THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF LEARNING HOW TO EQUALIZE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED CHILD HAS SEVERAL FACETS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL APPROACHES TO ITS SOLUTION. THE COMPOSITION OF THE CONFERENCE, THE DESIGN OF THE CONFERENCE, AND AN ASSESSMENT OF CONFERENCE OUTCOMES CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM ARE GIVEN. PAPERS AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS ARE INCLUDED, COVERING AN ARRAY OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE GENERAL PROBLEM. ARTICLES INCLUDED ARE "THE ENLARGING FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL WITH RESPECT TO THE DISADVANTAGED,""EDUCATING INTELLIGENCE--A STUDY IN THE PREVENTION OF MENTAL RETARDATION,""THE YOUTH CULTURE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE SOCIALIZATION COMMUNITY,""SOME RESEARCH FINDINGS OF THE NATIONAL PRINCIPALSHIP STUDY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHANGE,""TEACHING STRATEGIES,""PROPOSALS FOR THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOR WORK WITH INNER-CITY SITUATIONS," AND "ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATION AND RESEARCH DESIGNS FOR INNER-CITY PROGRAMS." ALSO INCLUDED ARE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND OUTCOMES CONCERNING THE PROBLEMS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. SUMMARIES OF DISCUSSION OF THE ATLANTIC TEAM, THE BOSTON TEAM, THE CINCINNATI TEAM, THE DETROIT TEAM, THE LOS ANGELES TEAM AND OUTCOMES OF THE JULY CONFERENCE, ARE GIVEN. IN 1964 A FOLLOWUP COMMITTEE TO THE JULY CONFERENCE MET TO DEVELOP FOLLOWUP WORK IN TRAINING, CONSULTATION AND RESEARCH. PROPOSED EXPERIMENTATION WITH TRAINING AND CONSULTATION FOR PERSONS WHO WORK WITH EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN INTER-CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS SUGGESTED. A DIAGRAM IS INCLUDED, DIAGRAMING THE PROPOSED EXPERIMENTATION. THE PROBLEM, THE OBJECTIVES, METHODS AND ORGANIZATION, A PROPOSAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLANNING, DEVELOPMENTAL AND TRAIL-RUN PHASE OF THE LARGER PROBLEM ARE OUTLINED.