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McKinney, Eleanor R.; Noble, Valerie – Top of the News, 1970
The librarian must consider how to reach the disadvantaged child through creative nontraditional methods. Most important, there must be a willingness to take the library to the child who cannot venture out of his ghetto, but who needs all the meaningful experiences that trained and dedicated librarians can give him. (MF)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Ghettos, Library Services, Social Responsibility
Mearns, John G. – Saturday Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Black Community, Church Programs, Ghettos, Racial Relations
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Martin, Kathleen C. – History Teacher, 2007
Many students assume that history has nothing to do with them and therefore is a waste of their time, so finding a way to get involuntary history students truly involved in a topic is always the most challenging aspect of teaching it. As passive listeners they will remember little; as active participants they will remember more and--in at least a…
Descriptors: History Instruction, College Instruction, Introductory Courses, European History
Blair, Elizabeth E., Ed.; Miller, Rebecca B., Ed.; Tieken, Mara Casey, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
This book examines the complex and varied relations between educational institutions and societies at war. Drawn from the pages of the "Harvard Educational Review," the essays provide multiple perspectives on how educational institutions support and oppose wartime efforts. As the editors of the volume note, the book reveals how people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Institutional Role, Role of Education
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Krysan, Maria; Bader, Michael – Social Forces, 2007
Investigating the role of preferences in causing persistent patterns of racial residential segregation in the United States has a long history. In this paper, we bring a new perspective--and new data from the 2004 Detroit Area Study--to the question of how best to characterize black and white preferences toward living in neighborhoods with people…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Race, Social Class, Racial Segregation
Braverman, Miriam – Wilson Libr Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Ghettos, Government Role, Library Services
Campbell, Alan K. – Saturday Rev, 1969
Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Ghettos
Pettigrew, Thomas – Urban Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Community Influence, Decentralization, Ghettos, Neighborhood Integration
Haskins, Kenneth W. – Saturday Rev, 1969
Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Schools, Ghettos, School District Autonomy
Sizer, Theodore R. – Saturday Rev, 1969
Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.
Descriptors: Competition, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Ghettos
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Moore, Joan; And Others – Social Problems, 1983
Presents findings from research on Chicano gangs in Los Angeles, which indicates that many gang members do not live in the territory they defend as their "turf." Suggests that the ecological premises of research from the old "Chicago school of sociologists" no longer apply to gangs in modern U. S. cities. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Adults, Ghettos, Juvenile Gangs, Mexican Americans
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Perry, Stewart E. – Human Organization, 1972
Some unsystematic, naturalistic, or observational evidence of the operation of ghetto-controlled economic institutions and how they affect racial integration is discussed. (NQ)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Institutions, Economic Development, Ghettos
Kaplan, Max – Music Educ J, 1970
Descriptors: Art Education, Creative Art, Ghettos, Inner City
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Sobin, Dennis P. – Journal of Black Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Black Community, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Ghettos
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Cason, David; Wagner, Muriel G. – Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1972
Descriptors: Ghettos, Lower Class, Professional Personnel, Professional Services
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