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Peer reviewedvan der Tak, Jean, Ed. – Population Bulletin, 1982
Recent trends in the dynamics and character of the U.S. population, outlook for the remainder of 1980s, and prospects for long-term growth are reviewed. Estimated at 232 million as of mid-1982, the U.S. population is currently growing at about 1 percent/year, one of the developed world's highest growth rates. Natural increase (births minus deaths)…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Educational Attainment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Endicott, Fran; Thomas, Barb – 1979
This curriculum program is designed to help children better understand the diversity of the multicultural society in which they live. The context is immigration and migration to Toronto, its causes, and the effect it has on the lives of the people who have migrated. Five themes are focused on within this context: the child, the family, the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Family (Sociological Unit)
Download full textWinter, William F. – Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2000
The South can move out of the shadows of the harsh economic realities of the last 15 years and into the sunshine of developing new strategies to take advantage of the region's strengths. These strengths include a vast wealth of natural resources; a Sunbelt location; and most important, a huge reservoir of undeveloped human capital. The road to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Literacy Beat, 1988
An Education Writers Association seminar in Atlanta focused on the link between illiteracy and the workplace in the South. State economic development policies are largely bypassing rural areas, and the effects of this urban-rural split include persistent high poverty rates, population loss, and unemployment. Changes in the workplace, particularly…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Dislocated Workers, Dropouts, Economic Development
Rural Conditions and Trends, 1994
The five volumes of Rural Conditions and Trends for 1990-1994 contain information and statistical data on economic and social conditions and trends of interest to rural educators and researchers. Articles cover the following areas: macroeconomic trends; employment; unemployment; industry; earnings; income; poverty; population; national economic…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Cycles, Counties, Economic Factors
Rural Development Perspectives, 1995
This special theme issue reports key results from a comprehensive assessment of skill development among the rural workforce and of rural education and job training in rural areas. This comprehensive assessment had three goals: to develop better measures of rural skills than were previously available, to identify human capital initiatives that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
