The author is extemely critical of long-held concepts concerning poor children. (CK)

This California program has students learn and earn at the same time. (GB)

The librarian must consider how to reach the disadvantaged child through creative nontraditional methods. Most important, there must be a willingness to take the library to the child who cannot venture out of his ghetto, but who needs all the meaningful experiences that trained and dedicated librarians can give him. (MF)

The author, responding to an article in the April 1980 "Educational Leadership" states that he has not found any indication that the Kotter syndrome (from the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter") is a key to educating disadvantaged students. (Author/MLF)

Studied the early literacy practices of a 3-year-old Chinese girl in her family restaurant in an underprivileged community in Canada. The literacy practices indicate that home contexts have a role in shaping emergent literacy. Discusses implications for teaching minority children. (SLD)

The Breakthrough High Schools (BTHS) project involved 25 high schools nationwide, each with a student population of at least 50% under-represented minority students and a minimum of 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. And yet, at least 90% of all their students graduated from high school and were accepted into a…

In the field of school-age care, there are three organizations that have been instrumental in the development of the profession: (1) School-Age "NOTES"; (2) National Institute on Out-of-School Time; and (3) National AfterSchool Association. In recent years many new players have been effective in promoting the field. In this article, the author…

Since the passage of Lyndon Johnson's 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, standards-based testing has become a government initiative and part of a massive educational reform throughout the country. By January 8 2002, President Bush signed "No Child Left Behind" into law as the latest iteration of Johnson's early educational…

Whereas in years past, young people typically made a discrete transition from school to work, two ideal typical routes now characterize the sharing of school and work roles during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. Longitudinal data from the Youth Development Study show that one route involves less intensive employment during high…

This article describes the design and implementation of a program that incorporates a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework for promoting the development of early literacy and language skills among low-income minority children. The early literacy program, called the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence, or EMERGE, combines…

The safest place for children should be their own home and family, but the facts place this assumption in doubt. According to data of Russian statistics, 2,000-2,500 children die every year as a result of domestic violence; about 2 million minor children up to the age of fourteen are beaten by their parents, more than 50,000 children run away from…

Since the introduction of the Coleman Report (1966), the focus on closing the achievement gap has been a critical component of educational policy for political leaders and field research by educators. The economic crisis which California and the nation at large currently face creates a challenging situation in attempting to narrow the gap.…

This report presents findings from the Massachusetts Family Child Care study, a two-year evaluation designed to examine the impacts on providers and children of an early childhood education program aimed at improving the development and learning opportunities in the care settings and, as a consequence, the outcomes for children in care. The early…