The goal of this paper is to explore possible explanations for why mathematics seems to remain in the background for many minority students. First, a brief background for a project to develop mathematics teaching that builds on students' backgrounds and experiences is provided. This is followed by a brief look at the theoretical framework…

The papers collected in this report cover the following areas: (1) special education and the minority child: the issues, the people concerned, the data, the solutions, and the alternatives; (2) the impact of emotions on learning, and the role of the curriculum in channelling emotions; (3) an analysis of famous people who have been handicapped; (4)…

What has been depicted as persistent, widespread failure of Latino adolescents in schools can be viewed as resistance to the hegemonic pressures of schools, precipitated in part by schools' failure to value and understand their age- and culturally-specific literacies. This paper examines graffiti, one such literacy, as a public literacy practice.…

This document contains Part I of a transcript of a broadcast from "Options in Education", an electronic weekly magazine covering news, features, policy and people in the field of education. Compensatory education is disussed by : government personnel (e.g. a congressional aide; a school superintendent); education personnel (e.g., an…

Transracial adoption, especially the adoption of black children by whites, is a deep and divisive social issue. Critics note the untapped potential for black families to adopt black children and the unaddressed conditions that bring black children to higher incidence of foster care placement. They emphasize the inability of white parents to…

This transcription of a lecture delivered by Rod Paige provides a discussion of the future plans for American education. After an introduction by Phillip N. Truluck, Executive Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, Paige uses the following topic headings to direct his talk: (1) The Education Revolution; (2) Improving Accountability and…

A rationale is established for designing a self-concept instrument for minority children which differs from traditional self-concept instruments. The paper describes a battery of instruments designed by the investigator, which tests, after three other variables of self-concept, a fourth variable, "sense of control". This seems to be an important…

This document discusses the founding and establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's reading experience pilot project. The efforts of this project were aligned with those of Right to Read and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF). Because of the response from parents and children, plans are being made to increase present operations within the next…

Though the existence of a culturally pluralistic society has long been recognized in the United States, demographic trends will force new attitudes toward coping with a larger minority school population. Unless U.S. educators prepare to understand culturally pluralistic student bodies, the result will be an economy dependent on an under-educated…

The work of "A Better Chance," a Boston (Massachusetts)-based national talent search and referral agency is described in this document. The agency seeks out academically able minority students and places them in private preparatory schools or select public secondary schools. The program involves identifying and recruiting students, matching…

This document contains Part II of a transcript of a broadcast from "Options in Education", an electronic weekly magazine covering news, features, policy and people in the field of education. Compensatory Education is the topic that is discussed by government personnel, professionals, and parents. (Author/AM)

Although many studies have used information at the school level to measure the degree of racial segregation between schools, the absence of more detailed data has limited the analysis of segregation within schools. Using a rich set of administrative data on North Carolina public schools, this paper examines patterns of enrollment both across and…

This paper considers the role of private schools in an assessment of segregation in K-12 schools, with special reference to the south. It presents evidence to support two main conclusions. First, private schools have grown in importance in the south since 1960, in contrast to their declining importance in the rest of the country. This contrary…

This paper examines Chicago elementary school principals' views on the obstacles to student learning posed by the socioeconomic and racial/ethnic characteristics of students. The paper includes the principals' policy recommendations for overcoming these obstacles. It focuses on the discrepancies between the ideal and the reality of student failure…

A major concern of educators, counselors, and parents in the United States and throughout the world has been the costs and consequences of the high number of at-risk and dropout minority students. The intent of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that school counselors must know the implications of multicultural students' varied learning…