IN CALIFORNIA, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT IS TWO YEARS BEHIND THE NEGRO STUDENT AND THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEHIND THE ANGLO-AMERICAN IN SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. SINCE HE REPRESENTS TWO DISTINCT AND OFTEN DIVERGENT CULTURES, ENGLISH-SPEAKING, MIDDLE-CLASS ORIENTED SCHOOLS MAKE ASSIMILATION VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. A HEAD START AND A FOLLOW THROUGH…

A SUMMER SCHOOL AND CHILD CARE CENTER WAS OPERATED BY CHICO STATE COLLEGE AT A FARM LABOR CAMP IN GRIDLEY, CALIFORNIA. THE SUMMER SCHOOL WAS TAUGHT BY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND OFFERED CLASSES AT ALL LEVELS. THESE CLASSES, WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF 68.15, SOUGHT A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE AMOUNG THE MIGRANT CHILDREN BY RELATING TO THEM ON AN…

This publication describes what approximately 100 groups around the country are doing with regard to food, housing, energy, and health to beat inflation on the neighborhood level. The book is intended as a resource for citizens wishing to take the kind of consumer action that will save them and their neighbors money. Some of the programs featured…

This manual is intended as a resource document for those who train others about homebound individuals and the services available to them. Subjects addressed include (1) identification of homebound persons; (2) legislation and the severely handicapped (covering comprehensive services, centers for independent living, services for the older blind,…

This examines an exemplary project of community arbitration, a juvenile justice alternative. Essential elements of this project are described and include: (1) prompt case processing, (2) court-like setting, (3) involvement of victims, (4) assurance of due process, (5) use of community resources, and (6) constructive dispositions. Facets of CAP…

This training model and accompanying a handbook (see related note) are based on the University of Georgia Rural Women Project, a two-year leadership training project which tested the model in Morgan County, Georgia, and had some success in developing effective community problem solving with the rural black community in that county. The following…

This catalog of career education ideas and resources was developed to communicate the results of 1977 projects funded by the Office of Career Education. Ideas are grouped in four major sections: (1) Classroom--with an emphasis on career awareness activities, infusion, and non-discriminatory attitudes toward the handicapped; (2) Community…

The techniques for data collection and storage using files and punch cards which are described are used by the computerized community skills exchange, A Person To Person Living Exchange (APPLE), in Portland, Oregon. Clients complete questionnaires that register up to seven skill-areas in which they seek help, or where they could provide service to…

This manual is intended to help citizen groups set up their own on-the-job training activities, tailored to their own individual needs, issues, learning styles, and experiences. Specifically, it discusses building the effectiveness of citizen groups through training for citizen involvement. Chapters are written chronologically, from the first step…

The described learning modules are designed for use of inservice teachers and graduate students at all grade levels who are interested in sociological aspects of education. The primary focus is on creating awareness and understanding of prevalent attitudes, goals, and aspirations in urban communities. The scope and sequencing of topics in the…

Demographers estimate the US population will zoom to 320 million by the year 2000, 85% of whom will concentrate in some 200 metropolitan areas. Large segments of the population already live in the cities, which suffer from problems that provide interested urban universities with opportunities for meaningful urban studies and programs. It is…

This handbook on teacher recruitment makes suggestions for school systems to follow in all facets of recruiting. Changes in school age population, school program requirements, and teacher turnover are analyzed in a discussion of how to estimate teacher needs. Since recruitment materials are essential in attracting prospective applicants, the…

Citizens of Brown County, Wisconsin participated in planning for Total Resource Development, led by professional extension personnel who oriented study group members to planning purposes and procedures and provided resource information. Data to determine how the planning process met six conditions were obtained from questionnaires, analysis of…

A project to raise the percentage of student attendance to 95 percent or above was initiated at Brownsville Junior High in Miami, Florida. The school is geographically located in a low socioeconomic area and the students are 80 percent black. The program included the use of community resources and incentives of frisbees, yo-yos, t-shirts,…

This report on a Comprehensive Community Child Care (4C) pilot project to train family day care providers describes the step-by-step procedures for setting up, operation and assessment of the program. The program was conducted primarily through home visits and group meetings, with extensive use of handout materials. Sixty voluntary participants,…