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Hill, K. Dara – Urban Education, 2009
This study chronicles the historical divisions of race and class between Detroit and its suburban neighbor as an explanation for current tensions in the communities and schools. This analysis poses implications for educational apartheid and stark disparities between urban and suburban boundaries and consequent discomfort among practitioners when…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Racial Bias, School Desegregation
Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation
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Roth, Stephen J. – Integrated Education, 1971
The ruling by U. S. District Judge Stephen J. Roth on September 27, 1971, in Bradley versus Milliken, a case involving charges by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the Detroit School system was segregated. (JM)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Litigation, Racial Segregation
1962
DATA FROM THE DETROIT GREAT CITIES PROJECT INDICATES AN INCREASE IN STUDENT I.Q. AND ACHIEVEMENT SCORES AND IN PARENT PARTICIPATION AND PRIVATE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT WHERE SPECIALIZED COACHING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMING IS TAKING PLACE. NOT KNOWN ARE THE LASTING EFFECTS OF I.Q. AND ACHIEVEMENT INCREASES AND THE DEGREE OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Improvement, Enrichment Activities, Instructional Materials
Arkley, Alfred S. – 1974
The political behavior and orientations of 1027 fifth-grade students in 18 inner-city, racially segregated, low socioeconomic status elementary schools were examined in two Michigan cities in 1970. The political effects of racial composition were different for each race. As elementary schools became increasingly black, average student political…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Inner City
Henderson, Ronald D. – 1974
This study is designed to compare the school normative climate of white and black urban elementary schools relatively matched on socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement. With this design the researcher sought to: (1) find if there are differences in normative climate between white and black schools; and (2) generate further tentative insight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, Comparative Analysis