In Californiia the McCone Commission. established in the wake of the 1965 Watts rioting. found that in three schools in a predominately Negrc area of Los Angeles. twothirds of the students drop out before completing high school. And in our rural areas: Youngsters receive less education than their counterparts in other sections of the country. Children in urban centers average 11 years of school whereas rural regions average about 9 years. Appoximately half of the 415.000 children of migrant parents have been estimated not to attend school on a regular basis. In 1960 nearly twice as many urban as rural youngsters were enrolled in college. Rural isolation and inadequate salaries make it difficult to secure trained teachers.