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Lusane, Clarence – 1997
Race is only one of the prisms through which to examine the political and social life of Americans, but it is one in which there has been insufficient determination of contemporary dynamics. For this discussion, the most important issue is the debate within the black community regarding the nature and causes of the crisis facing African Americans…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education

Linn, Bill – College English, 1981
Describes personal experiences teaching English in a ghetto high school. Suggests that the college teacher of English should know how little preparation these students have in the way of thinking and working by themselves and how little relevance college education may have for them. (MKM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Environment, Discipline Problems, English Curriculum
Swisher, Karin L., Ed. – 1997
Many commentators have expressed alarm over the increase in the number of single-parent families in the United States over the past four decades. The growth in single-parent families has been fueled by a rise in the number of out-of-wedlock births. Whether children are more likely to suffer social and economic problems when raised by one parent…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Crime, Divorce, Economically Disadvantaged
Huber, Louis V. – 1989
This paper describes an agency working with children, teenagers, and families in inner-city St. Louis neighborhoods. Its programs included all the social work specializations--casework, community development, and group work--which interacted in a holistic approach. Poverty was one common denominator among all the neighborhoods served. Youth clubs…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Experiential Learning, Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Education
Fluellen, J. E. – 1989
This report describes Project HOT, which is designed to create knowledge about teaching higher order thinking skills across ability levels of African-American students enrolled in urban schools. The report states that three activities are central to the overall purpose of the program: (1) training students to think critically and creatively; (2)…
Descriptors: Black Education, Blacks, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Scully, Edwin E. – 1982
The problem of urban youth unemployment demands that instead of endless policy formulation, more efforts be put into actual problem solving strategies. The failure of government programs to reduce youth unemployment calls for the involvement of community based organizations and various educational agencies in solving the problem. Solutions must…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Employment Programs
Rizzini, Irene; Lusk, Mark W. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents an overview of the situation of street children and youth in urban Latin America. Findings from numerous studies throughout the region are synthesized. Suggests that economic factors underlie the marginalization of vast numbers of Latin American children. The result is the exclusion of many of the region's children from meaningful…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Developing Nations
Garbarino, James – 1995
The mere act of living in today's society is dangerous to the health and well-being of children and adolescents. The concept of the socially toxic environment is offered as a parallel to the environmental movement's analysis of physical toxicity. Social life is more risky than it was just 40 years ago, and the level of social and cultural poison…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Greenawalt, Charles E., II – 1996
A national consensus has been developing in recent years on the crisis of values faced by the United States. A measure that has recently reemerged and captured a measure of public attention is character education. This paper examines the degree to which state governments and their educational establishments have attempted to use character…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Allen, Ricky Lee – 1999
This paper suggests that space and spatiality are major features of racial identity and the formation of student resistance. It brings together critical studies of "Whiteness," human territoriality, and theories of resistance in education. The problems between white teachers and students of color can be understood better through a combination of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences

Taylor, Ronald R. – Urban League Review, 1989
Assesses two opposing theories regarding the causes of the social disengagement of African-American youth. Argues that many of these youth adapt to their problematic environments and engage in antisocial behaviors. Urges further research on their attitudes, perceptions, and behavior about sexuality and fatherhood. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alienation, Black Attitudes

Nessel, Linda J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1994
Describes community experiential education programs that empower local citizens to work with city planners in deciding the future direction of their urban neighborhoods. Questions whether such programs are true catalysts for social change when participants return to their home environments without a support system that values or utilizes learned…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Wiley, Ed, III – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1993
Examines Houston Baker's argument for rap music's place in academe. Baker suggests rap as being one of the most creative and productive forms of cultural expression to come along in some time warranting the same kind of scholarly attention afforded the works of history's most noted philosophers and poets. (GLR)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Culture, Black Studies, Creative Expression
Rodriguez, Luis J. – 1993
This autobiographical narrative describes the early life of Luis J. Rodriguez, a journalist and poet who was immersed in the youth gang culture of Los Angeles (California). Framed by the story of the pull of the gang life for the poet's son, it recounts his experiences from his childhood on the United States-Mexico border through his family's…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Biographies, Delinquency
Lauderdale, Katherine Lynn, Ed.; Bonilla, Carlos A., Ed. – 1998
The articles and excerpts in this collection illustrate the complexity of the melting pot concept. Multiculturalism has become a watchword in American life and education, but it may be that in trying to atone for past transgressions educators and others are simply going too far. These essays illustrate some of the problems of a multicultural…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth