vocational education in California, the California Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training identified five specific areas that need attention and improvement, including: (1) the State Plan, (2) the vocational education reporting system, (3) programs for…

The Work Experience Career Exploration Program (WECEP) is a prevocational exploratory program designed for educationally disadvantaged ninth grade students, emphasizing the cultivation of individual talents, development of social skills, and the recognition of the student as an individual with social and economic worth. In order to evaluate WECEP,…

This paper reports the results of a Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) prospective study, which are based on program-sourced information and second-round followup interviews with study subjects. The primary hypothesis that the NYC programs studied had helped enrollees achieve satisfactory adjustment to life and to the world of work was not confirmed,…

Existing legislation applicable to day care programs is examined to discern what the Federal role has been. An overview of existing Federal legislation is given, and legislation is then analyzed as to its effect on the five components of the day care delivery system. These components are: (1) a product--the kind of day care program, (2) providers…

This study was undertaken to ascertain the degree of stability of significant gains made in intellectual functioning by a group of children who attended Head Start programs and two groups of children who did not attend preschool programs. Data collected and analyzed at postkindergarten showed nonsignificant differences between performance levels…

Developed through a college curriculum department, this publication provides vocational teachers with a practical reference on problems relating to educating disadvantaged students. The underlying theme is that the teacher is the major factor in the success of any program for the disadvantaged. Several aspects of the problem are considered,…

This anthology includes newly published essays by Daniel U. Levine, Robert J. Havighurst, and J. McVicker Hunt, two previously unpublished reports from the National Study of American Indian Education, and a new guide to resource centers. In addition, 35 papers by 55 contributors concerned with educating disadvantaged and culturally different…

Experiences with a day care center indicating the need for sensitivity to the basic problems facing multi-problem families are reported in a review of an urban day care center for young children. Anecdotal records of the population involved are presented, followed by data from a perinatal home visit program which focused on nutrition. Cognitive…

This review of developmental psychology research points out that in many areas, research has not (and, in some cases, cannot) answer complex questions relating to child development. The author surveys research dealing with disadvantaged and minority group children whose achievement seems to lag behind other children. She questions whether this…

The available project data for participants in projects for neglected and delinquent in New York State are reviewed in this evaluation report. The data are organized by the State Education Department to present as comprehensive an overview as possible. Emphasis is placed on examining the reported norm-referenced achievement test results in the…