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Bitterman, Amy; Goldring, Rebecca; Gray, Lucinda – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report presents selected findings from the Public School Principal and Private School Principal Data Files of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Fortuny, Karina; Capps, Randy; Simms, Margaret; Chaudry, Ajay – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Up-to-date state information on the characteristics and population size of children of immigrants is essential for planning and implementing educational, health, housing, labor, and other social programs that affect children, their families, and other residents. This brief, a companion to the Urban Institute's new interactive Children of…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Community Surveys, Immigrants, Children
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
An analysis was done of federal statistics to explore the relationship between Hispanic Americans' dropout rates and migration. An analysis of November 1989 data revealed that among 16- to 24-year-olds Hispanic American dropout rates are 3 times higher than those for non-Hispanic Americans. In looking at the impact of immigration on Hispanic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Cubans, Dropout Characteristics
Poe-Yamagata, Eileen; Jones, Michael A. – 2000
The over-representation of minorities, especially African Americans, in U.S. prisons has received much attention in recent years, but the disproportionate representation of minorities is not limited to adult prisons. It is also found among youth confined in secure juvenile facilities. Because of inconsistencies in the collection and reporting of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
Ali, Russlynn; Jerald, Craig D. – 2001
This study investigated how many high-poverty and high-minority schools in California and nationwide had high student performance, identifying schools that had students with reading and/or math performance in the top third among all schools in the state, at least 50 percent low-income students, and at least 50 percent African American and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students
Fry, Richard; Lowell, B. Lindsay – 2002
This study examines how different Latino generations (immigrants and their U.S.-born offspring) perform in the labor market, highlighting the wages and employment of young adults. It is based on tabulations of Current Population Survey data collected monthly by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, with the years 1995 and 2000 as the starting and closing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Li, Xiaojie; Carroll, C. Dennis – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This study provides a comprehensive profile of all types of "minority-serving institutions" (MSIs), in the United States and to examine the characteristics of minority students who attend these institutions. The report adds to earlier research focusing on single types of MSIs--primarily Historically Black Colleges and Universities…
Descriptors: Income, Black Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Minority Groups
Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – 2002
This report describes major demographic and socioeconomic changes in New York's Hispanic population in the 1990s. Data come from the Current Population Surveys and the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census of Population and Housing. Despite some gains, New York Hispanics were not significantly better off in 2000 than in 1990. New York City's Hispanic…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Hispanic Americans, Immigration, Income
Smith, Thomas M. – 1995
Both Hispanics and Whites have made important educational gains over the past two decades. However, Hispanics trail their White peers with respect to educational access, achievement, and attainment, although some differences have narrowed over time. This booklet summarizes data from "The Condition of Education, 1995," on overall educational trends…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Literacy, College Graduates
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
This paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on current status and historical trends in the employment of Hispanic women. Some of the findings include the following: (1) the Hispanic women's population increased by 52 percent from 1990-1999, compared with 17 percent for black women and 7 percent for white women; (2) 9…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Employment Level

Bickel, Robert – Youth and Society, 1986
Public and private schooling have a roughly uniform effect on achievement, but variability among students' home and neighborhood environments mask the leveling effect. Includes an historical discussion of egalitarianism and stratification in American education. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational History, Equal Education
Bonilla, Carlos A. – 1997
The U.S. Hispanic population is increasing faster than the non-Hispanic White population, and during the first half of the 21st century, the United States will have a "minority majority." California will reach that status in the next 4-7 years. Focus should not be on the "threat" that Latino population growth brings, hoping to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
O'Malley, J. Michael – 1987
This study examined academic growth of high school age Hispanics as compared with that of non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. It explored the following issues: (1) academic growth between the sophomore and senior years; (2) the courses the students take while in high school; and (3) the relationship of schooling and student characteristics to academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropouts, High School Students, High Schools
Jerald, Craig D. – 2001
This study investigated how many high-poverty and high-minority schools nationwide had high student performance, identifying 4,577 schools nationwide that had students with reading and/or math performance in the top third among all schools in the state at the same grade level, at least 50 percent low-income students, and at least 50 percent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students
National Committee on Pay Equity, Washington, DC. – 1990
Women have made slow, steady progress in the labor market since 1979, but the wage gap has not narrowed significantly. This briefing paper updates a September 1987 paper based on "Male-Female Differences in Work Experience, Occupations, and Earnings: 1984" (Current Population Reports, Household Economic Studies, Series P-70, No. 10, issued in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Research, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)