Argues that the problems of underclass neighborhoods are essentially crime problems, not connected with neoconservative theories about the "culture of poverty" or liberal theories about social and economic change. Cites examples of communities that have developed successful anti-crime programs. (FMW)

Reviews the history of Newark, New Jersey, examines its present social, cultural, and ethnic divisions and controversies, and speculates on its future as a center of black culture. (JM)

This report summarizes the results of a telephone survey of New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) members. The purpose of this study is to identify problems affecting the education of children in New Jersey urban school districts and make recommendations for improvement. First, the design of the study is described, and then the report is…

Camden, New Jersey, a city of 80,000 located directly across the Delaware River from center-city Philadelphia, is, by any index of urban decay, one of the nation's most distressed urban centers. While severely ineffective, the city houses the essential building blocks of future recovery: branches of four colleges and universities and two major…

This report on urban education in New Jersey describes major problems and presents recommendations for solving them. The report is based on a telephone survey of members of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) from 29 school districts identified as urban aid districts, and the recommendations were generated at roundtable discussions and two…

Between 45,000 and 90,000 habitable New York City apartments are being kept deliberately vacant ("warehoused") by the speculators who own them. Most of these apartments have reasonable rents, affordable by middle- and low-income families. Meanwhile, the housing crisis for poor New Yorkers has grown steadily worse. As many as 75,000…

This 1962 report analyzes trends in population changes in New Jersey cities and the effect on the community of the rise in school segregation, trends in industry and automation, patterns in the containment of minority-group housing, and financing in city budgets. Tables and graphs present relevant statistical data. Conclusions and some areas in…

The failure of State governments to use their unique place in the Federal structure for the relief of urban areas is illustrated by the school lunch program in New Jersey. The cities have a higher share of needy students and yet do not receive a greater share of program funds than the suburbs. The lunch gap--i.e., the number of low income students…

Despite the New Jersey Public School Education Act of 1975, Jersey City remains one of the poorest municipalities in New Jersey in terms of per capita property wealth, and this is having a negative effect on its educational system. Even though the new law increased State aid to public education, conditions in Jersey City have worsened. Educational…