RACIAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE BIG NORTHERN CITIES WILL INCREASINGLY SPREAD TO THE SUBURBS. EDUCATORS MUST BE PREPARED TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH THEM. THE WRITER'S EXPERIENCES WITH THE ENGLEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY ARE PRESENTED. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS REORGANIZED (98 PERCENT NEGRO GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AND ITS PUPILS…

IN IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO PROVIDE A BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF MINORITY GROUPS. SUCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES INCLUDE THE USE OF FILMS, LITERATURE, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THESE MATERIALS SHOULD PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS FOR TEACHING STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND, ACCEPT, AND RESPECT INDIVIDUALS WHO…

This essay examines the impact of the Brown decision on both the relative educational attainments and relative earnings of blacks and whites. On the basis of the available data, it argues that the Brown decision had a powerful effect on improving the economic status of blacks, although only a portion of that improvement was attained through more…

Extensive observations of the pattern of seating by Negro and white college students in the cafeterias of Brooklyn College (1953) and City College of New York (1963 and 1965) revealed consistent isolation of the Negro students. This pattern of social (self) segregation existed within environments which have always been physically integrated and…

This study is concerned with the participation by Negroes in public recreation programs in 24 suburban communities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and the five boroughs of New York City. It is a broadly descriptive study of the activities in which Negroes of all ages participate, as well as of administrative practices and problems…

This study evaluated the city of Boston's Magnet Movement Athletics Program, which brought together inner city children with suburban children in a movement oriented program designed to facilitate racial harmony and the growth of positive interracial attitudes. Four hundred seventh and eighth grade black, white, and oriental children underwent a…

The document reviewed the legal background of racial isolation in the schools of New York and described the efforts to eliminate de facto segregation in New York schools. An analysis is made of the extent to which Negro and Puerto Rican student populations are isolated in the New York schools. Selected studies were examined to define differences…

The Department of Educational Administration and Supervision of Memphis State University offered a Desegregation Workshop for approximately 200 administrators during the 1971-72 school year. This workshop, with some modification, continued the Memphis City Schools' initial efforts of 1970-71. This study determined the improvement of the…

This experimental program is composed of a series of projects: the 1971-72 phase titled, "Leadership Training for Multicultural Understanding," and the 1973-74 phase, "Leadership Training to Influence Peer Behavior." Funding has come from HEW grants--Emergency School Assistance Program and the Emergency School Aid Act. The…

Antecedents and correlates of interracial behavior among high school students were assessed. Separate questionnaires were prepared for white and black students so that specific items referred explicitly to members of one's own race or to members of the other race. These questionnaires were completed by 750 students in an integrated high school…

With the possible exception that defacto segregation and other factors have hindered integration more in the large cities, the success of integration efforts cannot be related to variations in community size. A clearly significant variable has been the commitment, steadfastness and skill in community relations of the school superintendent. Other…

The results of a 1976 study of American whites' attitudes toward racial integration of blacks into U.S. society are reported. Improvement in racial attitudes, and the continuities and discontinuities in the rate of improvement are discussed. Some of the causes for the trends observed are examined. (Author/GC)

Nathan Glazer's book "Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy" is reviewed with a focus on the highly divisive nature of redistributive justice in America and its consequences. (DS)

The significance of race is increasing, especially for middle class blacks who, because of school desegregation, affirmative action, and other integration programs are coming into direct contact with whites for the first time for extended interaction. (Author/AM)

The research reported here investigated the response of white suburban home owners to the initial integration of their previously all white neighborhood. The study was designed to examine the extent to which interracial contact occurs, the behavioral reactions of the residents to the integration of their area, and corresponding changes in their…