These proceedings contain four papers and commentaries by scholars on the problems of the socially disadvantaged child in the urban school. The papers discuss (1) cognitive development and psychopathology in the urban environment, (2) an experimental approach to the remediation of the conduct disorders of children, (3) juvenile delinquency in the urban schools, and (4) the effect of poverty on the education of the urban child. The proceedings also contain lists of proceedings of conferences on urban education held at Yeshiva University and reports published by the Ferkauf Graduate School of the University. (LB)