The lasting effects of tutoring seem to be more value-related than behavioral, according to a follow-up study (conducted two years later) of 324 tutored children. Participants in an Israeli tutoring program for disadvantaged children were contrasted with a control group, showing lasting effects only in such areas as academic aspirations.…

Presents a plan to begin the elimination of illiteracy: each family with a child who fails to achieve literacy in the public schools for three years in a row would be given the option of sending the child to the private school of their choice at taxpayer expense. (Author/WD)

Schools of social work are committed to the education of minority groups. However, many such students are educationally disadvantaged because their undergraduate training has not prepared them to deal with educational procedures that are used in the profession's graduate schools. Means by which educators can solve this dilemma are suggested.…

Adult Basic Education instructors need to be introduced to the Black dialect to dispel misconceptions about the abilities of Black English speakers and to develop activities to help Black students in becoming bidialectal. (SK)

Investigated two variance estimation procedures on a normed test treated as a criterion-referenced test. The first estimation procedure estimated the standard deviation systematically higher, whereas the second procedure's estimation was systematically lower than the actual standard deviation. (Author/RC)

Act 101 funds provide special classes, counseling, and tutorial support for participating academically, economically, and culturally deprived college students. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the low wages and dead-end jobs most Appalachian women workers face and explores nontraditional employment options which offer higher wages, benefits, security, and a chance for truly meeting a family's needs. (DS)

Describes a general chemistry course taught at Xavier University (Louisiana), designed for both well-prepared and educationally disadvantaged students. Lists course materials, outlines course structure, identifies 12 aspects of course content, and discusses student evaluation. (JM)

Describes a method of instructing adult students in arithmetic which is used at LaGuardia College (New York) and which allows for the full implementation of mastery learning principles within a semester or quarter system and avoids some of the difficulties of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). (AYC)

Teacher prejudices exert powerful influences on student growth and development and are naturally restrictive whether the prejudice comes from biases about intelligence, sexuality, ethnicity, physical appearance, or socioeconomic status. (JMF)

Mathematics as a masculine domain is discussed as being a detriment to the intellectual development and the career progress of women. Remedies to this condition are explored. (MP)

Explains how the introduction of Albanian as the language of instruction in Italian schools attended by native speakers of Albanian would help these students overcome their language problems. (CFM)

Urban and non-urban Indians share many of the same disadvantages in relation to academic learning situations. This paper focuses on those disadvantages due to differences in languages, culture, and learning patterns. (Author/RTS)

Examines the fate of one of the key Plowden recommendations. (Editor)

HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) is a creative program (combining the use of computers, drama, Socratic dialog, and a detailed curriculum) to build thinking skills of educationally disadvantaged students in grades four through seven. HOTS learning activities help students realize what thinking and persevering can accomplish. Principals can help…