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McConnell, Eileen Diaz; Miraftab, Faranak – Rural Sociology, 2009
For more than a century, communities across the United States legally employed strategies to create and maintain racial divides. One particularly widespread and effective practice was that of "sundown towns," which signaled to African Americans and others that they were not welcome within the city limits after dark. Though nearly 1,000…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Municipalities, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1996
A survey was undertaken in ten countries to assess several aspects of education in multicultural societies: the attitudes of elementary teachers in training concerning different cultural groups, attitudes about separation of cultural groups for teaching purposes, and the fit between teacher attitudes and the system's provisions. In addition, a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education