The executive summary briefly restates the results of a 17-month excursion into the realm of compensatory education of older disadvantaged youth. During September 1976 through January 1978, System Development Corporation conducted a project to conceptualize models for compensatory educational intervention at the secondary and postsecondary levels,…

System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for older disadvantaged youth. This volume treats the two intervention strategies developed to provide the framework for comprehensive compensatory education projects at the secondary and postsecondary…

Evaluated with 48 elementary age students classified as educable mentally retarded was an instruction program to facilitate the return of the students to regular classes. (Author/DB)

This booklet contains suggestions and procedures for identifying, profiling, recruiting, and serving the disadvantaged persons in a given geographic area in Kentucky through vocational education. The five steps/tasks in the model are described in chronological order, namely (1) defining the population (disadvantaged) which will be served, (2)…

The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…

The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…

In order to test previous research findings indicating that the degree of field dependency or independency in children is a function of culture, social class, sex, and age, this study sought to determine the relationship of sex and age to the cognitive style of Mexican American first and second graders from a Chicago school. Thirty two Mexican…

THE EFFECTS OF TEAM TEACHING AND SELF-CONTAINED CLASSES ON PUPIL ADJUSTMENT WERE COMPARED. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 SCHOOL YEARS, THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF ELEMENTARY PUPILS FROM TWO SCHOOLS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREA. PUPILS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED AT ONE SCHOOL TO EITHER A TEAM ORGANIZATION OR A SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM.…

FIVE REGIONAL CONFERENCES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE KENTUCKY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN 1966 TO HELP SCHOOL PEOPLE PLAN PROGRAMS TO EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE TITLE I FUNDS. THIS REPORT PRESENTS SUMMARIES OF KEYNOTE ADDRESSES, PANEL PRESENTATIONS, AND GROUP REPORTS AS WELL AS CONCLUSIONS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING POINTS--(1) THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD…

TWO APPROACHES ARE USED IN DEFINING THE "LOWER CLASS." ONE APPROACH DEFINES GROUPS BY CLASS CHARACTERISTICS, THE OTHER BY STATUS CRITERIA. THE TWO APPROACHES, NEVERTHELESS, CAN BE COMBINED. ALTHOUGH THEY SEEM TO MAKE SEPARATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CATEGORIZATION OF THE POPULATION, CLASS AND STATUS VARIABLES CAN BE WELDED TOGETHER BY DICHOTOMIZING…

Because very little is known about teenage parents' own view of their problems, needs, and acceptable resources, over 100 Boston teenagers and related agencies were interviewed. Parental problems were similar to those of older parents, but youthful lack of experience and skills aggravated the situation. The most frequently cited problem was that…

A description of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) precedes an examination of the CETA network. The three fold purpose of CETA is (1) to establish a flexible and decentralized system of federal, state, and local programs; (2) provide job-training and employment opportunities for the economically disadvantaged who are unemployed,…

Racial discrimination and racial segregation resulting from discrimination have an effect upon life in central cities. In central cities the costs of retail business and of housing are often higher than elsewhere. Minority group populations, concentrated in ghettos of central cities, are subect to limited job opportunities. The results of racial…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES PROJECT COLLEGE-BOUND AND COMPARES IT WITH SIMILAR PRECOLLEGE PROJECTS AROUND THE NATION. THE BASIC DIFFERENCE IN THE PASADENA PROJECT IS THAT MONEY IS USED AS A MOTIVE, THE STUDENT RECEIVING $1.40 FOR CLASS HOURS AND FOR RELATED OUTSIDE WORK. ONE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO BRIDGE THE SUMMER GAP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF THE 100 POOREST COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES--97 IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES, TWO IN ALASKA, AND ONE IN OKLAHOMA. DATA WERE OBTAINED PRIMARILY ON THE MAJOR PROGRAMS OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, AID TO THE BLIND, AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AID TO THE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED, MEDICAL…