Explores the basic characteristics of the slum school as a social institution, and examines the relevance of sociological categories for institution building in education. (JF)

An art teacher at an inner city elementary school has found that his young students are eager to join his after-school art club and to tackle the difficult processes of etching and printmaking. This article describes the program's printmaking procedures and facilities. (SJL)

This paper assesses the relative importance of deprivation and social integration factors in accounting for neighborhood differences in feelings of powerlessness. (Author/RLV)

For long now, the urban child has been considered to be more likely than his/her rural counterpart in being able to realize the dream of fully participating in school. This observation has mainly been attributed to what is commonly known as the "urban advantage." This "urban advantage" is associated with increased access to…

DO CHILDREN RAISED IN ENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LATER DEFICITS IN PSYCHOMETRIC INTELLIGENCE SHOW ANY DEFICITS DURING INFANCY AND, IF SO, WHEN DO SUCH DEFICITS APPEAR AND WHAT ABILITIES ARE AFFECTED. ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FIFTY-ONE SLUM INFANTS AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 51 NON-SLUM INFANTS…

THE DEFINITION OF "CULTURALLY ALIENATED" INCLUDED THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE MORE RECENT IMMIGRANTS TO THE LARGE URBAN CENTERS, SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO WERE THE AMERICAN NEGRO, THE PUERTO RICAN, THE MEXICAN AND THE SOUTHERN WHITE. THESE PEOPLE WERE LOWEST IN EMPLOYMENT INCOME, FORMAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, THEY WERE ALSO LOWEST IN…

RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN DEPRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE URBAN NORTH WERE COMPARED WITH RELATIVELY AVERAGE AND FAILING PUPILS FROM IDENTICAL SETTINGS. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ILLUMINATE THE INTERPLAY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, FAMILIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE EDUCATION OF…

ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 294 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN 16 SCHOOLS SERVING DISADVANTAGED PUPILS, HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER IS PROMPTED BY THE "PECULIARITIES" OF THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT, BY ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE SCHOOLS, AND BY THE TEACHERS' OWN SHORTCOMINGS. TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TURNOVER, FOUR EDUCATIONAL…

DISCUSSED ARE THE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR PHILADELPHIA'S INNER-CITY SCHOOLS AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM THE VARIOUS TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS WHICH USE THE SCHOOLS AS A LABORATORY. METHODS COURSES AND STUDENT TEACHING TAKE PLACE IN GHETTO SCHOOLS AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS. ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF…

A study was made to test the feasibility of a small college (located some distance from a city) establishing a residence unit within a slum or transitional area of a city. The purposes of such a program, in which students and faculty live in the city while continuing their normal course work, would be to: (1) enhance the curriculum by broadening…

This teacher guide was developed to assist teachers of elementary children in their preparation to teach some lessons on rat control. The overall objectives include determining the level of student understanding about rats, developing student attitudes toward rats, developing the student's ability to identify the rat's weapons, identifying those…

This project used six environmental variables identified by Dave (1963) and Wolf (1964) and three additional variables (identification with models, range of social interaction, and perception of practical value of education) to predict academic achievement in six-year-old Mexican-American children from an economically depressed area. The children…

A review essay focusing on two recent books, The Politics of Neglect: Urban Aid from Model Cities to Revenue Sharing, by Bernard J. Frieden and Marshall Kaplan (The MIT Press), and Between the Idea and the Reality: A Study in the Origin, Fate, and Legacy of the Model Cities Program, by Charles M. Haar (Little, Brown). (JM)