The physical, chemical, and physiological development of the brain and consequent behavior in all species of higher animals evolves from the continuous interaction of genetic and numerous environmental factors. Among the latter are nutritional, disease, psychological, learning, and cultural variables. Of these, nutrition is concerned directly with…

A sample of 1010 low-wage workers in Detroit (stratified by sex and welfare status) were interviewed in 1969. Data were collected on background characteristics, labor market experiences, and work career histories. The data relate to sexism as an important determinant of income in low-wage groups (women earn less and have lower status jobs),…

Project Reach introduced into twelve elementary schools a series of reading strategies designed to provide intensive reading skills development for referred first through third grade pupils during the 1971-72 school year. Involving diagnosis of reading difficulty and prescriptive teaching, the program aimed at returning the child to his peer group…

The primary goal of the Regents in their bilingual education program is to provide equal educational opportunity for non-English-speaking children through activities capitalizing on their proficiency in their native language and developing competency in English. Two complementary goals are inherent: (1) a vitally needed national resource, the…

This research was conducted within a one-year compensatory or basic studies program for college freshmen at Tarrant County Junior College, South Campus, Fort Worth, Texas. Students enrolled in the same reading course served as tutors and tutees in the classroom. The peer tutors were second-semester students and the tutees were first-semester…

This report is one of four describing a project which investigated the impact of Head Start parent participation on the program's quality, on institutional changes in the community, on the Head Start children, and on the Head Start parents themselves. Two types of parent participation were investigated: (1) parents in decision-making roles, and…

This report summarizes the projects, recent studies, and studies in the planning stages for 1967-69 at the Henrietta Szold Institute. The Institute has been involved in coordinating research in the field of human behavior with special emphasis on children, advising the Israeli government, and stimulating activities in community development.…

Improving the lot of those who are the least productive can be approached in two ways. The first is to make the secondary jobs more desirable by increasing the pay rate and improving the working conditions and opportunities for promotion. The second approach concentrates on improving the employability of these individuals by moving them up on the…

Recommendations are included for area vocational-technical schools covering aspects of administration, curriculum, instruction, student factors, advisory committees, and physical plant. Other recommendations on the outcomes of the 1970 vocational education objectives include programs for the areas of secondary school, post-secondary, adult,…

The research and evaluation literature of several Federal Manpower training programs and the Federal-State Vocational Rehabilitation program was reviewed to determine effectiveness in reducing economic dependency among welfare recipients. Emphasis was on the Vocational Rehabilitation programs used for comparison. Significant findings are…

The lack of representation of minority group members in social work education and the profession has been a salient issue in recent years. A project designed to alleviate this lack and to develop social work curriculum relevant to the minority community and minority group experiences stemmed from the creation of a Consortium of Texas schools of…

Black survival cannot be fully understood within the context of social systems and institutions, for blacks could never rely upon them, and probably would not have survived had they chosen to do so. Part of the misunderstanding of Afro-American scholars in their interpretations of black culture has been due to their focusing on institutions and…

Learning problems of 392,317 students in Texas were diagnosed as being severe enough to require special treatment under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I Regular, during the 1972-73 school year. This number, 14 percent of the 2.8 million students enrolled in public schools in Texas, represented a concentrated effort to…

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether or not there were differences in selected aspects of work commitment among rural low income adults who were employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Specific objectives of this doctoral thesis were: (1) to determine the social and economic characteristics of rural low income…

This bibliography has been compiled to alert educators to parent education documents found in the ERIC microfiche collection and in journal literature. Abstracts of selected documents have been taken from "Research in Education (RIE)", and journal article citations from the "Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)". Included are published…