Schools which have many children who, because of the environment in which they grow up, find it difficult to keep pace and therefore often get left behind, are now being given a boost. Extra attention and, if necessary, extra money will be given to the schools where these children are in the majority. An interdepartmental Educational Development Steering Group is responsible for organizing activities and insuring that policy is carried out. A start was made in 1974 on implementing the policy and building on on-going activities. The result of this in the school year 1976-1977 will be that 1400 to 1500 primary schools from a total of 8500 primary schools, and 400 nursery schools from a total of 7300 nursery schools will have extra full-time or part-time teachers. More than half of these schools with extra teachers (priority schools) are supported by the school support centers. The 18 support centers involved in this work were allocated 32 extra members of staff--mainly to set up, work out, and implement the development packages. Five regions, the town of Groningen, the eastern mining region in the province of Limburg, southeast Drenthe, Helmond, and the Hague, have already been designated as development project areas. (Author)