This government document contains a compilation of legislation on Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; it also contains the 1966, 1967, and 1970 amendments. In addition, General provisions under Title III of Public Law 81-874 are included. Title I is particularly concerned with financial assistance to local educational…

This social history of public education in Chicago focuses on the problems encountered and the subsequent changes that took place. The transformation of the frontier schools to accommodate industrialization is traced. The unionization and organization of Chicago teachers are shown. The political, racial, and financial problems that now face…

This report offers an objective analysis of persistence, performance, and costs of the Extended Opportunity Services Program for minority and low-income students at Santa Barbara Community College during the fall 1970 semester. The program includes tutorial services, recruiting and special counseling, and direct student financial aid from state…

Contained in the annotated bibliography, which is one in a series of over 50 similar selected bibliographies dealing with exceptional children, both handicapped and gifted, are 101 references concerning disadvantaged youth. Covered are such major topics as cultural and economic disadvantagement, socioeconomic influences, early childhood education,…

The purposes of this paper are: (1) to illustrate the nature of the difficulty when disadvantaged black children are taught reading by conventional methods; (2) to show that the conflict points, specifically, the phonological conflict points, need not be a problem if they are simply disregarded; and (3) to argue that disadvantaged black children…

This report gives information on the employment and educational situation in Colorado and offers the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education the following suggestions for solving various problems: out-reach programs; coordinated programs of work, study, and recruitment; relevant short courses and long term vocational and…

The purpose of this paper is to identify some variations among experimental programs and discuss the manner in which such variations seem to affect a program's success. To accomplish this purpose an in-depth analysis of a few major preschool intervention studies is made in terms of four pertinent variables: (1) Curriculum Model (2) Home…

This report contains both a summary of research and an annotated list of research on the teaching of mathematics to disadvantaged pupils. Particular implications from the research summary are presented and include: (1) the disadvantaged profit from special attention, either from the teacher, the content of the program, the instructional materials,…

There has been much talk in the last 10 years about the responsibility of higher education to help solve the urban crisis, yet little has been done. There are some measures the university can take to alleviate the educational plight of the urban poor, the major one of which is to do what they have traditionally done best: teach. The universities…

The purpose of this paper is to suggest one practical measure for financial aid to disadvantaged college students through an expanded and new involvement in the distribution to student financial aid funds to more students in need. Useful to a discussion of a revamped approach to aid distribution will be a review of who the disadvantaged are, to…

This pamphlet is concerned with the education that the poor and black receive from public schools. In particular, it looks at the practices of the Washington, D.C. public schools and concludes that the system values the education of its middle-class children more highly than the education of the poor. Whatever the indices--money spent, textbooks…

The need for teachers of English to accept speakers of nonstandard dialects of English is stressed. It is the responsibility of these teachers to help their students cope linguistically with all aspects of their lives. With linguistic insights and information and classroom expertise, teachers bring hope to the disadvantaged child. (CK)

This study was designed to compare the listening abilities of inner-city children in the sixth grade. The following variables were examined: reading, intelligence, school achievement, and sex. The STEP, Listening Test was administered to 124 sixth graders. The data for analysis consisted of raw scores from the standardized tests and numerical…

Suggestions for expanding and improving the volunteer participation in all local Head Start programs are provided in this manual. The primary aims of the volunteer programs are to: (1) provide additional staff in all areas of the program, thus increasing the effectiveness of the paid staff; (2) give interested local citizens, including parents of…

Ingredients in a successful community college counseling program are explored, and three exemplary programs are described. The community college counselor must be cognizant of the special needs and problems of minority/disadvantaged students who, generally, come from a poor academic background, need remedial or developmental assistance in language…