The research for this paper was concentrated in a poor barrio in Bogota, Columbia. The Paper discussed learning in a poor urban community using the ethnographic example of a small community to illustrate the larger socio-political impact of the implication of the United States' policy and position for Colombia. The account is considered to be…

This paper proposes measures for policy implementation to meet the educational needs of minority group children from "New Commonwealth" (newly independent) countries residing in England. An admission of the importance of education of these children, the need for more resources to be made available to them, and the extent to which these…

Questions raised by previous research on poverty, addressing the comparative trends in black and white family stability, and the cumulative nature of poverty linked characteristics are studied here. In addressing critical issues resulting from previous research, this study further elucidates the concepts of marital and family stability, uses the…

This study examines the attitudes and opinions of Pontiac, Michigan school administrators after their schools have undergone approximately nine months of court ordered desegregation. Specifically, it investigates from the school principal's point of view the effects of desegregation upon total school operation, the general attitudes of principals…

A study of 13 disadvantaged first grade students enrolled in a 4-year remedial education program was conducted to determine program effectiveness in terms of academic skill and self-concept improvement. A model was developed which used the learning center approach within classroom boundaries, and involved a psychologist, a reading teacher,…

This document, the first volume of the Congress of Italian-American Organizations Handbook, includes in addition to the normal perspective a handbook takes of the organization that it portrays, summaries of many of the statistics that have made CIAO's convictions possible and strong during the 1974 fiscal year. It begins with a review of…

The question of how educational failures lead to or contribute to occupational disability was studied in a youthful Puerto Rican population in an economically poor neighborhood and school district of Chicago. Anthropological field research techniques, supplemented by scheduled interviews and questionnaires, were used to collect qualitative and…

This book is primarily about the problems of preparing teachers for assignments to schools in low-income neighborhoods and is based on an extensive case study of a specific attempt to deal with these problems. Chapter 1 introduces some basic issues in the training of teachers for assignment to schools in low-income neighborhoods. Chapter 2…

The similar structure of present-day North American cities makes it impossible to study urban poverty as anything other than a concomitant of the possession of certain demographic characteristics the penalty for which is imposed on a society-wide level. By shifting our focus, however, to incorporate both Latin American cities and North American…

The Anglo-American Conference on Education for the Less Privileged was held recently in Oxfordshire, England. Fourteen representatives from the United States met with 11 British conferees. The purpose of the conference was to examine the present character and availability of education (preprimary to 18 years), including vocational and technical…

This publication is designed as a briefing for personnel working at all levels in agency programs focused on serving the disadvantaged section of the urban community. Described principally are: the productive activities of counselors staffing these programs and the supervisory rationale stated. A counseling program designed to meet the needs of…

A junior high school orientation program was conducted from June 1 to August 1, 1967 for 270 students scheduled to enter 2 public junior high schools in St. Cloud, Minnesota from 21 rural public and parochial schools. The major purpose of the project was to ease the transition problems for nonresident students and their families caused by the…

This report deals with the aid to local school systems with high concentrations of children from low-income families, but excludes treatment of two other categories of financial assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I--aid to children of migrant workers and American Indian children attending schools operated by the…

Project BIG (Black Image Growth) was designed as an attempt to build self-pride in black fourth grade children through the inclusion of black Indiana history in their curriculum. Commercially available materials could not be used since few of the project children possessed the necessary reading skills. An attempt was made to create a variety of…

This document is one of a series about the conditions of blacks and other minorities in Houston, Texas. Statistics are presented on selected characteristics of minority persons in Houston and parts of Harris County. This document is designed to provide data in an organized and systematic way by bringing together in one convenient source…