The author describes an Israeli parent-teacher group discussion designed to build confidence in disadvantaged parents of their role as parents and human beings. As a result teachers developed a new sensitivity towards parents' interaction with their children. (DE)

There is a great deal of misunderstanding about welfare programs and clients. This booklet attempts to dispel popular misconceptions concerning the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare (DPW). Using graphs, it provides a demographic profile of welfare recipients. It also provides other statistics about welfare through Aid to Families with…

In 1974, children under 18 displaced the elderly as the poorest age group, and in 1985 households with children accounted for over two-thirds of all poor people in the United States. To better understand the factors underlying the deteriorating well-being of families with children, census data on family income from 1967 to 1984 was studied. Three…

In 1982 the Netherlands National Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO), with the support of Parliament, devised the framework for the Development Education Project (EPOS). This project concerns a national development education network, which is to be supported for a new period, 1986 to 1991. EPOS is comprised of national organizations,…

This manual presents a model with all of the ancillary components that have made the Job Club/Literacy Education Program a successful undertaking for the White Plains (New York) Adult Literacy Program. Section I for administrators focuses on establishing the service (assessing the need, funding, developing linkages, location), managing the…

The terms "educationally disadvantaged" and "compensatory education" are defined in many ways. "Compensation" implies a deficit which must be overcome, but there is little agreement on where the deficiency is located--in the child, his family or home, his school, or all of these. In general, it is agreed that school…

Welfare programs and the people who use them have a bad public image. Any attempts at welfare reform should include the dissemination of factual information to eliminate the misconceptions. This information should include the following facts: (1) only 60% of poverty stricken households receive welfare; (2) most government services and funds to…

This is an evaluation report of a New York City school district educational project funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The program provided remedial reading instruction for 776 economically and educationally disadvantaged high school students at five sites in four high schools. The program was staffed by 17…

The stated purposes of this testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is to summarize some studies of the economic situation made by the Urban League and to discuss some of the implications of an analysis of the occupational and transportation difficulties of the urban disadvantaged. (Author/JM)

The educational deficiencies of disadvantaged secondary students can be realistically overcome through a comprehensive program. First, the educational package must include an individualized educational plan that focuses on resolving each student's specific difficulties. Second, the package must include a mastery-based instructional program. The…

The authors address some of the issues and concerns surrounding the provision of early educational intervention with handicapped Black infants from low socioeconomic families. Problems in providing early intervention services for this population are seen to lie in three major areas--identification and diagnosis of potentially handicapping…

PROGRAMS OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION, SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL GRANTS, ARE PRESENTLY ATTEMPTING TO ALLEVIATE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE DEPRIVATION IN THE MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS OF NEVADA, INCLUDING MIGRANTS, INDIANS, AND IMMIGRANTS FROM CUBA, MEXICO, AND PUERTO RICO. MOST OF THESE FAMILIES ARE ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED AND LACK AMERICAN CULTURAL…

DATA FROM THE BUREAU OF CENSUS FINDINGS OF MARCH 1964 WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. STUDIES SHOW THAT A FAMILY OF FOUR CAN ACHIEVE AN ADEQUATE DIET ON ABOUT 70 CENTS A DAY PER PERSON WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.40 FOR OTHER ITEMS - TOTAL EARNINGS OF $60 A WEEK. IF ALL FAMILIES LIVING AT LESS THAN THIS LEVEL OR CLOSE TO IT ARE INCLUDED AMONG THE POOR, THERE…

A PROJECT WHICH PROVIDES ENRICHED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN FROM ECONOMICALLY IMPOVERISHED HOMES IS PRESENTED. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE (1) TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE LANGUAGE, COGNITIVE, PERCEPTUAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS, (2) TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR…

French immersion, a relatively new concept in second language teaching in the sixties, is well known in Canada today. Generally developed for Anglophones wanting to become bilingual, the program has tended to serve the needs of the English-speaking middle class. The question then is posed as to what must be done in order to offer the same kind of…