Studies have shown that the amount of time students spend engaged in learning tasks is related to learning outcomes. However, schools often offer to the students only a fraction of the time that governments pay for, and schools in lower-income areas often offer less time than governments plan for students. Instructional time ought to be an…

Article surveyed Hawaii's community colleges on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii in their efforts to develop imaginative workable curricula for the disadvantaged student. (RK)

This document provides an abbreviated descriptive summary of each Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I project implemented by local education agencies in New York State during fiscal year 1976. The information is presented by county. Financial data is indicated. Amendments to the original Title I, ESEA, include Public Law 89-750…

The present study investigated the power of the MMPI to make individual discriminations between psychiatric diagnostic groups (schizophrenic vs. nonschizophrenic) of blacks and whites when education and diagnosis are varied systematically. (Author/RK)

Some characteristics of the disadvantaged child are presented; the low socio-economic family is described; and some of the current myths perpetrated about this segment of society are examined. The disadvantaged child's suspicion of school and his unhappy experiences there require extra effort by the counselor. Ways in which the counselor can begin…

There are two types of poor: the upwardly mobile and the stationary poor. The children of the latter present the greatest challenge to the public school system. Living in crowded quarters, poorly nourished, and given little preparation for the outside world, these children seem destined to fail. Their semiliterate mothers and fathers, if they have…

This project was undertaken to establish a basis for a compensatory curriculum for disadvantaged preschool children by using existing empirical data to identify factors that predict success in reading comprehension and that differentiate the disadvantaged from the nondisadvantaged. The project focused on factors related to success in learning to…

This report was prepared to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students through planning. It is the result of a national poll conducted by the project to identify the topics on which most respondents indicated a need for further information. Response to the poll was sufficiently…

The Pennsylvania Advancement School (PAS) opened for its first group of students in October 1967; since then, numerous programs and activities have given the school publicity. In this paper, general information about the school's activities is presented. The paper is divided into three sections: (1) activities that constitute PAS's core program;…

In the history of this country there have been 3 major philosophies about who should go to college: (1) the aristocratic philosophy, (2) the meritocratic philosophy, and (3) the philosophy of egalitarianism, which came into vogue in the 60's. This has meant that the greatest rate of increase in college attendance during the last 10 years has been…

The Teacher Corps program increased the educational opportunities available to pupils in grades to which corps members were assigned, however, the program's impact was not nearly as great as it could have been. Some interns participated in special projects or used new methods of instruction, but few of these activities were continued after the…

The Teacher Corps program strengthened the educational opportunities available to pupils in classes to which corps members were assigned, but the report concludes that it had much less impact than it might have had. Innovations were not continued after the Corps members finished their assignments, with lack of staff and funds cited as the reasons.…

The Veterans Special Educational Program (VSEP) at the University of California, Los Angeles is a program for recently discharged servicemen and women whose educational achievement would not normally be acceptable for admission into an institution of higher education and economic background has not encouraged them to seek higher education. The…

This article discusses the experience of the federal government's large-scale attempt to improve the education of the disadvantaged through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The discussion concentrates on the dilemma of making policy concerning implementation. (RC)

The development of a unified perspective encompassing an organized set of postulates which will ensure the constant growth and development of retarded children is proposed. Such a theory would facilitate understanding all aspects of retarded children and determine the appropriateness of all pedagogical, occupational, and social approaches. (MM)