MARKED FOR FAILURES Part 5

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Examines the education of underprivi-leged children in Harlem, New York City. R. 1: The president of Teachers College and sociologist, Syril Tyson, comment on the problems of educating black children in poverty communities when their parents are uneducated and unemployed, the schools are overcrowded, and the quality of life effects the child's learning potential, The principal works on solving the children's problems. R. 2: Includes scenes of regular classrooms, special reading classes and parent workshops. Describes the Institute for the Development of Studies and vocational training programs which provide educational opportunities for the disadvantaged,

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs