The summer 1973 Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 project was conducted in three communities of the Silver Lake Regional School District; Halifax, Kingston, and Plympton. The program consisted of instruction in reading, mathematics, physical education, art, speech therapy, and counseling and psychological testing. The target…

The report presents a review of institutional manpower training programs conducted in the State during the 1973 Federal fiscal year. Two major manpower training objectives are used for the basis of the report: to provide education, supportive services, and training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed individuals and to provide education…

During the 1960's a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting that early malnutrition could affect the development and the functioning of the brain was translated into a concern that nutritional deprivation might be producing permanent mental retardation among "disadvantaged" children. The purpose of this paper is to show, through a review…

The purpose of this study of fourth-grade students in the New Orleans Public Schools during the 1972-73 session was to achieve a better understanding of the characteristics, reasons for suspension, and self-concept of students suspended from low socio-economic schools. The idea that poor self-concept as-a-learner is a significant factor which…

This guide contains materials which are designed to assist rural school systems in assessing educational needs, in systematically planning strategies to develop a communication skills program, and in applying for Title III funds. Included are instructions for a survey and an inventory of needs, suggestions for the allocation of resources according…

This study examined the effectiveness of individually planned learning games used by low-income parents to increase the reading achievement of their children. The subjects were 30 second-grade children in Seattle. Some of the findings were: (1) children who had played learning games with their parents achieved scores that were significantly higher…

The Sodus School District provided comprehensive services for over 300 migrant children from infants to teenagers, along with an intensive staff training summer laboratory school. The Day Care Centers gave 30 children a headstart with scholastic activities to ease adjustment problems when they entered regular school. To relieve the inconsistancy…

The paucity of research and writings about nursing and the urban poor seems to indicate that the nursing profession has not yet analyzed and evaluated itself in this regard. If so, the nursing leadership has accepted its share of the challenge to improve the capabilities of practitioners who work with the poor without having assessed the…

This study reports correlations among scores from two commonly used individual measures of intelligence, the Revised Stanford Binet and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and reading subtests of a standardized achievement test with a group of elementary-aged disadvantaged children. The present study employs longitudinal design to assess…

The East Cleveland "Enriched and Extended School Year" program, funded by Title III of the 1965 Elementary Education Act, is an attempt to organize the educational activities of a school around the needs and learning patterns of its pupils. The major premise of the program states that children possess different rates and styles of…

Contents of the New Mexico State Annual Evaluation Report for ESEA Title I Projects, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, include: New Mexico allocations for 1969-70; school districts allocations for 1969-70--basic statistics, state education agency staff visits to local education agencies, changes in the effect of state agency procedures, effect…

Attempting to delineate urban Mexican American life patterns, this analysis seeks to indicate the distinctions in the patterns of life of different types of Mexican Americans in order to provide a workable framework for empirical research. The analytical framework contains 4 levels: the rural novice (from rural areas in the United States) or the…

Two witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Michael Kirst, School of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University; and Dr. Stephen Bailey, chairman, Policy Institute, Syracuse University Research Corporation, and Regent of the State of New York. An article by Dr. Kirst, "Delivery System for Federal Aid to Disadvantaged Children:…

A transcript of testimony given before the U.S. Senate's Special Subcommittee on Indian Education on March 30, 1968, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is presented in this document, which is Part 3 of the hearings proceedings (Part 1 is RC 003 556; Part 2 is RC 003 557). Part 3 contains testimony by various witnesses, including tribal members in leadership…

Volume I, "Development Prospects and Problems," is part of a 2-volume compendium of study papers intended to serve as a resource document for members of the Joint Economic Committee, other members of Congress, and those who are concerned with formulating and executing effective policies of economic development for American Indian and…