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Schueler, Donald G. – Sierra, 1992
Discusses results of a Green Index, published by the Institute for Southern Studies, that ranks the 50 states on the basis of 256 environmental indicators. Explores how and why the deep South states are all at the bottom of the list. A vignette provides a comparison between state hazardous waste generation and spending on waste management. (MCO)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics, Environmental Education, Industrialization
Lemann, Nicholas – The Atlantic, 1986
The urban Black underclass can be traced to the sharecropper South of a generation ago. The propagation of underclass culture has been hastened by an exodus of working class Blacks from the ghettos. Interviews with urban and rural Blacks help identify the problems of the underclass. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Ghettos, Poverty, Rural to Urban Migration
Peer reviewedDuren, O'ka R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1992
A late 1960s graduate of racially segregated school in Mississippi evaluates her high school's performance against Ron Edmonds's five school effectiveness correlates (strong instructional leadership; clear instructional mission; orderly, safe climate; high expectations; close monitoring with standardized tests). School passed only one; all…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment, Educational Equity (Finance), High School Graduates
