In its initial years of operation the College Discovery Program (CDP) has demonstrated the feasibility of providing higher education at the university level to underprivileged and educationally deprived youths. Minority group enrollment constituted approximately four-fifths of the total population of CDP students, while fewer than one-fifth of the…

This manual contains reprints of speeches and discussions held at a ten-day summer institute in West Virginia on the common problems involved in moving from a segregated to an integrated educational system. Issues discussed were: the role of the teacher, local leadership and community organizations, educator attitudes and approaches best suited to…

This report is concerned with Title I of ESEA, the Federal funding provisions most directly concerned with disadvantaged pupils. Pursuant to the Congressional directive, the Commissioner authorized a number of studies including nationwide surveys of educational activities financed with funds drawn from ESEA Title I. One survey of public elementary…

This report of an academic day camp program for disadvantaged inner-city children includes a description of the program as well as an evaluation based on staff recommendations and standardized test scores. The program provides an all-day experience with an individualized approach to improvement in reading and mathematics skills; in the afternoon,…

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…

The Plus Program was designed to provide a maximum amount of remedial work in reading and mathematics for disadvantaged youth in grades 1-8. About 75 percent of the project pupils were black, 20 percent white, and 5 percent Puerto Rican. Specially trained teachers worked with small groups of students in programs designed to be corrective and…

Upward Bound was a precollege program geared for high school students with potential who had been handicapped by economic, cultural, and educational deprivation. It involved a full-time summer program and follow-up programs (counseling, cultural activities, and physical education) during the academic year. Students stayed in the program for three…

This PROJECT DESIGN report, funded under ESEA Title III, assesses the special learner needs of Negro students and adults. Interviews were conducted with Negro residents of West Fresno as to the educational needs of the Negro population. The interviews focused on the day-to-day operation of the school system in relation to the following societal…

This paper reports part of a longitudinal study to assess the psycholinguistic abilities of rural children given various educational opportunities. Twenty-two kindergartens were established, each with a teacher and a teacher aide. Prior to the opening of school, the staff was exposed to a six-week intensive training session. An inservice training…

Evaluated is the third year of an Elementary Basic Skills Program in Baltimore, Maryland, public schools, a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The aims of this compensatory and enrichment effort are discussed and the components of the project are described. Findings are presented separately for the 1967-68…

This four-section report is an evaluation of educational programs in the state of Connecticut. The major achievements listed as made possible are: 30 programs for children of preschool age, 80 additional summer programs for deprived youth, special instructions in basic skills for the latter children, increased special language assistance for…

Speeches given at this conference cover the following areas: trends in implementation and funding status of Title I and Title II programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; problems of designing programs for the urban disadvantaged (recruitment, curriculum development, staff selection, and supportive counseling); the cultures of rural…

More carefully controlled research distinguishing more facets which may influence cognitive and social performance in young children is considered necessary before Head Start or any preschool program can be adequately assessed. Shortcomings in evaluation methodology discussed are as follows: evaluation research has not addressed itself to program…

Information included in this report consists of a breakdown of fund allocations to local and state institutions whose programs aimed at the following areas: compensatory education, handicapped children, American Indian children, migrant children, delinquent children, and neglected children. Charts show the number of children by grades…

In this evaluation report, special attention is given to Elementary and Secondary Education Title I activities conducted by local educational agencies in the major urban areas of New York State, and to those conducted by the New York City Board of Education and its decentralized districts. The nine-part report, which presents specific data…