Using data from the 2003 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, this study found that real median household money income declined by 1.1 percent between 2001-2002 to $42,409. Real median household income was unchanged between 2001-2002 for three of four alternative income definitions. The fourth, real median household…

Many recent studies, both popular and academic, have focused attention on the life chances of children. There is particular concern about the lingering effects of disadvantages experienced during childhood, such as family instability, neighborhood instability, and the inadequacy of local institutions. These factors are thought to work together to…

Reviewed is research the role of the nursery school in reducing the effects of social disadvantage in young children. (DB)

Describes four different models designed to implement the voucher concept. Discusses their differences. (JF)

Critical analysis of an article that attempts to refute the claims of Sesame Street'' concerning its educational value for children from poverty areas, (Author/MF)

Examines how the poor and minorities can create structural changes in local communities to better serve their collective interest, in the context of a rural county in California in which organizers actually designed and implemented political strategies which resulted in a new set of local power relationships. (Author/JM)

The OEO-funded Sangre de Cristo Comprehensive Health System in Costilla and Conejos Counties, Colorado, and northern Taos County, New Mexico, utilizes medical practitioners who are certified to practice a variety of medical techniques under the supervision of licensed physicians. (JM)

Presents further critical evaluation of Christopher Jencks's book, Inequality, and the research attitudes of various groups toward his book. (RK)

Special Urban Issue. Revised paper read at Opening Convocation, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, September 21, 1972. (DS)

Presents both pros and cons about the effectiveness of this educational TV program. Indicates that no very substantial contribution can be made toward narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children. (CC)

Focuses on how imaginative and energetic people at the grass roots level can use Federal and local resources" for food and medical services, and thereby attack poverty on a broadened basis." (Author)

Graduates of programs with primarily custodial goals were higher than the graduates of programs with primarily educational goals in elementary school achievements; this effect was attributed to differing structural characteristics affecting the socialization process, especially duration of school day. (Author/JM)

Article suggests that to really end segregation in the schools, students must also be exposed to the end of economic and class segregation. (ML)

Makes observations about some conditions of life that influence poor families' consumer behavior. Home Economists who seek to provide innovative consumer education are challenged by these observations to work for social as well as individual change. (Editor)

Describes the operations of the 1965-66 Economic Opportunity Atlanta administration, its subsidiary Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, and the Central Citizens Advisory Council. (JM)