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de Haan, Laura; Boljevac, Tina – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Although rural adolescents use of alcohol is at some of the highest rates nationally, rural adolescent alcohol use has not been studied extensively. This study examines how community attitudes and behaviors are related to adolescent drinking in rural environments. Methods: Data were gathered in 22 rural communities in the Upper Midwest…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Drinking, Early Adolescents, Rural Areas
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1977
The Racine Unified School District, in Racine, Wisconsin in 1973 voluntarily adopted a resolution mandating that, in effect, no school in the district could have a minority enrollment greater than 30.7%. Kindergarten classes were not included in the desegregation plan. When the desegregation plan was adopted, some segments of the minority…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Attitudes, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods