Education directly determines life, liberty, and happiness for that segment of the population which can afford better educational facilities. For economically and socially disadvantaged people, education only perpetuates inequality. Financial inequality results in some school districts spending more money per student than other school districts.…

This is the evaluation report of the third year of operation, 1970-71, of the Fort Worth Central Cities Project, which was initiated in 1968-69 to provide structural preschool experiences for two- to five-year-old children from an economically deprived area in the Fort Worth inner city. The Project was a joint effort of the Southwest Educational…

This annotated bibliography presents the views of writers concerned with the many aspects of educating the disadvantaged. Books and journal articles which appeared principally between January 1960 and June 1965 are listed, the Wilson Company "Education Index" having been used as a basic guide. The list is designed particularly for educational…

The College Discovery and Development (CDD) program completed its fifth year of continuous implementation in June 1970. This volume is the fifth in a series of annual reports describing the educational progress of students who had been enrolled in successive tenth grade classes each September, beginning in 1965. During this 1969-70 academic year,…

The activities and results of a special project to coordinate the Adult Basic Education components of four federally funded agencies in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, as a means of reaching the hard-core functional illiterate and providing a more effective and economical academic program, are reported. The five objectives of the program were:…

In this 3-month study of aims and objectives for educating Canadian Indians in the Ontario schools, data were collected largely via secondary sources, field observation, and interviewing. It was found that the Ontario government has no policy directed specifically for Indian students; however, the federal government does have policies developed…

Project R-3 has as its primary objective improving both reading and mathematics skills. The other objectives are to change the self-image of students from one of failure to one of success, and to change their behavior patterns as students by providing them with immediate success experiences. The project started in the spring of 1970 when students…

THE SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION OF LOS ANGELES PRESENTS A UNIQUE JUNIOR COLLEGE SITUATION, ENCOMPASSING THE POOREST SECTION OF THE COUNTY, WITH INADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION FROM THE 1965 "WATTS RIOTS." EMPLOYMENT IS LARGELY MANUFACTURING AND TRADE, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WORK IN SERVICE FIELDS. MANY…

The evaluation reports submitted by local educational agencies (LEAs) in Virginia during 1974-75 are the bases of the data and information contained in this report. Some of the highlights of the analyses conducted on Title I programs are as follows. In the area of administration, enrollment in Title I classes has been concentrated in grades one…

The first section of this report provides the pupil count, expenditures, and staff figures for the 1973-74 school year Connecticut compensatory education programs. Section two provides the major types of programs for public and nonpublic schools and the frequency of their occurrence in 1973-1974. The programs include preschool, reading and math,…

Discussed are certain key problems that are involved which cause the social studies program to be rather difficult for disadvantaged students. The first set of problems is said to be inherent in the very nature of social studies: (1) reading in the social studies is more difficult than reading narrative materials which so often are stressed in a…

A battery of tests dealing with attitudinal, reasoning and job-orientation skills were predictively validated against trainee performance criterion information obtained at completion of the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) manpower training program and at approximately six to eight months following training. Validity coefficients based…

Discusses the theme of the special issue, "Excellence and Equity in Education: Models for Success." Emphasizes the need for concern with both educational quality and its prerequisite, equal educational opportunity, and that strategies exist to improve the quality of instruction for minority students. (FMW)

Uses the example of proposed bill, H.R. #5, The School Improvement Act of 1987, to describe how the Federal government can create progressive legislation for promoting and supporting public schools that can teach children to excel. Urges more Federal support for public schools. (FMW)

Describes innovative programs which use computers to help students to improve writing and mathematic skills in the Baltimore City Public Schools. The programs include a joint project with Goucher College, a federally funded project for disadvantaged pupils, and a joint venture with the State Education Department. (SED)