This small booklet describes the Winchester Community School in New Haven, Connecticut. It begins by introducing and defining a new term, the "urbanvantaged" child. Winchester is dedicated to the development of this inner city child in a community school. Activities implemented by the school program include: (1) simultaneous kindergarten…

A survey of 185 teachers and administrators in Chicago indicated some differences of opinion on a ruling that teachers must reside in the city. Minorities (blacks and Latinos) and those who lived in the city favored the residency ruling. These responses could be influenced by economic and social concerns. Teachers who lived in the suburbs…

This booklet is a nontechnical summary of an extensive sociological investigation of the Teacher Corps, which was restricted to 10 universities and 42 schools. Data drawn from observation, questionnaires, and interviews with teachers, professors, and interns are used to present a composite picture of the program. The document includes a history of…

These are the forms used by the Project to control the distribution of instructional materials. The resources listed here are intended for use with the 43 social studies units developed by the Project described in SP 007 050 through SP 007 092. They include: books, pictures and study prints, maps and globes, records, filmstrips, games, free…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 10 and 11. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; United States history, geography, and civilization. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is a separate volume of 19 appendixes to Units I and II (SP 007 084 and SP 007 085). It is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: No objectives…

A project will recruit 40 educationally and financially disadvantaged young Negro men, many of them veterans, to prepare them for secondary school English teaching in city schools. Students will be granted probationary college admission and enrolled in special seminars to overcome deficiencies in language and study skills; operating initially on a…

This paper discusses two areas of knowledge that educational professionals must develop to help resolve the crisis in the city and the suburbs. One area concerns key urban economic factors affecting elementary and secondary education. Eight factors are discussed: (a) the flight to suburbia, including some implications of the flight of the middle…

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a teacher's instructional behavior on black high school students' learning of standard English grammatical features. The study also aimed (a) to identify the subjects' deviations from standard English and to select the most socially stigmatizing items, (b) to prepare and evaluate…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP) is a national priority activity under the Education Professions Development Act of 1967. It is aimed directly at improving a career in teaching with special consideration given to Vietnam veterans. The establishment of career ladders and cooperative relationships with related programs and institutions is an…

Because of the enormity of challenges that confront teachers in urban schools, teachers should be finely trained in an intensive educational program. (JD)

The goal of the elementary school guidance program is to develop each child's self-understanding and to enable him to observe and analyze his surroundings with increasing sophistication. Urban schools have built-in obstacles to overcome bureaucracy budgets, more apparent responsibilities, and teacher and administrator uncertainty. (AG)

Article discusses the importance of teacher attitudes and cultural orientation in successfully teaching in an inner city community. (MM)

Educational problems in disadvantaged schools are attributed to students' culturally deprived early childhood social environments, rather than to inadequacies of teachers. (MF)

Several problems in teaching science to the urban child are identified. A systems approach to develop a meaningful science education program for these students is suggested. The proposed systems model of the educational sciences is presented and discussed. The author was the director of the Urban Adult Education Institute in Detroit. (LC)

Urban environmental education focuses on more than the natural environment. The built and social/political/ economic environments also demand constant observation, analysis, and evaluation. Educators should use urban-oriented professionals as sources of information and help. (BW)