In the United States, Black male students graduate at a significantly lower rate than other student groups, with 38.6% of Black males graduating in six years from four-year institutions and just 21% when time is reduced to four years. This qualitative action research case study used a focus group interview with six participants to understand the…

This study describes the systematic efforts of the faculty of Dearington Elementary School, Lynchburg, Virginia, to examine needs for change, study alternatives, and adopt and implement change strategies to meet identified needs following court-ordered integration in 1970. Chapter 1 provides a change model and consolidates case data. Chapter 2…

This paper focuses on the transition to military rule in Brazil (1964), Uruguay (1973), Chile (1973), and Argentina (1976) and examines the argument that the disciplines which lend themselves to analysis of the social order, such as the social sciences and humanities, are most often the target of political repression. Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile…

Although an estimated 6 to 14 million children live with a sexual minority parent, it is apparent that these children's needs are not being entirely met by school efforts to be more inclusive. This study examined: (1) how well or poorly the resources of elementary and middle school libraries meet the needs of these children; and (2) what…

This practicum reports on the introduction of educationally oriented strategies to overcome a "crisis of faith" between three target urban communities and their schools. The coordinated strategies were directed toward the communication of information about school programs and toward the individual involvement of parents. The practicum's effect was…