One in a series of four guides developed for use by parents of children enrolled in a Title I reading improvement program, this booklet provides learning activities and suggestions for improving the reading abilities and skills of junior high/middle school children. The areas covered are homework, reading comprehension, word study skills, word…

This report presents required state and federal information and administrative and procedural information related to Kansas school food service programs. These programs include the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Child Care Food Program, the Special Milk Program, and the Nutrition Education Program, and training…

This paper is a compilation of summaries and comments made at this conference on disadvantaged young children. The discussions presented are centered around a number of educational issues. These include the importance and relevance of a child's environment on his academic success, attitudes concerning the proper way to educate children, the role…

The result of a study on adult literacy undertaken by World Education, this book places the educational problem of adult literacy into the larger context of a changing society and offers a fresh perspective and a new way of thinking about the phenomenon. After defining functional literacy as the possession of skills perceived by particular persons…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS EVALUATIONS OF 1965-66 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TITLE I PROJECTS IN THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE PROJECTS EITHER OFFERED ENRICHMENT AND REMEDIATION AT THE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, OR ADULT LEVEL OR ESTABLISHED SUMMER SCHOOLS OR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS. EACH EVALUATION CONTAINS A PROJECT NARRATIVE AND A…

IN 1962, 43 FIRST-GRADE NEGRO CHILDREN IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL WERE ENROLLED IN A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. TEACHERS VISITED PUPILS' HOMES, LEARNED THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND DEVELOPED CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. THE PUPILS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND LEARNED LANGUAGE SKILLS. THEY WERE TAUGHT IN "FLUID" GROUPS,…

EMPHASIS IN THIS CONFERENCE WAS ON THE MARGINAL OR LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS ADMITTED TO OPEN-DOOR COLLEGES. THE FIRST SPEAKER DISCUSSED THE ACHIEVEMENT POTENTIAL OF THE MARGINALLY PREPARED, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WITH STRESS ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND FAMILY FACTORS ON THE MOTIVATION OF SUCH STUDENTS. PROBLEMS OF REMEDIAL AND…

ANGLO, NEGRO, AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE STUDIED TO INVESTIGATE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WHICH EXIST BETWEEN THE SELF-CONCEPT OF THE LOW-INCOME, CULTURALLY DIFFERENT CHILD AND CERTAIN ORGANISMIC (RACE, SEX, FAMILY SIZE, BIRTH ORDER, GRADE LEVEL) AND BEHAVIORAL (ACHIEVEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE TEST RESULTS) VARIABLES. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY…

INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE PROGRESS REPORTS FROM THE OFFICE OF URBAN AFFAIRS ON (1) PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER TITLES II-A AND I-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT (ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT EDUCATION, AND YOUTH SERVICES), (2) ACTIVITIES OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS UNIT, (3) INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP), A MULTIFACETED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. SUPPORTED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY EIP INCLUDE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY, AIMED AT…

FIFTY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM 33 TO 56 MONTHS, PARTICIPATED IN A 7-MONTH PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL SKILLS. THE ILLINOIS TEST OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (FORM A), AND THE VANCE LANGUAGE SKILLS TEST MEASURED THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT IN…

The following five characteristics of successful reading projects for the disadvantaged are discussed as a basis for appraising ESEA/Title I programs: (1) a child need-centered emphasis, (2) provision for teacher education, (3) use of multidisciplinary and paraprofessional personnel, (4) parent involvement, and (5) evaluation procedures. Current…

A SUMMER PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AT COLGATE UNIVERSITY (1) TO MOTIVATE ADOLESCENT MALE DROPOUTS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) TO ENCOURAGE IN THEM MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD ART AND SOCIETY. THE PROGRAM CENTERED AROUND AN ART CLASS SINCE ART WAS AN AREA ABOUT WHICH STUDENTS HAD EXPERIENCED THE LEAST FRUSTRATION AND FAILURE. STUDENTS…

INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THE RATIONALE AND OUTLINE OF THE "LINGUA PLAN," A BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE STAFF OF THE GALTON INSTITUTE TO IMPROVE THE PRIMARY EDUCATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN WHO ENTER KINDERGARTEN WITH LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH. THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF PROJECT LINGUA IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER (1)…

IN THREE SUCCESSIVE SEMESTERS (SPRING 1965, FALL 1965, AND SPRING 1966) MERRITT COLLEGE ENTERING FRESHMEN WHOSE LOW TEST SCORES INDICATED PROBABLE LACK OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE WORK WERE OFFERED BLOCK PROGRAMS OF CLASSES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM GAIN INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE REGARDING THEIR SELF IMAGE, THEIR VALUES, AND THEIR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.…