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Ornstein, Allan C. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1989
The crisis in urban schools involves an exodus of white middle class families from the city or to private schools and a build-up of educationally disadvantaged minority students. Enrollment trends indicate that, unless appropriate action is taken, public schools will further deteriorate as they house fewer middle class students. (SM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education