Community schools are schools which recognize that children are apart of communities, and therefore, attempt to directly address the outside of school factors that impact student learning by offering services to students, their families, and the broader community through a variety of partnerships with governmental and community-based…

South Africa has undergone transformation since the end of apartheid governance in 1994. Legislatively enforced, this transformation has permeated most sectors of society, including higher education. Questions remain, however, about the extent to which transformation has occurred in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in general, and across the…

In 2017, school board trustees in Ottawa, Ontario, voted to close Rideau High School, an urban secondary school in a historically marginalized neighbourhood. The school board had argued that low enrolment at Rideau HS, and the resultant inability of the school to offer a full range of course choices, made closure the only viable option. To many…

This report, from the Department of Instruction in Dover, Delaware, provides school enrollment figures by race and ethnicity for all school districts in the state. The figures are from school reports of September 30, 1986. The four tables present the following information, respectively: (1) racial and ethnic composition by school pupil enrollment…

Presents data regarding income and educational level of Blacks who moved into previously White residential areas in New York City. Finds different patterns of racial succession in tracts near areas of Black concentration, areas distant from Black ghettos, and White residential sections with many recently constructed rental units. (Author/GC)

This publication presents 1982 data on business enterprises owned by Black Americans. This population of business owners was identified from tax forms and census data. In 1982 there were 339,239 black-owned firms with $12.4 billion in receipts. These businesses were concentrated in services and the retail trades. Five states--California, Texas,…

Examines data taken from a 109-city sample to describe patterns of racial change in the context of segregation decline between 1970 and 1980. Integration occurred more through decline in the proportion of Black residents in areas defined as mostly Black (deconcentration) than through Blacks moving into mostly White neighborhoods (integration).…

Uses the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series to examine literacy or educational attainment of African American migrants from the South to northern cities, 1880-1990. Consistent with migration theory, Black migrants had significantly higher levels of education than southern Black nonmigrants and lower levels than northern-born Blacks. Both…

A study was conducted of the residential patterns of a segment of the Tallahassee, Florida, black professional community. The study set out to determine the degree to which black professionals, especially black university personnel, dispersed throughout the city between 1967 and 1976. The results suggest that in the ten year interval, there was a…

Racial residential segregation has been a persistent feature of the American housing market. At least three distinct theories have been presented to explain this racial segregation. The "class" theory claims that, due to disproportionate overrepresentation of blacks in lower income classes, they will be overrepresented in lower quality housing…

Although limited in scope, census data still provide the best general indexes of social change in the United States and where comparable categories over time periods exist the data can provide the basis for making decisions relevant to anticipated changes in the future. Changes from rural to urban residence among blacks in various age groups are…

The increase in Black suburbanization during the 1960s and 70s is examined in the context of racial changes in earlier decades. A sample of 1,114 suburbs are examined, and regional differences between the North and South are described. Racial change occurred with greater relative frequency than in previous decades. (Author/VM)

Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…

While there are many black athletes in sports, there are few black coaches and athletic administrators. This is true in professional sports and even more obvious in college athletics. The Center for the Study of Sport in Society's Racial Report Card for 1997, which now also covers college athletics, offers statistics illustrating this trend. (MSE)

Racist violence has followed the migration of minority families to the suburbs as intransigent whites resort to arson and other violence to preserve racially segregated neighborhoods. A study of this phenomenon of "move-in violence" for the years 1985-86 found it to be a serious, under-reported social problem nationwide. In cases where arrests…