This paper considers the educational work that narrative does. Against the context of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission that examined the crimes of apartheid, it discusses the narrative implications of South African poet Antjie Krog's multi-layered text of Truth Commission testimony, and autobiographical and philosophical…

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their students played a pivotal part in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and early 1960s. Private HBCUs, in particular, provided foot soldiers, intellectual leadership, and safe places to meet and plan civil disobedience. Their economic and political autonomy from the state enabled the…

If, as James Anderson stated, a nation committed to democracy and equality has every reason to be ashamed on "Brown v. Board of Education's" 50th anniversary, why the commemoration and celebration? By revising Anderson's challenge to examine the complex role of "Brown" in the nation's memory and history, this chapter…

South Africa is poised at a critical moment in its de/colonizing efforts. Engulfed in laudable anti-apartheid policies and legislation, South Africa has created a strong base for addressing colonial and apartheid legacies of racial, economic and political oppression. Despite these efforts, education continues to be a complex and contested terrain…

On April 10, 1994, The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University's School of Education sponsored its third conference on the impact of the famous "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" decision. Fourteen discussion groups analyzed the following questions: What was the promise of "Brown," and has that…

This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the videotape "Democracy and Right's: One Citizen's Challenge." The videotape takes a case-study approach toward understanding rights. It examines the story of Ernest Green, one of nine black students who helped integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Green's case…

Post-apartheid South Africa has been struggling with the question of how to restructure its institutions of higher education to both foster an equitable society and contribute to economic and technological development. Proponents of community colleges in the United States suggest that these institutions may best meet South Africa's needs.…

The attitudes of African American educators toward historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) were studied, focusing on the degree of support for HBCU, the perception that HBCU meet the needs of African American students, whether non-Blacks should attend HBCU, and why African Americans should choose them. The sample consisted of 30…

In the United states, late in the twentieth century, racial separation prevails in family life, playgrounds, churches, and local community activities. Segregation of housing is a key mechanism for maintaining the subordinate status of blacks. Housing policies and practices have been a leading cause of the nation's decaying central cities and…

Re-examination of a 16-county area of southern Alabama last studied in 1968 found it still economically depressed, especially for blacks. Black unemployment remains two to three times higher and black poverty rates up to five times higher than those of whites. Blacks are generally employed in the lowest paying jobs. Both black median family income…

This document includes a case summary and the Supreme Court Justices' opinions on Crawford vs Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles. The Crawford case concerned the constitutionality of Proposition 1, a State constitutional amendment ratified by California voters to stop mandatory pupil reassignment and busing within the Los Angeles…

Data collected nationwide from 1968 to the 1980-81 school year form the basis of this report on changes in school racial composition in States, Metropolitan areas, and large cities. Trends in the percentages of Black, Hispanic, and White students are discussed by region. It is indicated that the greatest gains in desegregation of blacks have taken…

The most intractable problems of racial segregation in public schools are those that currently exist in the nation's largest metropolitan areas. The impact of black migration to the cities from the rural South and of white flight from central cities to the suburbs have created not simply racially segregated schools, but segregated school…

This book summarizes previous research on the major causes of expenditure inequality and fiscal imbalance in public school finance, in addition to presenting original findings that identify the most important causes and most effective cures for these problems. It also identifies and documents corollary improvements that can be expected from…

RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF 337 MIGRANT CHILDREN IN THREE COUNTIES IN OREGON WERE GIVEN. BETWEEN 60 AND 70 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN ON WHOM DATA WERE COLLECTED WERE BEHIND THEIR PROPER GRADE LEVEL, 40 TO 50 PERCENT ATTENDED MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF SUCH PROBLEMS FACING MIGRANT CHILDREN AS PRESCHOOL MENTAL…