This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, notes that what is faced in this country is the dismantling of a system of segregation and planned deprivation, both aspects of which were protected by the U.S. Supreme Court within a period of three years between "Plessy va Madison" 1896, and the…

Designed to be both process and product oriented, the workshop was held to study secondary educational opportunities for migrant students to develop working policies to complement existing school programs. Objectives were to: create an awareness of the unique characteristics, education needs, and barriers preventing full access to quality…

Educational vouchers were proposed several times during the early seventies, but received only one limited trial. Because of recent changes, the political climate for vouchers should be more favorable in the next few years. Public schools are facing both increased demands and decreased political support as a result of several trends: the…

Following a brief account of the circumstances of migrant workers and the status of migrant education in the United States, this pamphlet describes how the National Education Association (NEA) has impacted and will continue to impact the process of providing educational choices for migrant students. The NEA has consistently testified before…

Summarized is the research on the access of women in the Czech and Slovak Socialist Republics (CSSR) to education and training in specialized and scientific studies and to the careers for which these studies prepare. Information is organized into the following sections: (1) economic, educational, political, and social characteristics of the CSSR;…

A total of 339 elementary school teachers in Detroit, Michigan responded to a questionnaire that was designed to measure the impact of the city's court ordered desegregation plan on their attitudes. The questionnaire focused on several areas including desegregation, busing, student achievement, student racial relations, staff relations,…

The policy of granting American Indians preference for employment in Indian service facilities was established by Congress as long ago as 1834; in 1974 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Indian preference laws were not discriminatory or unconstitutional. However, a 1973 survey found that while 51 percent of the employees at Indian Health…

This directory lists grant and contract awards made under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Grant awards for four discretionary grant programs (Educational Opportunity Centers, Special Services for Disadvantaged Students, Talent Search, and Upward Bound) are listed by State. The programs are arranged by the length of time the programs…

Reported on in this document is the Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program with a consideration for three current developments: (1) the forthcoming admission of an additional 15,000 Indochinese refugees in the United States; (2) possible extension of the refugee program beyond September 30, 1977; and (3) progress toward enactment by Congress of…

THIS DESCRIPTIVE SURVEY AND EVALUATION WAS UNDERTAKEN PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF NATIONAL AND STATE NEEDS FOR FUTURE PLANNING. A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE PURPOSES FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS IS GIVEN. FIFTY-SIX PROGRAMS WERE OPERATED IN MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965. CENSUS DATA IS GIVEN ON THE PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES…

A SURVEY OF ALL PRIVATELY OWNED VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN NORTH DAKOTA WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THESE SCHOOLS. THE 16 INCLUDED ONE BARBER, EIGHT HAIRSTYLING, ONE DATA PROCESSING, ONE MECHANICAL, AND FIVE BUSINESS SCHOOLS. DATA WERE OBTAINED ON AGES OF STUDENTS, PERCENT WORKING WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL, TYPES OF…