Outlines the principles that have evolved in recent years for the equitable distribution of intergovernmental funds and explains some of the problems to be encountered by the Federal government in effectively incorporating these principles in their distribution of educational aid. (Author/JM)

A study of 141 representative school boards shows that American schools attended primarily by the poor are governed primarily by upper middle class, propertied, moneyed, white, middle-aged Republican men. (DM)

New York City's Mayor outlines the directions education is taking in its urban development. (RK)

Black English is a not substandard white English. Black children should not be forced to give up their childhood language but should learn standard English as a second language. (2 references) (DH)

A unique analysis that offers the following conclusions: (1) resource differences among cohort groups of schools are only mildly compensatory; (2) schools with the smallest proportion of disadvantaged pupils receive more dollars per pupil than do schools with higher disadvantagement (although the reverse is true when teachers per pupil is used as…

Studies the participation of Fulani nomads in Nigeria's formal education system. Finds that parents are reluctant to allow their children to attend schools primarily because of the long distance involved. Describes the experimental use of mobile schools and counseling units to integrate this group into the system. (AOS)

The apathy and negative attitudes of faculty advisors toward the academically underprepared student are often more crippling than the students' disabilities. The remedy is faculty commitment, service, and an unselfish dedication to the ideal of equal access to higher education. (Author/MSE)

Four variables were tested for their influence on the holding power of 32 high schools in Israel: (1) level of disadvantaged students; (2) school attractiveness and class size; (3) teacher's educational level; and (4) school dropout rate. Correlations were found between level of disadvantaged students and school attractiveness, and between teacher…

The effectiveness of Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment program (FIE) in improving the cognitive performance of slow learners was tested for one year with low performing vocational high school students in Ontario (Canada). Improved cognitive performance was noted for FIE students, although changes in personality and attitude were substantiated…

A study of the sustained effects of Title I compensatory education programs used local test data to demonstrate that student achievement gains made during the school year were largely lost over the summer. The study also shows that students gaining the most during the school year registered the largest losses during the summer. (Authors/PP)

The Ramey and Haskins intervention experiment is examined. Narrow transfer of training from cognitive intervention techniques to IQ test performance in early childhood, rather than enhancement of the g factor itself, is hypothesized as a cause of the typical fadeout of early IQ gains in later childhood. (Author/RD)

Discusses an assessment instrument measuring work values appropriate for use with minimally skilled, economically or educationally deficient clients. The scale surveyed work values of (N=238) poor versus nonpoor service workers. More similarities than differences were found between the two groups. Seven significant value differences were…