A recently developed methodology for evaluating published materials was used to evaluate the objectives of the Distar Language I program, a language skills program for educationally disadvantaged children. (BRT)

Explores the ways the public library can serve the undereducated and functionally incompetent, and discusses the knowledge needs of public librarians who are interested in responding to the needs of this group. (Author/PF)

The study was designed to establish, on a regional basis, the validity of a set of measures of social handicap as predictive of educational backwardness and to identify the characteristics of those schools which are most compensatory in adverse social conditions. (Editor)

The author argues that the educational system is not the cause of inequality, raising the question of whether it is possible or even desirable to use the educational system to promote greater equality. (EH)

The purpose of this study was to analyze the needs of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students in the sixth grade, ninth grade, and twelfth grade in selected public schools in Mississippi. (Auth)

THE SIX MIGRANT AREAS IN TEXAS, AND THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS IN THESE AREAS, ARE DISCUSSED. THE TYPES OF MIGRANTS ARE--HOMEBASE MIGRANTS, IN-MIGRANTS, EMBRYONIC MIGRANTS, AND OUT-MIGRANTS. BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND FINANCIAL AID FOR MIGRANT SCHOOLS ARE INADEQUATELY USED. REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR MIGRANTS ARE PRESENTED AS EVIDENCE OF…

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF NURSERY SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS ARE DISCUSSED. RESEARCH REVEALS THAT A WELL-PLANNED PROGRAM CAN AID PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS. TYPES OF SCHOOLS INCLUDE THOSE COMPLETELY WITHIN PUBLIC SYSTEMS, PARENT COOPERATIVES, AND SCHOOLS SPONSORED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.…

This is a study of four projects in New York City which were established with federal grants to offer library service to the disadvantaged in the area. The four programs studied are the Preschool Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Community Coordinator Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the North Manhattan Project of the New York…

This document contains observations by library staff and interviews with members of the communities served about the Brooklyn Public Library preschool Project and the Queens Borough Public Library Operation Head Start. These two projects offer storybook and picture-book programs for preschool disadvantaged children and programs for their parents.…

This document contains observations of library staff and interviews with community members about the Brooklyn Public Library Community Coordinator Project and the New York Public Library North Manhattan Project. The Community Coordinator Project employs four professional librarians to take an active part in community institutions and organizations…

The hard-to-employ, both urban and rural, share common characteristics of inadequate income, slum housing, inferior education, no medical attention, and lack of real job opportunities. The deficiencies dove-tail, and families are often afflicted with all. The picture may seem bleak, but there is optimism in reclamation of the so-called…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: English for the academically handicapped. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide contains several introductory chapters. The central part of the guide which outlines the curriculum is broken down into four sections--composition, language, literature, and mass media. The guide is xeroxed…

This New York State Department of Education publication consists of selected references to literature on the education of the disadvantaged. One section contains an annotated bibliography of books and instructional materials for both teachers and pupils. Another part consists of brief descriptions of audiovisual materials. Also included is a list…

The programs described in the documents chosen for this review might provide some answers for colleges and universities interested in establishing, or already conducting, programs for high-risk disadvantaged students. The success of these programs indicates that institutions are able to extend their educational services to high-risk students and…