Decentralization of school systems to allow local control of the educational process would be costly, although it would reduce many racial tensions. A less costly method of providing more satisfactory educational programs to low economic groups would be to aid them in evaluating their economic status. (CK)

Author concludes that paraprofessionals can be effective in teaching children, and that a participatory educational approach from the bottom up may be much more meaningful than the hierarchical downward oriented bureaucracy. (Author/MB)

Panel discussion by Dean K. Whitla, Marcelino S. Crudo, Harold V. Martin, and Frank S. Satterwhite, focusing on tests, which while not biased, do serve to eliminate many potential college candidates, necessitating special assistance along with enlightened admissions policies in order to give them expanded educational opportunities. (CJ)

Describes the problems in teaching children of deprived backgrounds. (Editor)

Asserting that language enrichment programs are often weakened by the assumption that standard English is necessary for the development of abstract thought, the author discusses problems of educational planning and policy with regard to low-income youth and specifies four areas in which further research must be carried out. (FWB)

Reviews and evaluates documents processed prior to Fall 1969 by the Educational Resources Information Center pertinent to "the manner in which nonstandard dialects differ from standard English"; a preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Author/SW)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

Problems of research design and the formulation of concepts are presented as methodological criticisms of Arthur Jensen's article: "How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? Harvard Educational Review, (Winter, 1969). A related article is EJ 006 296. (MF)