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Jones, Judith Denton – 1987
This text presents the results of a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the development and activities of the Six School Complex, a group of schools in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Complex was organized in 1975 to cope with population shifts by increasing the number of neighborhood children attending public schools, to broaden and improve the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
Orfield, Gary – 1983
This book is a partly quantitative, partly qualitative analysis of public school desegregation in the United States from 1968 to 1980. It is based on racial data (collected for the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights) released for the first time in this work. Chapter 1, "Regional Trends in School Desegregation," focuses on…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Sung, Betty Lee – 1987
This book examines the role of three major social institutions--community, school, and family--in helping Chinese immigrant children cope with and adapt to a new life in New York City. The following aspects of Chinese life are explored: (1) immigration networking; (2) determinants of immigrant types; (3) the community; (4) the school--enrollment…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Children, Chinese Americans
