Analyzes racial and public policy implications of establishing, within a new desegregated metropolitan school district, a uniform salary schedule for teachers who formerly worked for eleven independent school districts located in the same county. (Author/GC)

Reviews research concerning assessment of Black children and proposes a strategy to encourage fair and appropriate psychological/educational decisions. The five phases of the model include observation, testing, data analysis, and evaluation. Culture-specific tests should be used in addition to traditional measures to provide equal opportunities…

Lessons dealing with Black political participation in Georgia after the Civil War and during the integration of the University of Georgia are used as examples of values education. The concept of values education, its applicability to elementary school social studies, and reasons for using these examples are discussed. (IS)

Drawing from ethnographic study of two kindergartens in a magnet school, suggests that teachers have different perceptions and expectations of Black and White children who misbehave. Holds that the referral of "problem" Black children to counseling and special classes often occurs as a response to administrative and community tensions over…

Compares academic performance and career plans of Hispanic Americans and nonminority students for possible explanations of the underrepresentation of Hispanics in scientific and technical disciplines. Discusses influences on minority students' career choices and ways of encouraging more minorities to enter scientific professions. (Author/MJL)

Contains an assessment of the inner-city literacy crisis, a critique of rationales for reading failure based on "deficit" and "difference" type ideologies, a call for the study of successful inner-city schools, an evaluation of G. Weber's study of successful inner-city schools, and the development of an urban literacy agenda. (FL)

This data analysis concludes that vocational education will increase a high school graduate's earnings, that benefits of training for women and immigrants should be considered in policy planning, and that black males do not financially benefit as much as others from vocational education. (CT)

Compares curriculum enrollments of 9,907 North Carolina community college Black and White students. Presents results revealing status hierarchies in the broader college transfer, technical, and vocational programs. Indicates that Black female students may have a greater status disadvantage in program enrollments than Black males. (DMM)

Efforts to desegregate public higher education have embodied two concerns: the need to overturn legally imposed segregation and the need to maximize educational opportunities. How lawyers and educators have brought their unique perspectives to bear on three issues is examined. (Author/MLW)

Presents a history and analysis of the Larry P. v Wilson Riles litigation in California which prohibited the use of intelligence tests for determining eligibility of Black children for placement in educable mentally retarded programs. Argues against the court decision, and claims tests are not biased. (APM)

Following the removal of the Freedman's Bureau and failure of labor recruitment efforts targeted to Chinese and European immigrants, the practices of sharecropping, tenant farming, and the hiring of convict labor replaced slave labor in the South's postbellum agricultural economy. Lack of minimal economic power among freed Blacks resulted in slave…

Contributors suggest techniques for teaching kindergarten children to read, celebrating Black Heritage Week, developing critical reading and thinking skills, building a classroom library, motivating young readers, and involving parents in reading instruction. (FL)

Contains 15 articles related to discrimination against people of color. Defines minority groups and outlines demographic trends. Addresses issues related to American Indian jurisdiction, minority children in service systems, Blacks, Mexican Americans, Vietnamese refugees, Hispanics, Puerto Ricans, and cultural support systems. Discusses strategies…

Investigated race as a factor in Black students' preferences for counselors. Black students indicated a strong preference for Black counselors; however, this preference varied with the type of concern presented. Black students preferred a Black counselor when presented with a personal-emotional concern. (Author)