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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of April 25 and 26, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). Appendices contain questions submitted to witnesses…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1975
This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of June 19, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). (SB)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1975
This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of June 20, and July 15, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications, communications, resolutions and responses). (SB)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Banks, Rita, Ed.; And Others – 1969
The activities of the first five years of New York City's Welfare Education Program are summarized. Operation Second Chance and Mothers at School, the two parts of WEP, provide 194 basic education classes, with a combined enrollment of 4,000. The program is intended to give welfare recipients the basic skills and self-confidence they need to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Tefft, Virginia J. – 1969
Cultural and language barriers, particularly among Indian and Spanish American students, face 40% of New Mexico's school age children. This often forces them to become disadvantaged as they progress through the public schools. The present 1968-69 study has devised guides for teaching physical education while giving second language practice in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth, Discovery Learning
Freeberg, Norman E. – 1968
This study represents an initial phase in the development and application of a battery of measures for research and evaluation with disadvantaged adolescents in a youth-work training program. The paper-and-pencil instruments devised attempt to compensate for deficiencies in currently available tests by shaping content, format and administration to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Attitudes
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1971
These invitational papers submitted by ETS staff members to the Select Education Subcommittee discuss various aspects of educational change and improvement, planning and evaluation. Papers include: "Open Education: Changing Schools for Children," (Edward A. Chittenden); "Planning for New Students to Higher Education in the 70's," (K. Patricia…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission, College Students
Green, Donald Ross – 1971
To determine if tryout samples typically used for item selection contribute to test bias against minority groups, item analyses were made of the California Achievement Tests using seven subgroups of the standardization sample: Northern White Suburban, Northern Black Urban, Southern White Suburban, Southern Black Rural, Southern White Rural,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
LaRoe, Margaret E. – 1971
A survey of Florida's history comprises this quinmester general social studies course for grades seven through nine. The primary aim is to give students skills and knowledge necessary to understand issues and take part in their resolution, thereby helping students to prepare for effective citizenship in their own state. Objectives of the course…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides
Massey, Grace C.; Darnbusch, Sanford M. – 1976
The relationship between attribution processes and academic self-concept is studied among students from four ethnic groups in inner-city high schools, and an explanation as to why low achieving minority students do not report low academic self-concepts is sought in this paper. Questionnaires eliciting self-conceptions and responses to hypothetical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Asian Americans, Attribution Theory
Wilber, George L.; Hagan, Robert J. – 1975
Data are presented on the employment inequalities among color-ethnic minorities in major regions and metropolitan areas in the U.S. Achievements of minorities are summarized in brief profiles of each of eight ethnic minorities. Emphasis is placed on their labor force participation, employment, occupational achievement, mobility, weeks worked, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis
B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League.
This resource guide provides a model unit in American history with ethnic content and a multiethnic perspective. The main focus is on the experience of blacks, Jews, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Italian Americans, Asian Americans, and native Americans from 1880 to 1920. Four themes characteristic of the period are studied: immigration and minority…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Behavioral Sciences, Blacks
Illinois State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Springfield. – 1976
This handbook, written in both Spanish and English, is intended to assist parents and relatives of public school children in becoming active and well-informed participants in bilingual-bicultural education. The handbook attempts to do this in four ways: (1) by giving parents a clearer understanding of this educational approach; (2) by suggesting…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students
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Perales, Cesar A. – Journal of State Government, 1988
Poverty, violence, illegal drugs, and despair dominate the lives of many inner-city children, most of whom are Black and Hispanic. To reverse the social and economic decline of poor neighborhoods in major metropolitan areas, the State of New York has embraced an agenda, outlined here, for rebuilding high-need inner-city communities. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Youth, Blacks, Child Welfare
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"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) It's Education, Stupid: Greenspan Stresses the Importance of Education to Improving Job Prospects, Incomes, and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Policy, Social Promotion, Living Standards
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