This study examines from a geographical perspective the factors that impact the performance of public elementary schools in New York City during 2001-2005, a period when its schools were undergoing major reforms at both the local and national level. Education reforms have focused their attention on schools by increasing their responsibility and…

This paper uses 1980 Census data to assess the patterns of population redistribution and migration of Asian Americans. Analyzing migration flows, it argues that Asian Americans who immigrated to the United States before 1975 followed a national trend of regional population shift from the Northeast and the North Central to the West and South.…

This review comments on the recent class action suits in Michigan related to affirmative action and college admission. It reviews related cases and the legal basis for the Supreme Court decisions that are expected to have widespread effects. Affirmative action plans exist at all levels of government and business, and a broad ruling invalidating…

Discusses the consequences of different rates of approach to zero growth, given the history of marked differentials in fertility and mortality rates between whites and nonwhites. (DF)

Data were collected from the Air Training Command personnel processing files on non-prior-service accessions for male and female basic trainees entering the Air Force during the years 1970 through 1973. Data included age, Airman Qualifying Examination (AQE) aptitude indexes, years of education, race, and geographic area of enlistment. Tables show…

This report provides an overview of American children based on the first data released from the 2000 Census. Overall, at 72.3 million in 2000, the number of children recorded in the 2000 Census was the largest in U.S. history. There was a substantial increase in the number of children during the 1990s as the under-18 population grew 8.7 million…

Discusses the recent Supreme Court decision on desegregation of Denver schools. Suggests that by broadening the concept of de jure segregation, the Supreme Court has dealt a crippling, if not fatal, blow to defacto segregation. (Author/JF)

Author points out that the concept leads to arbitrary and unpopular" measures such as busing in education and quota systems in employment. (Author/SP)

Analyzes reference books which reflect differences in the curriculum and presentation of course offerings in the City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois. Shows how institutions, sometimes unwittingly, help to maintain inequities in educational opportunities. (Author/MK)

The focus of this report is to summarize the research that has been conducted thus far on the new SAT Writing section. The evidence provided reveals that the new writing section has satisfactory psychometric quality in that its reliability is acceptable; it is significantly related to first-year college GPA and college English grades; it has been…

This publication is based on data obtained by the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, from all accredited institutions of higher education. Data cover earned degrees conferred in the aggregate United States. Degree data are compiled for a 12-month period, July of one year through June of the following year. In…

This report, from the Department of Instruction in Dover, Delaware, provides school enrollment figures by race and ethnicity for all school districts in the state. The figures are from school reports of September 30, 1986. The four tables present the following information, respectively: (1) racial and ethnic composition by school pupil enrollment…

Presents data regarding income and educational level of Blacks who moved into previously White residential areas in New York City. Finds different patterns of racial succession in tracts near areas of Black concentration, areas distant from Black ghettos, and White residential sections with many recently constructed rental units. (Author/GC)

In the current educational climate, our schools are increasing in diversity amongst students; however the teachers are remaining the same. Many students are faced with the realization that their teachers "do not look like them" and therefore have a desire for their teachers to be as diverse as the student body. For many years the hiring of…