Presents three examples of people who, in spite of substantial obstacles, were able to make a difference in the education of students. (Author)

Survey of efforts made in Philadelphia to meet the pressing needs of children in an urban environment. (KJ)

The interviewee, a former superintendent of schools in Washington, D.C., advocates strong federal, community and parental involvement in urban schools, in order to achieve multilingual and multicultural integrated education. (GC)

In spite of the efforts of the Ford Foundation's Great Cities School Improvement Program in ten large city school systems to provide quality education to children and youth from the ghettos of America's cities, this problem remains unsolved. Cities have never been able to do an adequate job of educating the poor, the immigrants, and the…

Discusses three educational issues: (1) the quality and equality of educational access; (2) the narrowing of the pipeline to higher education; and (3) the diversity of the teaching force. (MW)

This book opens with a discussion of the impact of education in reducing inequality--educational, socioeconomic, and otherwise. The topic of public policy and education is explored, and the work of Christopher Jencks and his associates, published in late 1972 as "Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America," is…

Public education in our big cities across the country is fighting for its life. In most urban centers, school systems are faced with enormous deficits in their operating budgets, and there is no tax relief in sight. If we, together, are to rescue public education from its imminent danger of extinction, we must resolve to abandon the present course…