THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE COLORADO MIGRANT CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL ACT OF 1961 IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF MIGRATORY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES BUT NOT PERMANENTLY DOMICILED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ITS INTENT IS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AND FACILITIES WHICH WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO…

THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS ANALYSIS WAS TO REDUCE THE DATA OBTAINED FROM THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY INTO MEANINGFUL INDICES AND SETS OF INDICES THAT COULD BE USED IN FUTURE ANALYSES OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. AFTER ESTIMATING FOR MISSING DATA, INTERCORRELATIONS OF THE STUDENT, TEACHER, AND PRINCIPAL SETS OF VARIABLES WERE COMPUTED AND THEN…

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SLOW LEARNER AT THE SECONDARY LEVELS, CAREFULLY PLANNED AND TESTED GUIDELINES ARE SET FORTH FOR SELECTION OF PUPILS, STANDARDS FOR GRADING, AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. LESSON PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS, MATERIALS, AND TEXTBOOKS ARE INCLUDED. COURSES COVERED ARE LANGUAGE ARTS, JUNIOR HIGH ARITHMETIC, MATHEMATICS IN HIGH SCHOOL,…

THE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED WITH STUDYING AND REPORTING ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND GIVING ATTENTION TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS IN THE AREAS OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, GUIDANCE, PUPILS, PERSONNEL, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, LIBRARIES, ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, AND SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS.…

A review of the development of literacy in American national life provides both a picture of two centuries during which the strong association of literacy with mainstream cultural values was largely unexamined and unchallenged, and a realization that illiteracy is inextricably related to problems of discrimination and alienation in the workplace,…

This paper analyzes the concept of equal opportunity and its relationship to equity, justice, and educational policy. It argues that there is no single concept of equal opportunity but several alternative conceptions. Nevertheless, it is possible to provide a basic framework and terminology within which these alternative conceptions can be…

A revision of a report introduced as evidence in the school finance case Levittown v. Nyquist, this report analyzes the way educational revenues are raised and distributed in New York State and demonstrates the impact of these methods on educational services. The study was based on 1974-75 official New York State data and utilized analytic…

Excluding military installations, training programs in state and federal penal institutions were surveyed, through a mailed checklist, to test the hypotheses that (1) training programs in penal institutions were not related to the unfilled job openings by major occupations in the United States, and (2) that training programs reported would have a…

In the mid 1970's the goals of student financial aid revolve around the idea of removing financial barriers to access and reasonable choice. Students should be able to choose an institution based on rational decision making rather than monetary considerations. To this end the Federal Government, the states, and other sources of student financial…

The document is the final report of a project designed to make the public and students aware of the possibilities available in vocational education in the Wise County Schools in Virginia. The objectives of the program were as follows: (1) to provide materials to be used for career guidance, (2) to make the public aware of the total vocational…

Congressman O'Hara, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, has presented a bill for student financial aid for higher education (H.R. 3471). The first question is how well do the provisions of the bill serve broader societal goals? After summarizing the bill and examining provisions and implications of the bill that affect the…

This article described a preservice elementary teacher education program at Delaware State College initiated in 1969. The proposed objectives of the program included 1) an improved program for training teachers, 2) an opportunity for more agencies to be involved in teacher training, 3) a program geared to minority groups who in the past have been…

The study traces the development of Brazilian federal initiatives since 1964 to reform the system of access to higher education, examines the effect of those policies, and asseses the utility of Braybrooke and Linblom's "strategy of disjointed incrementalism" for analyzing public policy formation in this setting. The results reveal that:…

This paper directs itself primarily to an examination of the relationship between educational opportunity and the overall organization of higher education. The first part of this paper is concerned with the current meaning of educational opportunity and the major issues involved in its implementation. These are: (1) the functions of higher…

This report contains a discussion of a classification and attention training program for Head Start children. Chapter One presents the theoretical background of the project, which is based on Piaget's model of attention and classification. The methods used in the program are explained in Chapter Two. The next chapter discusses curriculum…