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Download full textLewis, James H. – 1990
Throughout the Chicago Public Schools systematic differences exist between the performance of children of different racial and ethnic groups. In most schools where students of more than one group are found, Asians and Whites test at higher levels than Blacks and Hispanics. When income level and school type are controlled, small differences are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Bezruczko, Nikolaus; Reynolds, Arthur J. – 1992
This report describes how a longitudinal study was conducted, which examined 1,235 at-risk sixth-grade students (95 percent Black and 5 percent Hispanic) in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools and their schools and families. The longitudinal study traced the children's patterns of school adjustment since their enrollment in government-funded…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Family Characteristics
New York Chapter of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, New York. – 1998
The New York Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) studies of public schools continue with this report on course work for gifted students and public middle school students in general. Fourteen ACORN volunteers made 52 visits to 28 schools studied in 1996. Findings from these visits and the review of school system documents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Disproportionate Representation
Negroni, Peter J. – 1990
This paper looks at the successful initiatives and unforeseen problems that have arisen in Massachusetts public education since the passage of the Public School Improvement Act of 1985, with a focus on the needs of Hispanic Americans. There is overwhelming evidence that the specific needs of Hispanic Americans are neither being identified nor met…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention
Peer reviewedHingson, Ralph W.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Compares the level of knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and risk behavior of 1,057 foreign-born and 1,963 U.S.-born high school and middle school students in Boston (Massachusetts). Results suggest that Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome education should be taught to immigrant students in their native languages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Asian Americans, Black Students, Ethnic Groups
Baecher, Richard E.; Cicchelli, Theresa – 1992
A case study was done of the Stay-in-School Partnership (SSP) between Fordham University (Bronx) and New York City Public School Districts in East Harlem and the South Bronx with high minority student concentrations. In particular, 3 to 5 elementary schools participated, including 120 children spanning kindergarten through grade 5 and their…
Descriptors: Black Students, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Hopfenberg, Wendy S. – 1991
The experiences of the first middle school to pilot the ideas and concepts of the Accelerated Schools Project are described. The school is an inner-city public school with a population of at-risk students presently scoring below district and state achievement averages. The 689 students are 53 percent Hispanic, 23 percent Portuguese, 17 percent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Latino Commission on Educational Reform. – 1992
The New York City Board of Education formed the Latino Commission on Educational Reform to examine issues of concern to Latino children who comprise an increasing segment of the students in the public school system. An interim report was submitted on the dropout rate, curriculum and instruction, support services, parent and community empowerment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling Services, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
