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de Ortego y Gasca, Felipe – 1979
Significant changes are needed in the education of Chicano children, changes that range from the earliest Head Start levels through the college years. American schools reflect the dominant Anglo-American culture and so retain the societal status quo. By perpetuating Anglocentrism, schools have trampled on the cultural and linguistic dignity of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, College Role, Culture Conflict
Carter, Thomas P.; Segura, Roberto D. – 1979
Various explanations and possible solutions for the low social status and poor school achievement of the Mexican American are the subject of this book, which examines ethnic characteristics of the Mexican American, socioeconomic conditions in the five southwestern states, and practices and policies of the schools in the Southwest. This book grew…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Change Strategies
Michaelson, John – 1978
The opportunities and role of the counselor in education are expanding, partially due to the increasing numbers of Mexican American students and their demands for equal education. While many researchers have traced the problem of poor education for Mexican American children to their cultural and family background, both teachers and counselors have…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Bilingual Education, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship
WIRTZ, W. WILLARD – 1966
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 1965, THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED, AND THE NEW DIRECTIONS THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAMS ARE TAKING TO MEET THE MANPOWER CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD ARE THE SUBSTANCES OF THIS REPORT. CONTENTS INCLUDE (1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, (2) EXAMPLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. – 1967
THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM AT INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS SPECIAL ISSUE. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THIS PRECOLLEGE PROGRAM WERE RECRUITED IN METROPOLITAN AREAS WHICH HAD ACTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS. THE PRIMARY AIM WAS TO IDENTIFY AND REDIRECT UNDERACHIEVING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WITH POTENTIAL AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ASPIRE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Art Education, Bibliographies, College Preparation
BRICKNER, DALE G. – 1966
SIXTY-SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATION, LABOR, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE INDIANA MANPOWER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION WHOSE OBJECTIVES ARE TO FURTHER RESEARCH EFFORTS AND TO FACILITATE OPTIMUM USE OF RESEARCH RESULTS BY COORDINATING EFFORTS AND DISSEMINATING REPORTS, STUDIES, DATA, AND INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Conferences, Demography, Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
ENTWISLE, DORIS R.; GREENBERGER, ELLEN – 1968
AS REPORTED IN "DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS--INNER CITY CHILDREN," ENTWISLE, 1968 (ED 011 611), INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE SLUMS OF BALTIMORE CITY WITH WHITE AND NEGRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND IN SUBURBAN BALTIMORE WITH MIDDLE CLASS AND BLUE COLLAR CHILDREN. THIS SURVEY OF WORD ASSOCIATIONS REVEALED, CONTRARY TO…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Education, Child Development
TINNEY, MILTON W. – 1965
A STUDY OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE 5 SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTIES OF GREER, HARMON, JACKSON, KIOWA, AND TILLMAN WAS CONDUCTED IN 1964 BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. APPROXIMATELY 15,000 AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS COME INTO THE AREA EACH YEAR. THE SURVEY FOUND THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE PREDOMINATELY SPANISH-SPEAKING FROM TEXAS, EARNED LESS THAN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Child Labor, Educationally Disadvantaged
TWEETEN, LUTHER G. – 1967
A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE POVERTY EXPERIENCED BY 17 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS OF THE U.S. IN 1959 WAS ITS CONCENTRATION IN SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AND AMONG CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, AND SOCIAL STATUS OF THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO POSSESS A HIGH POSITIVE CORRELATION WITH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE CHILD.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Bibliographies, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged
ERICKSON, JOHN – 1968
ONE METHOD OF ATTEMPTING TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY OR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS THROUGH A COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM UTILIZING COMMUNITY AIDES TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL AND AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, TO INFORM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auxiliary Laborers, Communications, Community Influence
DAWSON, HOWARD A. – 1964
THE PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED FARM LABORERS, LOW INCOME MANUFACTURING WORKERS, AND MIGRANTS IS DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE IN RURAL AMERICA. MILLIONS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY UNEMPLOYED RURAL YOUTH ARE UNEDUCATED, UNPREPARED, AND HENCE UNEMPLOYABLE IN A NEW OCCUPATION. ALTHOUGH UNDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE EXISTS TESTIFYING TO THE BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agricultural Education, Course Content, Disadvantaged
Meier, John; Brudenell, Gerald – 1968
This final report of the 1967-68 experimental training program for teachers of young disadvantaged children details the objectives and operation of remote microteaching. Communication techniques emphasizing personal contact between the Institute staff in Colorado and trainees teaching in home schools across seven states are described and in part…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Continuous Progress Plan, Decentralization, Disadvantaged Youth
HOMAN, LARRY E.; KELLY, PATRICK J. – 1967
THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER (ESC) SUPPLIES VARIOUS SERVICES TO 28 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL, WESTERN, AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. STATISTICAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED CONCERNING THE VARIETY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE SERVICES (CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND GUIDANCE, ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL EVALUATION…
Descriptors: Audiology, Bilingualism, Community Relations, Conferences
Bowman, David L. – 1968
The initial phase (1967-1968) of a longitudinal study designed to provide more teachers of the disadvantaged by (1) recruiting education students who have withdrawn from college for academic reasons but have greater scholastic potential than they have demonstrated and (2) modifying teacher education programs to train these individuals as teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, PA. – 1965
The purpose of this program was to help disadvantaged preschool children overcome some of the handicaps which hindered their educational, social and emotional development, to increase the interaction between the home and school, and to make the teacher sensitive to the particular needs of his disadvantaged pupils. The program, which operated in…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, College Students, Compensatory Education, Concept Teaching
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