The end of World War II heralded an era of urban disinvestment in the United States. While some cities began to rebound in the 1990s with population and economic growth, others--including large cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis as well as many smaller cities and towns--did not, and have continued to decline. As these communities…

Part of the monthly Staurday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Although some comparisons among three diverse cities were made, the three cities were selected precisely because they represented diverse clusters of urban problems. San Jose, California, was the scene of very rapid growth for more than a decade. St. Louis, Missouri, on the other hand, contained the prototypical problems of a declining central…

This special report includes 12 articles on housing and education. A community housing corporation formed to renovate housing in depressed areas in St. Louis, Mo. is described. So-called "gray areas" of housing in New York are analyzed, together with solutions to prevent further deterioration. Factors in the deterioration of the…

This booklet reports a study designed to probe into some of the important human dimensions that characterize poverty. The study was restricted to a specific low-income area in the heart of St. Louis, Mo. Personal household interviews were conducted, covering topics about problems and topics as seen by the respondents. Among the findings were that:…

This book contains abbreviated accounts of eight community case studies and various reviews of a cluster of recent studies relating to race and education. The foreword discusses three phases of school integration, and the introductory chapter relates law, violence, and civil rights. The eight case studies on Evanston, Berkeley, New Haven,…

"Redesigning the Community" is the ninth grade unit of the University City school district program known as Arts in General Education, a K-12 series of special instructional units taught as part of the regular subject areas of language arts and social studies. In social studies the main focus is on environmental design and planning. In…