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National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2009
This report compares the demand for public education in St. Louis during the 2007-08 school year with both the supply and location of public schools operated by St. Louis Public Schools and charter schools. The geographic areas of analysis are the city of St. Louis and its zip codes. The first four sections of this report contain background…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, School Location, Charter Schools
Taeuber, Karl – 1983
Racial residential segregation persists at high levels in all American cities with sizeable black populations. In 1980, 28 cities with black populations of more than 100,000 were home for 9.7 million blacks, more than a third of all American blacks. The average segregation index score for these cities was 81, when 100 means that every city block…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Racial Distribution, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns
Fowler, Paul G. – 1994
In 1994, a study was conducted to describe the Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) service region in terms which would aid the college's strategic planning efforts. Major study findings include the following: (1) between 1990 and 2000, the population of the PVCC service district is expected to grow by 11.4%; (2) three localities enroll at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Grant, Geraldine S. – 1981
This research report summarizes data on six immigrant groups residing in the New York City borough of Queens: Colombians, Greeks, Italians, Koreans, Indians, and Israelis. Data on which this report is based include aggregate qualitative data, analysis of previous surveys, data from other projects and public agencies, and a review of scholarly and…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Level, Ethnicity, Greek Americans
Tomas Rivera Center, Claremont, CA. – 1990
This report identifies specific goal-oriented interventions that must be undertaken if Latinos in Orange County (California) are to take advantage of the county's economic prosperity. Orange County Latinos are emerging as a rapidly growing, diverse, and youthful sector of the population. The Latino population is clustered in the older…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Opportunities, Educational Needs, Financial Support
Willadsen, Thomas C. – 1987
This report analyzes the distribution of immigrants in Neighborhood Development Areas (NDAs) and other Community Districts of New York, New York based on the 1980 U.S. Census. A Community District is designated as an NDA by the Community Development Agency (CDA) if more than 20,000 of its residents are recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Development, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants
Bloom, Mitchel F. – 1980
A six month study attempted a forecast of growth and development in the 1980s for the city of Tacoma, Washington and the Tacoma School District. Section one of the study's report focuses on demographic and economic issues. Figures are presented that show possible trends in general population growth, per capita income, retail sales, and housing.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Economic Climate, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections
Muller, Thomas; And Others – 1980
This report focuses on demographic and economic changes affecting urban households during the 1980s. Statistics regarding birth, fertility and mortality rates, marriage and divorce, and household formation are presented. Metropolitan and interregional trends in mobility are examined by racial, income and age groups. Growth rates of the national…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Economic Factors, Employment Projections, Family Income
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
Guerrero, Edna S.; Kerr, Oliver – 1987
A 35 percent increase in total enrollment in the Dade County Public Schools is projected for the year 2000. The projections are based on population projections developed by the Metro-Dade County Planning Department for the county's continuing urban development and growth management programs. Dade County Public Schools in cooperation with…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Rate
Boughan, Karl – 1990
In an effort to better market the college's credit programs and services, Prince George's Community College (PGCC), Mayland, has employed its own tracking system which utilizes a socioeconomic segmentation of their serviceable target population. This approach utilizes U.S. Census data grouping neighborhoods into 24 natural socioeconomic, cultural…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Tschechtelin, James D. – 1983
A study of community college funding in Maryland found that the Community College of Baltimore (CCB) faces unique educational circumstances warranting additional state aid. These circumstances largely result from the special needs of Baltimore City, which has a disproportionate concentration of the state's poor and dependent citizens, the greatest…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid
Villanueva, Margaret; Erdman, Brian; Howlett, Larry – 2000
This paper traces the effects of economic restructuring through comparative socioeconomic profiles of African American and Latinos in the Midwest, with a focus on Chicago and Kansas City. Globalization has been associated with deindustrialization, relocation of jobs to developing countries with cheaper labor, and expansion of the service sector. A…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Education Work Relationship