Out-of-school time (OST) programs represent a vital opportunity and resource for learning and development for children and youth. Given the potential of city-level OST initiatives to support participation, and against the national backdrop of inequitable access to quality OST programs for older youth from disadvantaged communities, The Wallace…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Education Secretary Outlines Obama Education Agenda: In Appearance Before House Committee, Duncan Stresses Reform…

The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is a school voucher initiative targeted to disadvantaged students in the US Capital. Vouchers worth up to $7,500 annually are awarded by lottery to students with family incomes near or below the federal poverty line. Students can then use their voucher at any of 60 participating…

NEWS ITEMS AND SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BROADCASTERS ARE PRESENTED. TITLES INCLUDE--"SCHOOL DROPOUTS--A MILLION DROPOUTS IN 1963,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--SUMMER'S HARVEST,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--GUIDANCE IS CHEAPER,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--IMPORTANT FACTS,""SCHOOL…

SUGGESTIONS FOR STRATEGIES TO WIN THE WAR ON POVERTY ARE BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT POVERTY IS, HOW IT IS TO BE FOUGHT, AND THE MEANING OF LOSING THE WAR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY, FOR INDIVIDUALS DIFFER IN THEIR VALUES AND THEIR IDEAS OF NEED. SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATES OF NEED DEPEND ON WHETHER THE ESTIMATOR IS RICH OR POOR,…

ANNOTATIONS ON BOOKS ABOUT DISADVANTAGED YOUTH ARE GIVEN. INCLUDED ARE SUCH SUBJECTS AS PUERTO RICAN LINGUAL AND NONLINGUAL MEASURES, APPROACHES TO COMBAT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE URBAN PROBLEMS OF NEGROES SETTLING OUTSIDE THE SOUTH, THE SCHOOLS' OBLIGATIONS AND SERVICES TO MEET THE PROBLEMS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, CULTURALLY DEPRIVED NEGROES,…

Eleven papers describe and evaluate state and city programs which appear to have been successful in helping the educationally disadvantaged realize their potential. To pinpoint possible factors which hinder achievement, the papers also identify some of the characteristics of these students and their homes and communities. (NH)

THE PLAN FOR THE SYMPOSIUM WAS DEVELOPED AFTER DISCUSSIONS TO DETERMINE AREAS OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD AID ALL TUTORS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER LARGE SCALE TRAINING WAS FEASIBLE OR ADVISABLE, AND TO DETERMINE HOW THE SYMPOSIUM COULD SERVE AS A PILOT FOR FUTURE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION BY THE OFFICE OF TUTORING SERVICES. THE SYMPOSIUM WAS DEVOTED TO…

THESE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE WHICH EXPLORED THE POSSIBLE USE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I FUNDS FOR THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN CONTAIN OUTLINES FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS AND THE TEXTS OF THE CONFERENCE PAPERS. THE CONFEREES, LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, DEVELOPED 24 OUTLINES FOR PROJECTS FOR…

This pamphlet is concerned with the education that the poor and black receive from public schools. In particular, it looks at the practices of the Washington, D.C. public schools and concludes that the system values the education of its middle-class children more highly than the education of the poor. Whatever the indices--money spent, textbooks…

VARIOUS PERFORMANCE PATTERNS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF EARLY LIMITED FAILURE LEADS TO GENERALIZED FAILURE IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. THE SUBJECTS, 258 DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN FROM FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN IOWA, HAD ONE OR MORE SCORES ON THE IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS (ITBS) AT OR BELOW THE 33D PERCENTILE ON NATIONAL NORMS. THEIR PERFORMANCES ON…

MUCH OF THE BLAME FOR THE CONDITION OF NEGROES AND OTHERS IN LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IS LAID UPON THE EDUCATORS IN THE NORTH WHO HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY DEPRIVED NEGROES OF EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IF THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED MASSES ARE TO BE KEPT FROM MULTIPLYING BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO CARE…

IN GRADE 9, ANCIENT HISTORY IS STUDIED DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER, FOLLOWED BY MEDIEVAL HISTORY THE SECOND SEMESTER. IT IS HOPED THAT MOST STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR HISTORY STUDY IN THE 10TH GRADE WITH MODERN HISTORY, BASED UPON THE CULTURAL CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN THE 9TH GRADE. GEOGRAPHY AND CIVICS ARE OFFERED AS ONE-SEMESTER ELECTIVES IN 9TH…

THREE MAJOR QUESTIONS ARE RAISED--(1) WHAT IS MEANT BY POVERTY AND TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF POVERTY DEPEND ON THE SORT OF MEASURING ROD USED. (2) HOW MANY AND WHAT PROPORTION OF THE NATION'S CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP IN POVERTY. AND (3) WHERE, GEOGRAPHICALLY AND SOCIALLY, ARE THESE CHILDREN OF THE POOR TO BE FOUND. POVERTY IS…