A study designed to identify specific reading skill development among children generally described as disadvantaged is reported. In October 1966 1,057 children in grades 3 through 6 from two New Orleans elementary schools were tested in intact classroom groups using the reading subtest of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), the Silent Reading…

A conference on rehabilitating the culturally disadvantaged was held at Mankato College in 1967. The purposes were to provide the trainees (1) the essential information relative to the characteristics and problems of, as well as the methods for, rehabilitating the culturally deprived; (2) an opportunity to cooperatively develop criteria for…

Counselors must be sensitized to the perspectives of minority youth and parents and have an understanding of their aspirations, needs and fears. These perspectives should include: (1) a broader background in social psychology, (2) an understanding of one's own attitudes and sensitivity training. (3) a greater understanding of the cultural…

The joint training of professionals and non-professionals to work together as a team has received heavy emphasis in two projects: (1) Project ENABLE (Education for Neighborhood Action for Better Living Environment), and (2) the Child Study Association, Project Head Start Training Program for Parent Participation. The objectives in working with…

Operation Retrieval is a research project designed by the Department of Labor to review and assess the experiences of 55 experimental and demonstration projects for disadvantaged youth conducted during the period 1963-65, and to assess the impact of strategies in job placement, job creation, and job development. Job placement and development units…

Youth Tutoring Youth is an after school (or summer) tutorial program in which 14 and 15 year old In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees earn money by helping younger children enjoy reading, writing and other skills of expression. The program involves community members as supervisors, aides, tutors and tutees. This manual is divided into two…

The University of Georgia was awarded the distinguished achievement award for its development and implementation of an inservice program in mathematics for elementary teachers. Recognition awards were given to (1) Oregon College of Education for its Program in Elementary Teacher Preparation designed to cope with the problems of repetition of…

The dominant images that have characterized periods - "intellectualism" of the '30s, purposefulness of the '40s, "apathy" of the '50s, and "idealism" of the '60s - represent population rather than value changes. It may be generally assumed that students come to college believing, to various degrees, that college is a…

This report presents an analysis of data used to evaluate Project CHILD (Curriculum to Heighten Intellectual and Language Development). The curriculum was designed for use with disadvantaged preschool children and was field tested in two schools in central Harlem, New York City. The objectives and methods of the curriculum, as well as background…

Published prior to the 1970 implementation of a Paterson, New Jersey, Title III early childhood program for 120 pre-kindergarten and 120 kindergarten aged disadvantaged children, the bulletin describes the school and student population, the evaluation procedure, differences between experimental and control groups, results of pretesting, the eight…

Described is an on-going 1970-71 urban early childhood education project serving 120 pre-kindergarten and 120 kindergarten culturally disadvantaged children in Paterson, New Jersey. Discussed are the program rationale based on the importance of preschool experience and the need for a model demonstration project. Purposes of the special project are…

Described is the third year of a Paterson, New Jersey, urban early childhood education project for disadvantaged children; and summarized are achievement data on entering third level (grade) children in 10 performance areas. Noted are revision and reordering of performance objectives, development of summary sheets for recording each child's…

Presented are approximately 75 reports from communities, states, and regions on activities stressed during the second National Action for Foster Children Week during April 1973. Described are functions of a national volunteer coordinating committee whose main purpose is seen to be stimulating formation of state andlocal Action committees to work…

A number of schemes have been devised in developing countries in recent years to provide both training and employment for out-of-school unemployed youth. There is a wide variety of views about the efficacy of such schemes, which are often regarded as being particularly costly. Although the real and opportunity costs of youth training and…

The full texts of invitational addresses given at the 1965 International Reading Association (IRA) Convention in Detroit, Michigan, by six recipients of IRA citation awards are presented. Gates suggests steps IRA should take to revive and redirect reading research. McCallister discusses the implications of the changing and expanding vocabulary of…