Examines the validity of the White Racial Consciousness Development Scale (WRCDS). Participants (n=260) were administered the WRCDS and another instrument. Results suggest that the WRCDS lacks adequate reliability and concurrent validity and that the findings and future use of the instrument should be questioned. (RJM)

Cluster analysis grouped 621 jobs into 6 "contours" showing that from 1973-1990 employment distribution shifted away from 2 middle-quality to the 2 highest-quality contours; no change was apparent in the 2 lowest quality. Black and Hispanic men were affected by a worsening job mix and drop in the quality of low-skill jobs. Women experienced a…

Data from the National Education Longitudinal Study showed that a match between teachers' race, gender, or ethnicity (RGE) and students' RGE had little association with achievement, but sometimes determined teachers' subjective evaluation of students. The influence of these subjective factors suggests that in some cases teachers' RGE do matter.…

Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…

Three studies examined infant preferences for attractive faces of White males, White females, Black females, and infants. Infants viewed pairs of faces rated for attractiveness by adults. Preferences for attractive faces were found for all facial types. (BC)

Analyzed content of research published between 1975 and 1990 in "Journal of School Psychology,""Psychology in the Schools," and "School Psychology Review" in terms of racial/ethnic minority topics. In 225 studies containing minority information, African Americans were sampled most frequently, followed by Mexican Americans. Most samples were from…

Presents graphs showing employment and unemployment rates of 16 to 24 year olds by age, sex, and race from 1970-91, as well as types of employment obtained by young adults and median income. Also compares high school graduates and dropouts. (SK)

Considers issues of race as the central problem of the twentieth century in American society. Discusses race as it relates to the changing academic environment over the past several decades. Asks the academic community to assert its leadership skills in preparing for the next century, especially with regard to race issues. (HB)

States that an indigenous research methodology is being created, and asserts that the process should be led by indigenous scholars. Poses the question of who should participate in the development of a defined methodology, and discusses several principles that should be included in academic discourse on indigenous research. (EMH)

Surveys adolescents (N=1,621) attending southern, metropolitan secondary schools to determine how much overlap there is in individuals who smoke, get drunk, use marijuana, and have sexual intercourse; and determine if overlap is according to age, gender, race, and family structure. Reports there are relationships between activities, although most…

Reports on a developmental approach to education that promotes student understanding of racial identity. Examines the developmental complexity of dialogues about race and the importance of developing a new kind of dialogue in which a collaborative, rather than an adversarial, environment is created, and where students can express themselves…

Discusses the cultural effects of "incessant and insidious attacks waged by conservative public intellectuals on poor and black youth in the United States." Suggests that educators need to understand how concepts like "youth" and "race" work in different political and pedagogical discourses. Calls for a performative pedagogy to affirm the critical…

Meditates on the purported paratactic or topic-associating narrative style of the marginalized other by looking closely at the first-grade sharing time story of a particular child. Looks at race, gender, class, and age and the dichotomous thinking that gives potency to these categories. (TB)

Using census data and an innovative technique for describing the composition of households from the perspective of elders, this research provides a more detailed description of race differences in living arrangements of older persons than has previously existed. Cross tabulations of race with other factors known to influence household composition…

Discusses theoretical and conceptual issues pertaining to race, ethnicity, and culture as they affect family functioning and children's development. Also introduces a collection of papers that address family functioning and child development among families who are diverse ethnically; racially; socioeconomically; and by geographical location and…