Research has suggested the "No Child Left Behind Act" passed in 2001 has resulted in narrowed curriculum and a failed attempt at its primary objective to close the achievement gap. Understanding changes that have occurred in student achievement from 2011 to 2014 of the NCLB requirements is the focus of this quantitative ex-post facto…

Educators and policymakers are concerned about high student mobility, especially because mobility is associated with negative academic performance outcomes for students in particular and for schools more generally. Furthermore, student mobility may lower educational performance for at-risk and low-performing students compared with peers who remain…

"The Condition of Education" is a congressionally mandated report that provides an annual portrait of education in the United States. This document includes information from "The Condition of Education 2009" about public school racial/ethnic enrollment. The shifting racial and ethnic distribution of public school students…

Author points out that the concept leads to arbitrary and unpopular" measures such as busing in education and quota systems in employment. (Author/SP)

This publication is based on data obtained by the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, from all accredited institutions of higher education. Data cover earned degrees conferred in the aggregate United States. Degree data are compiled for a 12-month period, July of one year through June of the following year. In…

Charts present data on elementary and secondary students and teachers in public and nonpublic schools in the state of New York. Information is presented on: (1) nonpublic school enrollment by level and religious affiliation, 1980-81; (2) trends of nonpublic school enrollment by religious affiliation, New York State, 1976-77 to 1980-81; (3) trends…

The purpose of this research memorandum is to describe a means of measuring racial balance and to apply the measure to the distribution of public school population in San Francisco. The measure is derived from the definition that full integration would be achieved if each school had exactly the citywide racial mixture of students. The racial…

Offers an overview of the explanatory factors of ethnic segregation and spatial concentration in modern welfare states. Traditional theories, behavioral theories, and theories in which restraints are central are reviewed, and restructuring processes are explored in light of economic change. The future of ethnic segregation is outlined. (SLD)

Mental-health professionals are urged to question the role and usefulness of the term "race." The scientific basis of the concept is examined; current and historical uses of racial categories are reviewed. The interplay between geography and human biology is examined. Implications and recommendations for change are presented. (EMK)

A 1981 survey showed that while racial minorities made up 15 to 20 percent of the population of Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Board of Education had only 7.9 percent minority employees. In 1987 another survey was completed to determine if the representation of visible racial minorities had changed. This document is the first part of a two part…

This report documents long-term trends in racial/ethnic enrollment in higher education and presents enrollment data for the fall of 1988. The first section presents overall enrollment trends for institutions of higher education by racial/ethnic categories and selected student and institutional characteristics, such as sex, level of study, type of…

To explore possible sources of the underrepresentation of minority groups in law school, this paper brings together existing data that describe the participation of members of different racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans and Hispanics, at successive points along the way to employment in the law. It focuses on the process by which…

Data summaries on New York state's college and university racial and ethnic distribution of degrees during 1986-87 are presented. Information was obtained from the Higher Education Data Survey form NYSED-2.1, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred Between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987." Tables 1 through 6 present associate,…

Examines questions of equal access with respect to enrollment patterns of minority students in institutions of higher education. Results from 13 states reveal that a "racially stratified" educational system persists, and that Blacks and Hispanics hold a disproportionate share in two-year institutions rather than in the four-year and…

Enrollments of American Indians, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, whites, and foreign college students in 1992 are presented for each state and the District of Columbia.A map also indicates the percentage of each state's enrollment that is minority. (MSE)