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Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 1988
This document reviews the following books on urban and minority education: (1) "Communicating Racism: Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk" (Teun A. van Dijk), which discusses the ways that prejudice and negative stereotypes are conveyed in discourse and then socially reproduced in everyday thought, talk, and action; (2) "American Business and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Blacks
Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. Div. of Educational Planning and Development. – 1989
This statistical digest provides 1987-88 information on the enrollments, students, programs and services, finances, and personnel resources of the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD's) nine campuses. Following a glossary of terms, the report provides an overview of major findings. These include the following: (1) an estimated 4.6…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Programs, College Transfer Students
Nashville - Davidson County Metropolitan Public Schools, TN. – 1984
This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of a 4-year program in urban horticulture. The guide consists of a course description; general course…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the influence of black nonstandard English on how a person is perceived, (2) Navajo language maintenance and shift, (3) the relationship of the syntactical…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
Proceedings of the University/Urban Schools Task Force conference on what works in urban schools are summarized in this report. The future direction of the Task Force, articulated by conference participants, is described as a move toward the conceptualization and design of programs to teach thinking skills versus programs that mainly teach subject…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Cognitive Processes, College School Cooperation, Community Support
Hispanic Policy Development Project, Inc., New York, NY. – 1984
This is the second volume of the report of the National Commission on Secondary Schooling for Hispanics. There are three main sections. The first contains a comparative, demographic analysis of the United States Hispanic population, the total United States population, and the White and Black populations. It documents the relative size and growth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Data Collection, Dropouts
Achilles, C. M.; DuVall, Lloyd – 1983
Pupils at three elementary schools and one junior high school among Area 1 inner-city schools of St. Louis Missouri, were identified as scoring well below norms on standardized tests. An effort to change the educational programs at these schools netted financial support and the creation of Project SHAL (named for the schools involved). Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Change
Easley, Edgar M. – 1978
As part of a panel on rural education, Dr. Edgar M. Easley spoke on the topic "Urban-Rural Education - Relieving the Tension". Based on findings from literature of adult migration to urban areas, Dr. Easley stated the following implications for adult education teachers and administrators: (1) that the tension found in rural migrants related to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Blacks, Counseling
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1978
This pilot-year report comments on the efficiency and current status of strategies for improved urban education. By pooled judgement and survey methodologies, program data from thirty cities, student interviews from site visits, and study team observations of five city districts (Atlanta, Dallas, Milwaukee, Oakland and Toledo) are examined. Urban…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
South Oklahoma City Junior Coll., OK. – 1979
This report assesses the Open Access, Satellite Education Services (OASES) program, a joint venture between South Oklahoma City Junior College and the Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County designed to provide adult education opportunities to all segments of the area's urban population. Program goals are outlined in terms of numbers of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, American Indians, Budgets
FIRMAN, WILLIAM D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT IS COMPRISED OF TEN PAPERS PRESENTED AT A MULTISTATE CONFERENCE ON THE STRENGTHENING OF STATE-LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS IN URBAN EDUCATION. PART I OF THE DOCUMENT SUMMARIZES THE TOPICS WHICH ARE PRESENTED VERBATIM IN PART II. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE--(1) URBAN EDUCATION AND THE DEMONSTRATION CITIES PROGRAM, (2) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Ecological Factors, Educational Change
Newitt, Jane, Ed. – 1979
These essays deal explicitly with the future of the public schools and implicitly with the problem of making responsible predictions. Following an introduction by Herman Kahn, the first two essays deal with the social and social policy context of the schools. B. Bruce-Briggs contrasts alternative long-term and current cultural trends. Jane Newitt,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Bureaucracy, Citizen Participation
Dunn, John M., Ed.; Harris, Jerry L., Ed. – 1979
Twenty papers presented at the Oregon state conference on "Inservice Physical Education and Public Law 94-142" are included in the volume. The first section focuses on the inservice challenge and includes papers on subjects such as the accountability of inservice training for implementation of Public Law 94-142, the practical…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adapted Physical Education, Administrator Role, Conference Reports
Israel, Benjamin L. – 1968
Under the auspices of the New York Board of Education and funded through the Office of Economic Opportunity, 20 Edison Responsive Environment (ERE) machines ("Talking Typewriters") were acquired, and a research and demonstration project for disadvantaged students of a major metropolitan area was developed. A total of 238 primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education
SMITH, JULIAN W.; AND OTHERS – 1963
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IS USED TO RELATE A VARIETY OF CURRICULAR AREAS TO OUTDOOR EDUCATION. THE ROLE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL USES OF PUBLIC LANDS AND FACILITIES IS DISCUSSED. SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED FOR THE TRAINING OF PERSONNEL TO LEAD THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF OUR…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Camping, Citizenship Responsibility, Conservation Education
