The purpose of this "Equity by Design" brief is to provide information to parents, community members, and school district leaders and teachers about the relationship between housing policy and school policy. Specifically, this brief provides a succinct history of U.S. housing policy, discusses some current educational policies that…

Almost 30 percent of the more than 68 million young adults aged eighteen to thirty-four in the United States today are either foreign born or of foreign parentage. As these newcomers make their transitions to adulthood, say Ruben Rumbaut and Golnaz Komaie, they differ significantly not only from one another but also from their native-parentage…

This framework will define the purpose and scope of NAEP's system of collecting background information, including background questionnaires and other sources of non-cognitive data. It will establish criteria for reporting background information as part of the National Assessment. The approach it suggests provides for asking various groups of…

In the early 1960s, Asian immigration to the United States was severely limited. The passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 expanded Asian immigration and ended a policy of racial discrimination and exclusion. Currently, over one third of the total immigrant population to the United States is from Asia, particularly China, Japan, Korea, the…

This report examines a little noticed group of Californians: young immigrants not in school and who receive few if any educational services. The authors also observe the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP), charged with helping this group. Using MEP and census data, the authors find that many out-of-school youth work, left school while quite…

The millennium marks the beginning of a second century for the formal system of juvenile justice in the United States. From its inception, the central focus of the system has been delinquency, an amorphous construct that includes not only "criminal" behavior but also an array of youthful actions that offend prevailing social norms. Thus,…

This paper investigates the real living standards and poverty status of U.S. children in the 1990s compared to the children in 17 other nations, including Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, and Australia. The analysis is based on the Luxembourg Income Study database. It was found that American children have lower real spendable income than do comparable…

This paper examines the human and locational factors that influence patterns of residential mobility within metropolitan areas and discusses ways that public policy influences mobility patterns. The first section focuses on current demographic trends in central cities and suburbs, discussing data from the mid 1970s on population movement between…

This study utilizes data analysis and field research, including three community conferences of Samoan leaders, service providers, and policymakers, to examine the size and nature of the Samoan communities in the United States, the economic structure of the migrant communities (including job training and experience, educational achievement, and…

In this study, research was conducted over an 18-month period on the nature of population policy in America, its impact on black people, and how black people view its impact. Projections for the nonwhite population to the year 2000 were made by the National Urban League Research Department. Our projections, which are based on the Census Bureau's…

Explores the situations of the following immigrant groups in Canada: (1) Caribbean Blacks; (2) East Indians; and (3) Filipinos. The combined contributions of these groups to Canada's work force and Canada's economic, sociological, educational, multicultural, and spiritual development are incalculable, yet these minorities face discrimination and…

In this bulletin, recent demographic and socioeconomic trends among American blacks are reviewed and compared with trends among whites. The report includes information on black population growth and composition; rural-urban distribution; fertility and family planning practice; mortality; migration; family structure and marital status; education;…

In the last 20 years, there has been a significant growth in the participation of adults in education and learning experiences, and a parallel growth in the awareness of the needs and desires of adults vis-a-vis education. The reasons for this growth include (1) the aging of the U.S. population; (2) the changing role of women in society; and (3)…

The social and economic status of blacks in New York City is the subject of this Urban League report, which has five major parts. Part I is an executive summary of the report. Part II provides a demographic profile of the black community. Data are presented on population size, the geographic distribution of blacks, age distribution, marital…