American Indian. Mexican. and lately Cuban. The high birth rate in these areas. the conttiulng influx of migrants with low levelr. of income. education. and vocational coipetenc. and the inability of the schools to cope adequately With the economic. social. and cultural handicaps of the children are contributing to the accumulation of what Dr. James Conant has termed "social dynamite." The New York Times (April 9. 1968) said. "Education of the culturally deprived child who may be found living In the slums of any of the countrys large cities hs emerged as one of the major problems of the schoole today."- The recognition of the problem is attested in two projects. both of which afrm the need for a direct confrontation of the educational challenges. "Project Beacon" for -the preparation of preservice and Inservice personnel to work in socially disadvantaged community schools has been Initated- by the Graduate School of Education of Yeshiva University whose dean. Dr.
Identified stereotypes
Migrants with low levels of income, education, and vocational competence.