Written by a 1975 high school graduate and a curriculum specialist, this monograph briefly describes the history of Ramah, New Mexico. Presenting the Navajo point of view, emphasis is on the socioeconomic influence of the Mormons and the Texas (Anglo) ranchers who settled in the Ramah area. Particular attention is given to: (1) land acquisition;…

The Title I program described in this document focused on the improvement of reading and language skills among educationally disadvantaged children in four elementary schools. Specific objectives included enhanced reading skills, enhanced language skills, and mastery of basic concepts in the areas of food handling, communications, transportation,…

Junior colleges with open enrollment policies have as students many of the adults in this country whom national surveys and studies have indicated are functionally incompetent or barely literate. This paper contains a review of the literature concerning junior college remedial reading programs and compensatory education programs. The four…

The Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program handbook is designed for use by administrators, teachers, and instructional aides. It provides information on the use of the aides by presenting guidelines for their most effective utilization, defining legal responsibilities of teachers and aides within the program, providing information on program…

A review of the literature indicates that although some authors maintain that scholastic aptitude test scores of disadvantaged students are not clearly associated with college grades (Clark and Plotkin, 1963), most researchers have found the opposite to be true. Some selective institutions emphasize the disadvantaged student's persistence, rather…

The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established according to tasks and educational requirements, and training is provided during the work day to provide the means for advancement. The…

This report reviews the remedial education program--Project Success--at the Urban Education Center, City Colleges of Chicago (Illinois). The major features of the program are outlined and its operation and evaluation are discussed. Student performance and characteristics are then tabularly compared, based on their groupings as…

The author takes a look at the free enterprise system as it is practiced in the United States, and concludes that it does not result in equal opportunity for all citizens. Deplorable social and economic inequities are examined. The poor, according to the author are discriminated against in terms of health factors, housing, employment, income and…

Project ABLE is a series of demonstration educational programs initiated in 1961 for the purpose of identifying and encouraging potential abilities among pupils from culturally deprived groups and low socioeconomic backgrounds. The word ABLE was chosen to indicate a belief that, given adequate resources, schools are ABLE to devise educational…

Five educational leaders presented the following papers on the promises and challenges of occupational education in the 1970's: (1) Will Tradition Keep Occupational Education from Meeting Its Potential? (2) What's the Hang-Up? Poor People-Poor Education; (3) Occupational Education--A Touch of Reality; (4) Programs to Meet Special Needs:…

This book describes a program of individualized instruction in action--a program which began in one elementary school, was adapted to the varying needs of other schools, and is now expanding in the direction of involvement of all of the students in the Duluth Public School system. The introductory chapter defines the ideal of individualization…

The 1969 Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institute at the University of Wyoming aimed to provide ABE administrators with skills needed in consultative capacities with teachers, special interest and community groups, state department officials, regional specialists, and boards of education -- as well as specific knowledge about ABE. Through case…

Papers presented at the second annual Nuevas Vistas conference of the California State Department of Education are contained in this report. The broad areas covered are: (1) sociological views of the Mexican American; (2) problems of Mexican American students; and (3) reports of research projects concerned with Mexican American education.…

The addendum to the Denver Public Schools education plan, which was submitted to the Court on January 23, 1974, makes specific recommendations for elements of school activities outlined in the plan. The recommendations pertain to the philosophy; policy; the scope and sequence of poverty, cultural, language, mobility, and perceptual aspects;…

Information from 148 local evaluation reports submitted to the Tennessee Department of Education for both regular and summer programs is presented in the Annual Report on Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs. This covers the administrative structure, the role of the State Department of Education, the population, needs…