Describes the difficulties encountered by Virginia localities in marketing their school bonds in years immediately following the "Brown" decision (1954-1959). (GC)

Discusses economic factors, personal attitudes, and racial discrimination as causes of residential segregation in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. Examines whether school board practices, such as gerrymandering of attendance zones, faculty segregation, use of optional attendance zones, and school construction and placement, have influenced…

Examines the history of German language instruction in American elementary schools (focusing on four midwestern school districts) in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Highlights past administrative and political developments and issues that remain of concern for bilingual education programs today. (Author/MJL)

Describes cultural traits, lifestyles, and economic opportunities of different immigrant ethnic groups in Los Angeles, California; examines interrelationships among these groups and their relationships with Blacks and Whites; and explores problems due to increasing immigration and the resultant growth in size and variety of the Los Angeles…

Explains how land conditions and local land ownership patterns have contributed to the educational change that left a rural, primarily African-American town in North Carolina without its own school. The town's history, largely interpreted by one elderly African-American man, shows how economic structures have evolved over the past century. (SLD)

A review of studies conducted from 1973-1984 shows continuing inequalities between rural Appalachian and non-Appalachian school districts in Kentucky, particularly in the areas of expenditures, sources of revenue, and holding power. The gap between Appalachian and non-Appalachian school systems in per pupil expenditures and the percentage of…

This book overviews the history of one-room schools in the United States during the 19th century and early 20th century in the midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The book is based on rural school records, correspondence of early school officers, contemporary texts, and…