Four areas of concern need to be developed as quickly as possible if significant changes are to be achieved at the secondary school level, believe members of Task Force '74. They are: citizen involvement, educating for student responsibility, alternative programs, and teacher negotiations. (Editor)

This paper examines methods of compensating those who lose when public or private sector activities bring about undesired income distributional effects. It seeks to: (1) identify various alternative ways of providing compensation; (2) determine how the alternatives differ from each other in terms of economic impact; and (3) determine how to choose…

TITLE I FUNDS TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO PROVIDE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE-FIFTH OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EIGHTY-EIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS WHICH AID IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS, IMPROVING READING, INCREASING MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT, BETTERING…

A demonstration program to build on the health experience in the Head Start Program was launched. A special target group (siblings of Head Start children) was identified, although other economically disadvantaged children from 0 to 6 years of age were also to be served. This project report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 gives the…

This study was made to determine the socioeconomic status of junior college students, to analyze certain characteristics of those in the poverty class, and to see which factors prevent so many of them from attending college. Representing both vocational and academic programs, a random sample of 315 Vancouver City College students answered a…

This booklet is designed to assist persons who are beginning to work as community organizers. Community organization follows certain patterns: (1) The organizer must enter the neighborhood and learn about its people and problems in the community; (2) The people then get together to form Neighborhood Councils to work on the specific problems of…

Schools can increase their outreach to get parents involved. Once parents are involved, the schools must be careful that students don't use education to escape the community and their parents, and that education does not result in making children ashamed of their parents. (Author/IRT)

In a previous article, James Fuerst discussed a Title I child-parent centers program in Chicago. Dorothy Kellberg here criticizes a number of Fuerst's assertions, mostly on the grounds that they lack documentation. The first author stands by his initial article, and points out some additional problems with the program. (GC)

Presents findings of an evaluation of a health education program for primary school students of low SES. Related findings to two dependent measures--attitudes toward smoking and knowledge about smoking and health. Reports that program participants displayed more positive attitudes toward good health practices than did non-participating control…

These five articles systematically discuss the shifts in social policy in the first four years of the Reagan administration and how they affected the elderly. Changes included are federal budget cuts, distribution of income, material needs status of older adults, status of the poor, income inequality among the elderly, and measuring hardship. (ABL)

Discusses the changes in the aims of education over the years and points to the importance of planning and implementing changing goals if they are to result in appropriate improvements in education. (JOW)

Every year, across the country, a dangerously high percentage of students disproportionately poor and minority-disappear from the educational pipeline before graduating from high school. According to a study released by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP) and the Urban Institute in 2004, only about 68% of all students nationally…

This report addresses questions concerning the extent to which U.S. families depend on income from welfare programs, offering updated data on measures of welfare recipiency, dependency, and predictors of welfare dependence developed for previous reports. Chapter 1, "Introduction," reviews specific summary measures of welfare dependence…

A 70-acre farm adjacent to the high school in Franklin, Kentucky, was purchased six years ago by the board of education for the use of the agriculture department. FFA members are proud of their farm and have grown through experiences of rehabilitation, development, production, and marketing it has provided. (AJ)