This document--one of six closely related studies designed to consider employability of rural labor, the impact of industry, and social adjustments in the Mississippi Delta and the Ozarks--examines the socioeconomic factors affecting employment in industry of black Americans living in a rural area of the Mississippi Delta. Madison, Arkansas, the…

This report is the third technical report submitted to the U. S. Office of Education in connection with a study the overall purpose of which was to choose up to eight successful education programs serving underachieving, poor children and to design "Project Information Packages" for each of them. These Project Information Packages were to serve as…

It became fashionable in the 1960's for members of the community to become involved with education, but at the same time this involvement has forced the two extreme groups in society, the rich and the poor, into an uneasy consensus about the public education system. The author points out several factors which help shape the community's attitude…

To provide federal, state, and local health agencies with information needed to achieve the national objectives of improving health, assisting families to escape poverty, and providing parents with freedom of choice in determining the number and spacing of their children, information was collected from 3,072 United States counties. Data from a…

This study, part of a larger Comparing Reading Approaches in First-Grade Teaching (CRAFT) Project, was concerned with the subsequent reading performances of disadvantaged urban black children who were identified as having some word recognition ability at the time they entered first grade. All the children in this study, early readers as well as…

This summary report presents in highly condensed form some of the major findings and recommendations of an anthropological research study conducted among 1500 Cree Indians within a specified geographical area of north central Quebec in the years 1966-68. After a brief introduction, the study analyzes the historical roots of their underdevelopment,…

Four papers comprised this symposium report, the purpose of which was to explicate the effectiveness of the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Model, which has as its focus economically deprived, educationally divergent children. This program involves the use of paraprofessionals (called parent educators) who are indigenous to the…

Effects of heterogeneous and homogeneous grouping on the psychological functioning of Mexican American preschool children from economically disadvantaged families were investigated in a pilot project at San Jose State College Child Laboratory. Three experimental groups were composed of (1) 9 Mexican American children from low-income families and 9…

A two-part guide to facilitate the work of citizens' advisory committees for ESEA Title I programs presents procedures for both members of advisory committees and members of school district staffs. Procedures for advisory committee members cover selection of members and officers, responsibilities of the committee, relationship to the board of…

Southern Appalachians who had migrated to East Dayton, Ohio, neighborhoods were studied to determine group characteristics, the degree of urban adjustment, and problem areas in social behavior and culture conflict. Interviews were conducted with 5 community leaders, 5 area students who attended a workshop on urban adjustment of migrants, and 5…

Approximately 200 books and articles published through 1966 are listed in this annotated bibliography on rural poverty. The entries are grouped by subject areas as follows: general information on poverty, general background material (demographic aspects of poverty, education and youth, communications and adoption practices, social structure and…

Examples of rural poor people in the Southwest are cited to point out the disadvantages with which this group must cope. Educational disadvantages suffered by the rural student are indicated. Exemplary projects developed in problem areas identified by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development are indicated as a means of bringing about needed…

The purpose of this 1969 master's thesis was to obtain information on the education of Spanish Americans and the relationships between their educational levels and selected socioeconomic characteristics. The sample for the study consisted of 268 families classified as rural and 276 families classified as urban in 2 Texas counties (Atascosa County…

The consistently inferior performance of economically disadvantaged children led to this study designed to investigate how cognitive development changes with age and how it is affected by previous life experience. Classification behavior and inferential thinking were the main concerns of the study. The measurement instrument was the Matrix Test, a…

Since the late 19th century, trading posts have been a prominant feature in Navajo economic life. Today, due to geographic isolation and an absence of economic alternatives, many Navajos are still dependent upon trading posts. This report of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation details the system on the Navajo Reservation, including the…