In this article, I draw on interviews with teachers and administrators at a secondary neighborhood public school in Washington, DC about their perceptions of how the school is viewed by external stakeholders and the impact of those perceptions within an urban education market. Extant empirical research on market forces and effects has not…

Students enrolled in a graduate seminar benefited in multiple ways from an intensive 3-day field trip to Washington, DC. Constructed around the theme of environmental justice, the trip gave students a chance to learn about street tree distribution, park quality, and racial segregation "up close." Working with personnel from the United…

Developmental education is a primary tool of access to higher education, particularly at the community college level, for students who are not academically prepared. There is a high need for remediation of community college students, yet a low remedial course completion rate. While there is broad awareness of the problem of remediation and its…

Dominated by street after street of granite federal office buildings, the DC was a place that just couldn't jump-start itself into world-class status. Of course, it offered free, topnotch museums, but everyone lived and breathed politics and the town was sorely lacking a throbbing urban pulse. The absence of a major league baseball team said it…

High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…

High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…

Surveyed African American and White Washington, D.C. residents regarding the advantages of urban versus suburban living and their overall preferences for the city versus suburbs. Though a broad transracial consensus prevailed about the pluses and minuses of city versus suburban life, some substantial differences emerged. The two groups weighed…

Federal City College (FCC) in Washington, D.C., the youngest land-grant college in the nation, had an auspicious beginning. It was generously endowed, enthusiastically received, enjoyed enlightened leadership, a dedicated faculty, an open admission policy, and an innovative curriculum in which most courses were interdisciplinary, problem-oriented…

This is a report on the process of private urban renewal of three areas in Washington, D.C. The areas are Georgetown, Capitol Hill and Adams-Morgan. The paper presents an analysis of general population trends and of the change in composition of the population in these three areas. Two general questions are raised: To what extent does the process…

THIS PAPER STATES THAT IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT URBAN RESIDENTS WITH RURAL BACKGROUNDS DO NOT ACHIEVE AS HIGH AN ECONOMIC STATUS AS URBAN-REARED RESIDENTS. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, AGE, AND NUMBER OF YEARS LIVED IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ARE FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC STATUS. IT FURTHER APPEARS THAT THE URBAN MIGRANT…

ONE OF A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS DERIVED FROM THE CHILD REARING STUDY (CRS) OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THIS PAMPHLET ATTEMPTS TO REFUTE THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE POOR. CRS FINDINGS SHOW THAT SUCH FAMILIES DO NOT NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN BUT RATHER ARE FORCED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES TO TRAIN THEM TO BE INDEPENDENT. POOR…

This is a revised and expanded version of a previous report on urban indicators which introduces new indicators for 4 of the 14 quality of life categories covered in the previous report. It updates indicators for 9 of the 14 categories and employs the indicators to develop charts and tables which use the Washington, D.C. area as a illustrative…