A program to improve the education of disadvantaged youth through better training of teacher trainers and teachers is being initiated at the University of Missouri (Columbia). The program consists of four operations: (1) Research and Development, (2) Activation, (3) Dissemination, and (4) Application and Evaluation. Not only is the training of a broad spectrum of personnel involved but also the production of a comprehensive training system complete with software. An edited transcript of an Educational Practitioners Consortium, held as part of the training program, is presented. A bibliography and abstracts of selected literature in the field of education are given. Information, observation, and recommendations are given of the following major beliefs or ideas derived from the abstracts: Teacher Training and Inservice Education; Philosophy and Goals of Education; School Classroom Climate and Organization; School Policies and Administration; Characteristics of the Disadvantaged Child; Compensatory Education; and Methods and Content of Instruction. For related documents, see ED 050 300-304 and ED 050 306. (DB)