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Pignatelli, Frank, Ed.; Pflaum, Susanna W., Ed. – 1993
This publication is the first annual yearbook of the Bank Street College of Education (New York) and discusses the effects of actions by educators and others in light of concerns for equity, focusing on New York City schools. The volume includes scholarly chapters and chapters on policy and advocacy, and authors address practical and theoretical…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Change
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Stafford, Walter; And Others – 1991
This report documents the problems of Black and Latino males in New York City by assembling a broad range of data regarding the connections between the City's Black and Latino men and its social and economic institutions. The report draws primarily on data from federal surveys and administrative data from New York City and New York State agencies.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Correctional Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth
BROWN, AARON – 1963
THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATORY EDUCATION AND ITS CONTINUING PRACTICE HAS LEFT LARGE SECTIONS OF THE MINORITY POPULATION "SHORT-CHANGED." THE BEST METHOD OF MAKING UP FOR THESE DEFICIENCIES, PAST AND PRESENT, IS COMPENSATORY EDUCATION. HOWEVER THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION HAS NOT BEEN WELL-IMPLEMENTED IN ANY LARGE CITY, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Childress, Stacey, Ed.; Elmore, Richard F., Ed.; Grossman, Allen, Ed.; Johnson, Susan Moore, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Managing School Districts for High Performance" brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning organizational design, human…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Based Management, Case Studies, Educational Improvement
Rafferty, Yvonne; Holmes, Ellen Gallagher – Perspectives, 1993
This monograph provides an overview of federal laws relevant to the provision of educational services to preschool children with disabilities (as well as additional laws pertaining to children who are homeless) and examines implementation of these laws in New York City. It begins with an overview of federal legislation including the Individuals…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Kozol, Jonathan – 1991
This book examines what is happening, in the context of segregated and unequal public education, to children from poor families in the inner cities and less affluent suburbs, and describes how children of poor families get less real education, less hope, and less concern than children from rich families. Chapter 1 of the book examines the causes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Welfare, Disadvantaged Schools, Economically Disadvantaged
Rafferty, Yvonne – 1991
Focuses on the educational needs of homeless children in New York City, obstacles to obtaining schooling and available services, and innovative strategies for the delivery of educational services. Part 1 provides an overview of the educational needs of homeless children, including a summary of the research literature on educational problems that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compulsory Education, Delivery Systems
DODSON, DAN W. – 1966
ONLY THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION PROVIDED IN RACIALLY BALANCED SCHOOLS WILL CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND RACIAL BACKGROUNDS LEARN THE CITIZENSHIP SKILLS NEEDED IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THE BASIC ISSUE FOR EDUCATION IS THE NEED TO PROVIDE NEGROES WITH GENUINE QUALITY EDUCATION WHICH WILL EQUIP THEM FOR ENTRY INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS LEVEL OF…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Education, Civil Rights, Compensatory Education
Advocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 2003
This report discusses findings from 2003 surveys conducted by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), which assessed the implementation and effectiveness of the Supplemental Education Services program (SES) required under the No Child Left Behind Act. SES services, which began in 2002-2003, offered over 240,000 eligible children in schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities
Scheuer, Joan – 1993
The Educational Priorities Panel undertook a study to find out how funds are distributed among community school districts in New York (New York) and how resources are distributed to individual schools within the system. District decision making was also studied. In Part I, interviews were conducted in 10 representative school districts to learn…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Education
Santiago, Isaura Santiago – 1978
A consent decree which grew out of a court case brought against the New York City Board of Education by Aspira, a Puerto Rican community agency, resulted in many changes in policies affecting the education of children of limited English-speaking ability in New York City schools, particularly during the two years following the signing of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Community Influence
BRODBECK, ARTHUR J.; LANG, GLADYS E. – 1966
EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY IN BUFFALO HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN FOR PROGRESSIVE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL IMBALANCE AND PROVISION OF INCREASED EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES. CITIZEN OPINIONS, OBTAINED THROUGH INTERVIEWS, RESULTED IN A MODIFICATION OF THE "4-4-4 PLAN" (DIVISION OF GRADES 1-12 INTO THREE SCHOOLS, EACH WITH FOUR…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Development, Costs, Disadvantaged Youth
Sexton, Patricia Cayo – 1966
The major issue in urban education is class conflict. The polarity of the "haves" and "have-nots" limits the schools' services to the latter group because of the generally moderate stance of most liberal school board members and their insufficient zeal in pressing the grievances of the have-nots. Bureaucratic resistance and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Board of Education Role, Bureaucracy, Conflict
Moore, Donald R.; Davenport, Suzanne – Equity and Choice, 1989
Examines the effects of high school choice on high risk students in four large urban school districts. Finds that with the exception of some magnet school programs, admissions procedures and program consequences usually operate to the detriment of students at risk. (FMW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Dropout Research, Equal Education, High Risk Students
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Domanico, Raymond – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Reviews the performance of large school districts, particularly those of New York City, and argues that their relatively poor performance is caused by fundamental tensions among effective school practices and the nature of large systems. Alternative means of encouraging school independence are considered, and the most noteworthy of these are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
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