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Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1989
The participants in this conference were in virtual agreement that improvement in urban public education is largely dependent on economic and racial equity and that schools, colleges, and businesses must unite through collaborative projects to ensure this improvement. Papers presented were the following: (1) Businessman: "Private Sector…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, College Faculty, College Role, Cooperative Programs
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1991
The Kansas state plan for the education of homeless youth and children provides operational strategies to help local school districts and attendance centers facilitate an environment that is conducive to meeting this population's special needs. The plan confronts barriers to homeless children and youth to provide them with public education that is…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Office for the Education of Homeless Children and Homeless Youth. – 1991
This manual is designed to be used to acquaint Michigan State school and community members with provisions and requirements of the Steward B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990. This act authorizes local and intermediate school districts to use competitive funding and to implement innovative laws, policies, and procedures that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Board of Education Role
San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1987
The city schools and communities of San Diego must join together to meet the needs of one of the world's most technologically advanced and culturally diverse states in America. Educational planning must account for the particular needs of disadvantaged students. Recommendations are the following: (1) build a new school-community coalition to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Change
Gallagher, James J. – 2002
This monograph reviews the role played by public policy in the education of gifted students. It describes the special rule making in identification, placement, program, and accountability. These rules emerge from legislation, court decisions, administrative rule making, and professional standards. Special problems involving racial discrimination,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Access to Education, Court Litigation, Curriculum Development
Carrera, John Willshire – 1992
This updated version of a 1989 document of the same title represents a guide to the immigrant student's legal right of access to public schools based on the 1982 United States Supreme Court ruling in "Plyler v. Doe." Following an introduction, the first of three sections, "School Practices," addresses everyday school practices…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Margolis, Edwin; Moses, Stanley – 1992
This book is designed as a primer on the politics of the struggle for equal educational opportunity in U.S. public schools through a look at the experience of New York State. It shows how efforts to shrink the gap between rich and poor school districts by adjusting state aid formulas are frustrated largely due to the dictates of political…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Court Role, Cultural Influences
Wilkie, Meredith; Newell, Susan – 2000
This document focuses on ways that Australian Aboriginal parents and communities can get involved in schools. It reflects the recommendation given to the Australian Parliament by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) concerning the rights of Indigenous communities to self-determination within the education system. Chapters are…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Bilingual Schools, Case Studies, Community Involvement

Cordes, Kathleen, Ed.; Ibrahim, Hilmi, Ed. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1996
Three articles propose diversity strategies for teachers, recreation leaders, and program managers to include in their classrooms and programs. The articles are "Diversity Education for Professional Practice" (Sharon Washington); "Just Recreation for Girls and Women" (Karla Henderson); and "A Different Set of Footprints: A…
Descriptors: Blacks, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Kozol, Jonathan – 1988
Jonathan Kozol challenges politicians of both parties to confront the economic and political issues that deprive the poor of equal education. Criticisms of current policies include the following: (1) dependence on property taxes penalizes the poor; (2) local control protects privilege and oppresses minorities; (3) education has been removed from…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Rodriguez, Rosana G.; Scott, Bradley; Villarreal, Abelardo – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2005
More than 50 years ago, in Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that sending children to separate schools solely on the basis of race was unconstitutional. Seven years prior, the Supreme Court ruled in Mendez vs. Westminster and the California Board of Education that Mexican American children could not be denied access…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Quality
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1992
This report presents the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) performance results to state officials and the public as required by state law. Compiled in two volumes, TAAS results are aggregated and reported for the state as a whole, for education service centers and individual districts, and in district demographic groupings. Section 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Orleans Parish School Board, New Orleans, LA. – 1988
Educating black male youth, especially those in the New Orleans (Louisiana) Public Schools, is a moral and civic imperative. Though black males represented 43 percent of the public school population in the 1986-87 academic year, they accounted for 57.5 percent of the non-promotions, 65 percent of the suspensions, 80 percent of the expulsions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Bagby, Jane; And Others – 1985
A review of studies conducted from 1973-1984 shows continuing inequalities between rural Appalachian and non-Appalachian school districts in Kentucky, particularly in the areas of expenditures, sources of revenue, and holding power. The gap between Appalachian and non-Appalachian school systems in per pupil expenditures and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coal, Community Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1994
This document presents reports on the current representation of minorities in various elements of Texas public higher education and offers recommendations for improving minority participation. The status reports are based on data supplied by higher education institutions to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Section 1 covers…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Asian Americans, Black Colleges