OUR SOCIETY IS MUCH CONCERNED WITH PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL the low achiever who is the potential dropout the high achiever who is the potential scholarship winner THE CHICAGO SCHOOLS FACE A TRIPLE CHALLENGE PRESENTED by the population explosion the rising number of births affects education profoundly by urbanization the impact of technology creates by mobility - people moving into the city, leaving the THERE IS NEED FOR THE SCHOOLS to develop new materials and methods for use children of limited background children who are low achievers children who need to accelerate to motivate children to learn to encourage a sense of security and belonging to develop an understanding and acceptance of freedom and responsibility. .... THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of the special summer school program was to experiment in grades one to six .... ..... The Achievement differences were limited within each group In each school there were Experienced teachers with ratings of excellent A principal, an adjustment teacher, a librarian, Services of teacher-nurse, psychologist, consultants for language arts, social studies, mathematics, science. a fifty-minute daily in-service period for an abundance of audio-visual equipment and a teacher supervised lunch and recreation period, The communities in which the special summer school program has been operating have been selected because they have all experienced rapid growth of pupil population. This explosive growth of population has created many complex educational problems. It has also created striking contrasts within community areas and in housing facilities. A study of the communities in the 1963 special summer school program revealed high pupil population growth • an economically favored area of residential property small apartment buildings high degree of interest and pride in a well maintained area parental interest in education professional, business, civic employees .cultural advantages of a middle class urban community. |