Testifying on housing patterns in St. Louis (Missouri), this expert indicates that St. Louis has been, and continues to be, a highly racially segregated metropolitan area, where the housing effects of past discrimination have not disappeared. Schools remain an important factor in the voluntary choice of residential area. (SLD)

Compares the self-concept of Negro and white children, using data collected in a study of 16 second grade, 40 fourth grade and 24 sixth grade pupils attending two parochial elementary schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; an attempt was made to control socio-economic status. (JM)

Describes the current setting in which black education generally takes place and suggests what unique factors must be considered and ultimately used as determinants for building new educational plans and curricula for black primary and/or secondary schools. (Author/AM)

Suggests that superintendents of today must be tough, able to take criticism, aware of the conflict that surrounds the office, and be sensitive, perceptive, and humanistic. (Author/AM)

The storefront school's value as change agent depends on its leaders attending to the key issues of ongoing funding, relationships with the public school system, cooperative arrangements with other alternative models, accountability, and power control. (JM)

Ocean Hill-Brownsville represents a paradigmatic attempt, within the reformist tradition of urban movements, to work within the educational system, adjusting it to new circumstances and needs. (JM)

Uses Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland) to illustrate a successful school improvement program. Recommends the following suggestions to improve Black education: (1) redirect teacher education; (2) sensitize others to the needs of Black children; and (3) reexamine Black parenting patterns. (FMW)

Describes a study of the conceptual and physical aspects of teacher collaboration in urban and rural schools in South Africa. The findings provide comparative information on how teacher collaboration has been influenced by historical and political factors, various school cultures, and artificial and real organizational divides. Contains 21…

Argues that ecological issues are at the core of concerns about the violence U.S. students, particularly those in low-income urban communities, are exposed to or experience within or outside of school. It suggests the need for ecological systems theory-based mental health consultation for teachers and outlines a framework for creating teacher- and…

Operationalizes the definition of co-construction in college-community partnerships, reviewing literature on related constructs and presenting a rationalization in order to maximize the schooling experience and outcomes for all key stakeholders. Presents challenges to co-construction and strategies for successful implementation outcomes, offering…

The race relations and education before Brown and decisions that did a lot to provide hope for African American that public education would be improved for their children in the country are discussed. The effects of public school desegregation on public education in urban school districts, including the economic costs, racial isolation, student…

Indicates the nature of the problem and provides an analysis of racist efforts, internationally and nationally, from the perspective of the past to the present, to cripple the creativity and vitality of black and other poor people. The thrust of the latter part of the paper focuses on Washington, D.C. (Author/AM)

Discusses racial integration, school finance, minority teachers and administrators, training urban school teachers and administrators, the politics of education, educational employee organizations, community control, Title 1, and educational research and evaluation. (AM)

Among the findings are that most innovative school programs are ESEA funded, that most programs involved staff development, that special programs are most successful at the elementary and senior level, and that most programs are initiated by school administrators. (Author/AM)

The academic performance of Black and White freshmen on a commuter campus was compared. Even when adjustment was made for racial gaps in precollegiate preparation and abilities, Black students had significantly lower first-year grade point averages. One reason may be the impact of a lack of social integration in the negative environment of White…