Compiled to provide access to some of the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in rural education, this bibliography supplements the previous publications, providing cumulative coverage. Part 1 of this supplement contains 196 citations and abstracts taken from the July 1974-March 1975 issues of "Resources in…

Providing information by counties, grouped according to Extension Areas and Area Development Districts, this data book is designed as an aid to identification of Kentucky problems. Included are definitions of terms, explanations of comparability of 1960 and 1970 figures, suggested uses, and exemplary uses. Tables provide 1960 and 1970 figures on:…

The housing crisis in the United States is primarily urban. Unlike areas of urban blight, rural alums are not slums of despair by any means. "Slums of despair" is a term used in a recent study of urban life to describe those areas in some of our inner cities whose inhabitants feel they are utterly trapped--that they stand little chance of…

Illustrating the psychological similarities of peoples in juxtaposition to the influence of social determinants, especially that of poverty, this book is designed to convey to those who work among the rural poor what it feels like to be shaped by want and/or discrimination. While emphasis is on the migrant worker, consideration is given to major…

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the problem of student dropout among Indians and Metis at Frontier Collegiate Institute, a residential high school, in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada. The study utilized student questionnaires regardingschool experiences, residential life, and student assessment of the situation. Teacher…

The collection of papers bearing on language and poverty comprising this book includes: "Some Preliminaries and Prospects" (F. Williams); "Teaching Reading in an Urban Negro School System" (J. Baratz); "A Sociolinguistic Approach to Socialization" (B. Bernstein); "Some Philosophical Influences Underlying Preschool Intervention for Disadvantaged…

This is one of four volumes constituting an intellectual history of a pioneer inner city youth project: Mobilization For Youth, a multi-discipline social agency in New York's lower east side Puerto Rican slum, geared to demonstration, research, and social action in eradicating poverty and attendant ills. It offers insights into the techniques…

The last of a series of five reports, this annotated bibliography includes a short review of the specific sections in which the bibliographical listings are grouped. The 46 items listed are arranged in the following sections relating to the Job Corps programs: history and need; planning and program descriptions; administration; instruction…

Characteristics of the cooperative approach which give this program advantages of low-cost, high-quality, flexible driver-training accessible to more students are: (1) use of technological teaching aids, permitting large class enrollment; (2) shared operating costs and capital investment among cooperating schools or systems; (3) reduced capital…

This report discusses the background study, and proposed objectives, mode of operation personnel training, staff, assessment, and facilities of a Head Start relocation service for migrant families. Included is a description of the establishment of such a relocation service which provided followup social services activities from one state to…

This teacher's resource book is a guide to three intermediate texts about Eurasia entitled Population Pressure in Indonesia, Problems of Industrialization in Eurasia, and Power Blocs in Eurasia. The texts are part of the series, Man on the Earth, which probes broad-based issues confronting mankind. The resource book distinguishes 18 major concepts…

This study hypothesizes that Chinese, Japanese, and blacks in California earn less at each level of education and age than do whites, and that the situation is not improving. Hypothesized reasons include a lower return on education, exclusion from high earning occupations, nonadvancement within an occupation, and greater unemployment. A basic…

The objectives of this Off-Reservation Indian Health Study were to identify the health problems existing among the off-reservation Indian population and to determine the adequacy of health services delivery to this group. Survey interviews using a structured questionnaire were carried out with the heads of 192 off-reservation Indian families (834…

The undergraduate course evaluated in this Research Report was viewed as experimental because it synthesized two collegiate educational concepts: 1) multidisciplinary context and 2) an accompanying multidisciplinary teaching staff. The objective of the course was to study the complex relationship which exists between race, education and poverty,…

This is a report which describes and evaluates a Summer Day Elementary School (SDES) program conducted in 1969 and involving 153 elementary schools in New York City. For six weeks, 37,502 children from disadvantaged areas attended voluntarily for a half day. Services provided included: (1) reading and arithmetic (Basic Component); (2) enrichment…