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WALSH, WILLIAM F. – 1967
THE MAYOR OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, STATES HIS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED CAMPUS SCHOOL PLAN FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, A CAMPUS FACILITY OR EDUCATIONAL PARK TO REPLACE SEVERAL OUTDATED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. THE MAYOR SUPPORTS THE PLAN BECAUSE (1) RACIAL BALANCE WILL IMPROVE, (2) THE CITY'S TAX BASE WILL BE PROTECTED BEACUSE CITY-OWNED SITES ON…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Parks, Federal Aid, Racially Balanced Schools
BARRY, FRANKLYN S. – 1967
THE CAMPUS SCHOOL PLAN FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PARK IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, WAS CONCEIVED WHEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FACED WITH THE NEED TO REPLACE EIGHT OUTMODED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE PARK WOULD BE BUILT ON A SITE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY, TO WHICH STUDENTS WOULD BE TRANSPORTED BY BUS. THE FIRST CAMPUS WOULD ESTABLISH FOUR PAIRS OF…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Class Size, Costs, Educational Opportunities
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1967
PRESENTED IN THIS CONFERENCE REPORT ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM POSITION PAPERS, SPEECHES, AND DISCUSSION GROUPS. COMPLETE INTEGRATION RATHER THAN MERE DESEGREGATION, AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL WERE THE MAJOR EMPHASES OF THE CONFERENCE. POSITION PAPERS INCLUDED (1) A REPORT ON HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT'S PROJECT CONCERN, IN WHICH INNER-CITY STUDENTS ARE…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bus Transportation, Community Cooperation, Compensatory Education
Finkel, Lawrence S. – 1974
The Education Park is designed to provide special facilities and services for community groups. By community groups we mean not only adults or those who have completed school, but school-age children regardless of their school affiliation who can reach the Education Park to utilize its facilities after the normal day school hours are completed.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, After School Centers, Community Involvement, Continuing Education Centers
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1968
This report describes the events leading up to the desegregation of the public elementary and junior high schools in Syracuse and the effects and implications of the desegregation process. School officials were influenced in favor of school desegregation by the negative results of an extensive compensatory education program at a segregated junior…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Compensatory Education, Data, De Facto Segregation
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1967
The 30 conference papers in this collection deal with such matters as (1) urban-suburban cooperation in solving the educational problems of de facto segregation, (2) the effectiveness of Federal programs in helping the Negro, (3) training for teaching in interracial classrooms, (4) school desegregation and white achievement, (5) efforts in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Compensatory Education, Conference Reports
Wolff, Max; Stein, Annie – 1970
At present, the section of Buffalo in which the majority of the residents are white carries most of the burden of the K-8 schools with their extremely limited seventh and eight grade offerings. The sections of the community in which the majority of the residents are black now carry the heavy burdens of teacher shortage and teacher turnover that…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Construction Needs, Courses, De Facto Segregation
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1967
THESE APPENDIXES TO THE 1967 U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION INVESTIGATION OF RACIAL IMBALANCE IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS CONTAIN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION AND DATA RELEVANT TO THE STUDY'S FINDINGS. PRESENTED IN THE FIRST APPENDIX ARE TABULATIONS OF THE DEGREE OF PUPIL AND TEACHER SEGREGATION IN VARIOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 1965-66, AND OF THE GROWTH OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students, Compensatory Education