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Orfield, Gary; Taylor, William L. – 1979
This booklet contains two papers: (1) "Federal Agencies and Urban Segregation: Steps Toward Coordinated Action," by Gary Orfield; and (2) "Mounting a Concerted Federal Attack on Urban Segregation," by William L. Taylor. In the first paper, racial, economic, and educational trends in urban areas are reviewed. Lack of Federal commitment,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Desegregation Litigation, Federal Government, Neighborhood Integration
Tauber, Karl E. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
The relation of racially segregated schooling to segregated housing has been, since Brown v. Topeka, a subject of increasing political and legal concern. Research on White flight, resegregation, and housing desegregation must continue, since after 30 years of desegregation, we still know little of whether it helps to integrate housing. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education, Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Integration
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1979
This report includes papers by two educators concerning the education of Hispanics in the United States. Jose Hernandez addresses the issues of Hispanic demographic patterns and migration and the implications of these factors for educational planning and policy. Rafael Valdivieso focuses on the Federal role in Hispanic desegregation, discussing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedTaeuber, Karl E.; James, David R. – Sociology of Education, 1983
Parochial and other private secondary schools in the United States enroll disproportionately few Blacks. Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore discounted this segregation. However, their analysis of within-district segregation is inappropriate and misleading. If future analysis of an appropriate data set is undertaken, standard analysis-of-variance methods…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Educational Research, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedColeman, James S.; Hoffer, Thomas – Sociology of Education, 1983
The existence of private schools does not necessarily lead to greater school segregation as Taeuber-James argue. Cain-Goldberger are not only incorrect in their discussion of methodology but they also misinterpret the data and misquote the authors. Morgan's efforts to use new data on Catholic schools are applauded. (IS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Vitullo-Martin, Thomas – 1980
This paper reviews the principal literature on schools and communities to find evidence that schools perform community-shaping functions. Section I discusses problems in the field of educational research that have led observers to neglect the school-neighborhood relationship. Sociological, anthropological, and political studies of communities that…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Factors, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
