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District Court, New York, NY. Eastern District of New York. – 1974
Plaintiffs are students enrolled in Franklin K. Lane High School, and they sue on behalf of all others similarly situated for an adjudication that their school has been so zoned as to make and keep it a segregated school in spite of its location. They moved to enjoin further enforcement of the school's zoning. The board moved for summary judgment.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation
NCRIEEO Newsletter, 1972
The Equal Educational Opportunity Workshop for Human Rights Workers focused on the theme "Equal Educational Opportunity--What Does It Mean to the Human Rights Worker? A Deep Examination of Professional Commitment." Most school systems and educational institutions have human rights specialists devoting staff time and resources to race and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Isolation
Wainer, Andrew – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2004
The lack of resources devoted to educating Latinos in emerging immigrant communities is generating negative educational outcomes and de facto educational segregation in the South. While Latino immigrants continue to dominate employment in the meat processing, service, and construction sectors in these communities, they are underrepresented on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, Educational Objectives, Parent Participation

Brook, Diane L. – Social Education, 1997
Profiles the process of South Africa's transformation into a democracy. Outlines the many characteristics of the transition from white to majority rule, such as the attempt to achieve catharsis and bury the apartheid past through a process of amnesty and reconciliation. Describes the remaining obstacles to that transition. (MJP)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Apartheid, Civil Rights
Popkin, Susan J.; Galster, George C.; Temkin, Kenneth; Herbig, Carla; Levy, Diane K.; Richer, Elise K. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
Between 1992 and 1996 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) settled a number of legal cases involving housing authorities and agreed to take remedial action as part of court-enforced consent decrees entered into with plaintiffs. These housing authorities faced significant obstacles that impaired their ability to comply swiftly…
Descriptors: Public Housing, Neighborhood Integration, Compliance (Legal), Minority Groups
Rochester City School District, NY. – 1993
This textbook for elementary school children is a history of African Americans from 800 A.D. to 1992 in 24 chapters. Each chapter closes with a review that lists vocabulary words to learn, and offers thinking and writing questions. Some chapters also contain activity sheets. Chapter topics include African origins, black explorers and settlers in…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Education, Black History, Black Influences
Chicago Urban League, IL. Dept. of Research. – 1982
In this report, the Chicago Urban League assesses the Chicago Board of Education's proposed school desegregation plan. The report discusses eleven points of disagreement with plan provisions. The issues raised include: (1) the absence of concrete provisions, especially numerical standards, to ensure that existing black-white separation in Chicago…
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Community Attitudes, Demography
Noboa, Abdin – 1980
An analysis and interpretation of a five-volume study by Aspira, Inc., which examined Hispanic segregation in U.S. schools, presents an overview of the study, general findings, and a summary and conclusions, including recommendations for further study and analysis and general policy recommendations. Segregation trends for Hispanics are discussed…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
HENDERSON, VIVIAN W. – 1966
THE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO ARE THE MOST DEPRESSED SEGMENTS OF THE ECONOMY AND THE POPULATION, AND IMPORTANTLY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH NEGROES ARE ABSORBED INTO THE ECONOMY WILL DETERMINE THE PACE WITH WHICH THE SOUTH REACHES PARITY OF INCOME LEVEL WITH THE REST OF THE NATION. IN COMPARISON WITH WHITES, NEGROES HAVE GAINED ONLY SLIGHTLY IN INCOME AND…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
Pearce, Diana – 1980
A research project was conducted based on the hypothesis that metropolitan school desegregation, by removing white enclaves in the schools, has an effect on the way housing choices are made and results in lower levels of housing segregation. By comparing seven pairs of cities that are otherwise similar (in terms of size, region, minority…
Descriptors: Advertising, Comparative Analysis, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
Smith, Ralph V.; And Others – 1968
An extensive survey was conducted in 1965 by a team of white and Negro interviewers in an application of ecological theory to a study of the support relationship between the community and its school system. Findings are based upon interview data from a probability sample of 931 respondents selected from the population of persons 21 years of age…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Support
Goldstein, Stephen R. – 1974
This book is intended to serve as a general introduction to the broad area of educational law for students without previous exposure to the subject or as a tool for more advanced students seeking to focus on a particular area of the law as it applies to public education. Although its emphasis is primarily legal, the book also contains historical,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Curriculum Development
Gordon, Edmund W. – 1970
This paper reviews the wide variety of approaches and issues in research relating to the education of the disadvantaged in the decade of the sixties. Relevant works are designated in two categories: (1) the study of population characteristics and, (2) the description and evaluation of programs and practices. Studies within the former area are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Classification, Compensatory Education
Stockman, W. H. – 1970
This paper summarizes the history of North America, especially of the United States, from the earliest explorations and settlements through the present. Emphasis is placed on the Europeans' effect on American Indian life and the inadequate development of Indian education. Comparisons are made between the various colonizers' Indian policies before…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agricultural Education, American History, American Indian Culture
New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1972
The Commission was appointed late in 1969 by joint action of Governor Rockefeller and the Board of Regents of the State of New York to report on the quality, cost and financing of elementary and secondary education in New York State, and to make recommendations for the improvement of performance in all of these dimensions. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Compensatory Education, Educational Change