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Download full textMoseley, Christopher – 1995
The future of endangered languages is discussed, drawing on experiences in development of an atlas of language. Issues in the debate over language maintenance are examined, including the emotion-laden concept of ethnicity and relative youth of the concepts of human rights and linguistic geography. The fact that the atlas in question indicates only…
Descriptors: Atlases, Contrastive Linguistics, Demography, Diachronic Linguistics
Cheng, Maisy; And Others – 1992
This evaluation was undertaken to answer three questions about the Toronto Board of Education's recruitment and selection of elementary and secondary teachers. The questions were: (1) What is the size of the racial minority job applicant pool for teaching positions? (2) Do racial minority job applicants have success rates like other job applicants…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1989
This paper examines the influence of race and ethnicity on who goes to college and who graduates, and discusses policy issues surrounding higher education access and outcomes. Based on case studies of 10 majority institutions in 8 states, the paper proposes a conceptual scheme for dealing with such issues as the appropriate balance between…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Students, Data Analysis
Current Housing Report, 1989
A wide variety of data, collected in 1985 and 1986, is presented in this first biennial report that deals with U.S. housing and the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of its occupants. The U.S. Census American Housing Survey of 1985 is the primary database for the report, which provides an excellent resource for teacher background…
Descriptors: Blacks, Costs, Family Environment, Family (Sociological Unit)
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the median age of workers will rise from 34.8 years in 1982 to 37.3 years by 1995. In the 30 years between 1955 and 1985, the number of workers aged 45 and over has risen from 25 million to nearly 32 million. Workers over the age of 45 are established in all types of occupations. The number of men aged…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Employee Attitudes
La Pierre, D. Bruce – 1987
This paper summarizes events leading to the interdistrict settlement of the St. Louis (Missouri) school desegregation case. Remarks are focused on four points: (1) an overview of the settlement process and rationale, (2) an explanation of the principal provisions, (3) a brief analysis of the implementation process, and (4) a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Court Litigation, Educational Quality
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1988
Tabulated data are provided on the enrollment and degree awards of higher education students by their racial/ethnic groups for academic year 1984-85. Surveys were sent to 3,379 higher education institutions in the United States and its territories. Tables in this report include institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia only. The…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1984
The 1982-1983 report of the postsecondary desegregation progress in Maryland is presented. The goals of the 1980 plan and the status of attainment of the goals are discussed. Data are presented on enrollments, degrees granted, employment, and governing boards. For each state institution, a chart provides information on goals and recommendations,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Change Strategies, College Desegregation, Degrees (Academic)
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1981
Results of the Oklahoma State Department of Education's School Racial Survey for Fiscal Year 1980-1981 were tabulated by school districts within each county, according to races represented, by male and female students, and by total numbers of each race represented. The 586,893 students on the survey included 52,513 Blacks, 63,664 American Indians,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, County School Districts
ZAVATT, JOSEPH C.
PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINED THAT THE VALLEY SCHOOL, ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MANHASSET, NEW YORK, WAS SEGREGATED. NEGROES IN THE VALLEY AREA LIVED AT A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL. TYPICALLY, THEIR CHILDREN WERE FROM 2 TO 3 YEARS BEHIND THE NORMS IN READING ACHIEVEMENT. EXCERPTS FROM THE COURT CASE, R. BLOCKER VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF…
Descriptors: Black Education, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
GEORGEOFF, P.J. – 1968
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE--(1) IF THE NEGRO CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN HE LEARNS ABOUT HIS HERITAGE, (2) IF THE CAUCASIAN CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY BY A STUDY OF THE NEGRO'S HERITAGE AND CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA, AND (3) IF COMMUNITY CONTACTS INFLUENCE CHILDREN'S SELF-CONCEPTS.…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Youth, Course Content
PDF pending restorationNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1980
Statistical data on the racial and ethnic distribution of students and staff in New York State public elementary and secondary schools are presented in this report. Detailed in the tables are: (1) racial/ethnic distribution of public school students, 1979-80; (2) distribution of black and Hispanic students, 1979-80; (3) percent distribution of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Black Students, Black Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Crumpton-Bawden, E. Carlene Tolbert – 1975
The primary assertion of this study was that equality of educational opportunity must reduce the poverty status of the poor and of minorities. This study argued that the most directly relevant school variable likely to reduce poverty is increased educational attainment because of its correlation to income which correlates to the quality of one's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Rate
New York State Dept. of Civil Service, Albany, NY. – 1974
The report is published to provide data for effectively evaluating New York State's continuing efforts to achieve equality of employment opportunity in State agencies. Results of the survey are shown as distributed by these variables: agency, ethnic group and sex, occupational group, salary grade, ethnic group and jurisdictional classification,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1967
As part of the implementation of the Joint Policy Statement on Equality of Educational Opportunity, Michigan's State Board of Education conducted its first public school racial census in the spring of 1967. Information was collected about the racial composition of: (1) student bodies and staff by school building and (2) central office staffs of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
