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Colvin, Richard Lee – School Administrator, 1999
After years of implementing Interactive Math, many California school districts have bowed to parental pressure and returned to a traditional mathematics curriculum. Reforms are catching on in Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, South Carolina, and New Jersey. The white/minority SAT score gap remains wide. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 1990…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Algebra, Computation, Educational Change
Paulk, Laura; Kilpatrick, Allie C. – 1989
The national attention focused on child sexual abuse has resulted in calls for prevention programs and ways to protect children. A child sexual abuse prevention program was developed and implemented by social workers in all the public elementary schools of a high-risk county in cooperation with the Council on Child Abuse, the Department of Family…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education

Henderson, Haven; Raywid, Mary Anne – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
New York City is establishing a number of new small high schools. Implementation of this reform effort is described through the example of the Legacy School for Integrated Studies, a school committed to providing an intellectually responsible education that is sensitive to issues faced by people of color and the poor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Change, High School Students, High Schools
Providence Dropout Prevention Collaborative, RI. – 1994
Today, over 70 percent of the students of the Providence (Rhode Island) public schools are people of color. The dropout rate in Providence has been steadily decreasing over the last decade, but it remains high, ranked 16th among large cities in 1992. Race and ethnicity are relevant factors in scholastic achievement in Providence, and for that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth

Croteau, James M.; And Others – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1992
Discusses implementation and evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) educational intervention for college student leaders in African-American, Latino, feminist, and gay and lesbian campus organizations. Describes participants and recruitment, intervention techniques, evaluation, and implications of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Blacks, College Students, Feminism
Ahlgren, Priscilla – Teaching Tolerance, 1993
Experiences of a bilingual multicultural elementary school in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) illustrate how concepts of social justice, equality, and respect for ethnic differences can be introduced. The school is distinguished by its two-way bilingual program that gives every child a chance to master English and Spanish. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education

Deever, Bryan – Journal of Education, 1992
Argues that the power arrangements existing in schools before integration were the same as those existing after integration, with only the pathways of articulation different. One modality supporting segregation was replaced with another; both were supported by the discursive practice of grouping students by native intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Desegregation, Desegregation Effects, Educational History

Reyes, Laurie Hart; Stanic, George M. A. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1988
Many black students, female students, and students of low socioeconomic status do not achieve up to their potential in mathematics. A model to explain group differences in performance is presented. Relevant research results are included, along with suggestions for future research to test the model. (PK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Black Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1994
For the 1993-94 school year, the Office of Educational Research (OER) of the New York City Public Schools was asked to conduct evaluations of the 12 magnet schools funded under the New York State Magnet School Initiative. The state initiative was planned to promote the development of magnet schools that promote multicultural educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning