Article provided a few suggestions that school districts might want to consider when tackling the difficult problem of employment and retention in city schools. (Author/RK)

The effects of educational disadvantagement are discussed, and appropriate teaching approaches explored. (SD)

This report evaluates Project Concern, a compensatory education program of the Hartford, Connecticut public schools, funded by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the State Act for Disadvantaged Children (SADC), and local compensatory education funds. The report analyzes participant selection procedures, describes program…

This paper reviews some of the research on compensatory education in the United States and points out that these programs have had little measurable effect on increasing the mean achievement growth rate of the participants, relative to the growth rate of most middle class children. The author recalls his own experiences with boarding school…

Minority representation in the graduate and professional schools is not in parity with the proportion of minorities in the overall population at this point in the history of American higher education. There are definite reasons for the lack of participation, reasons that have a profound philosophical, sociological, and economic basis. These…

PRESENTED WERE PROBLEMS OF OHIO MIGRANT WORKERS, MOSTLY TEXANS OF MEXICAN BACKGROUND, WHOSE CHILDREN WERE DEFICIENT IN EDUCATIONAL GROWTH. THE GROWTH OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1957 WITH AN INVESTIGATION THAT POINTED OUT THE NEED OF SUCH SCHOOLS FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN. IN 1958, TWO SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSES WERE HELD, IN 1959, THE TWO CLASSES…

THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT IS DEFINED IN TERMS OF FAMILY INCOME AND THE LOCATION OF FAMILY RESIDENCE. THIS DEFINITION IS THE ONE GENERALLY USED AND ACCEPTED BY THE COLLEGES. ON-CAMPUS VISITS AND AN INVENTORY OF PROVISIONS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM ALL SEGMENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS A SEARCH OF RELATED LITERATURE, WERE…

TWO BASIC PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN GENERALLY, AND MIGRANT CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR, WITH THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST PROGRAM IS BASED UPON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, AND WOULD EXPAND THE USE OF KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY SCHOOLS, IMPROVE PRIMARY AND…

THIS STUDY DEMONSTRATES THE FEASIBILITY OF ANTICIPATING THE NUMBER LOCATION, ARRIVAL TIME, AND DURATION OF THE STAY OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN ORDER TO PLAN A PROPER PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD PLAN FOR A MIGRANT POPULATION EDUCATIONALLY RETARDED FROM 1-4 YEARS, WITH THE RANGE ADVANCING WITH THE AGE, INABILITY OF MANY TO…

THE PROJECT HAD ITS BEGINNING AT ONE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. ATTENTION WAS TURNED TO THE VARIETY OF URBAN PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGEMENT. TEACHER PREPARATION, DESEGREGATION, PRESCHOOL, TRAINING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS IN NEED OF GREATER ATTENTION.…

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS AFFECTING NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS, HIGHER HORIZONS, IS A QUEST FOR THE KIND OF EDUCATION WHICH WILL ENABLE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO COMPETE WITH OTHER CHILDREN ON THE BASIS OF EQUALITY AND TO RECEIVE A FAIR SHARE OF THE REWARDS OF SOCIETY. MAJOR FACTS INCLUDE COMPENSATORY SERVICES, EXPANDED GUIDANCE SERVICES, CULTURAL…

THE LANGUAGE-RELATED DIFFICULTIES OF PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN IN NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE STUDIED BY A REANALYSIS OF DATA PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED IN A U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION (USOE) SURVEY. THIS SPANISH-SPEAKING ETHNIC GROUP WAS STUDIED TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS--(1) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE HOME AND OTHER ASPECTS OF…