In the mid-1960's the Navaho tribal council created a two-year community college but it has had many problems educating students who have previously known only Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. (KE)

Article focused on the need to recognize basic characteristics of academically disadvantaged students and stimulate them toward more productive learning processes. (Author/RK)

A number of practical suggestions are made that can be used to develop a program to strengthen oral expression skills with disadvantaged preschool children. (EH)

A high school English teacher provides examples of teaching reading to educationally disadvantaged students through the use of meaningful vocabulary about things and peoples these students can identify with, a vocabulary that is both relevant and educational. (EH)

This article reviews studies that have attempted to assess Teacher Corps performance. Statements from each study, an analysis of methodology used, and the reports' implications are presented. (JA)

Much of the mainstreaming literature tends to obscure critical ethnic characteristics of the children to be mainstreamed. The classroom teacher and the curriculum represent the major components of the classroom environment; either or both can play a large part in determining the potential success of the educationally deprived child. (HMD)

The author criticizes the way educators brand students who have learning problems, group them under one label, and treat them as though their problems were homogeneous. The author illustrates his argument by a brief introduction to black English and how it relates to this problem. (Author/BP)

Condensed from "National Review, Volume 21 (January 14, 1969), 22-24.

Equity in knowledge production and utilization calls for a bold approach with a system of planned intervention for educational change for the disadvantaged. Such an attempt should be based on a two-way flow of information model, and it might involve the training of persons indigenous to each group in the use of education products, and the…

The article discusses the provision of educational services to incarcerated youth (all children in institutional settings, but particularly delinquents). Issues examined include the locus of authority for the education of the incarcerated, the need for adequate needs assessment data so that more systematic planning can be done, the need to…

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