This article uses a case study of 2001 town and city data that we analyzed for "Boston Magazine". We use this case study to demonstrate the challenges of creating a valid ranking structure. The data consist of three composite indices for 147 individual townships in the Boston metropolitan area representing measures of public safety; the…

The paper first introduces the national and local framework for compulsory-level "undervisning pa annat satt" [teaching/education otherwise than in school] education in Sweden. According to national statistics in Sweden, every year an average of 100 children are registered as receiving their education at home, arranged in some cases by…

This article examines how the interdistrict transfer of White students from a majority-Latino school to a majority-White school increased school segregation in a small California town. The article argues that White parents' decisions to transfer their children, coupled with the sending school district's decision to allow the transfers, constituted…

Designed to serve as a reference tool on city and county government in Florida, this handbook consists of lessons that can be used by schools, community groups, newly elected officials, and libraries. These curriculum materials on Florida city and county governments specifically address the general purpose of local governments. Subject areas…

This study examined City of Winnipeg residents' attitudes toward and perceptions of the importance of the University of Manitoba, located in Winnepeg. Personal interviews were conducted with residents at 533 Winnepeg addresses. Cross-tabulation analysis of interview results against a range of variables found that age, education, income, family…

The study looks at sources of income, both legal and practical, identifies reasonable levels for library support, compares sources of governmental revenue and the costs of providing adequate library services, and develops mathematical formulas that can be used as measures of the city's or county's ability to support library services. The study…

Recent studies have focused attention on the fact that residents of inner-city neighborhoods are subject to greater amounts of pollutants than are other neighborhoods of large cities. In this study, the premise is set forth and investigated at the metropolitan scale, seeking to discover differences of impact between the center city and its…

The purpose of this study was to investigate school board policies concerning field trips in all cities of the United States of 100,000 or more population. (Author/RK)

The high cost of providing public services in urban areas of high population density is not always matched by a high capacity to meet that cost. The additional costs that must be borne by taxpayers in urban areas are collectively termed the "municipal overburden." The literature on municipal overburden has failed to recognize that this…

Results are reported of a study to determine the influence of certain demographic variables on an individual's accuracy in cognitive mapping. Cognitive mapping refers to the way in which humans orient themselves in space through the use of imaginary maps of the physical world. Demographic variables measured were income, occupation, marital status,…

Between 1971 and 1975, fourteen towns, under the auspices of the Council of Europe, engaged in a systematic study of their cultural and recreational policies. Article provided some fresh thought about strategies in this important area of public policy. (Author/RK)

A year-long course for gifted fifth and sixth graders used the historic downtown of Chester, North Carolina, as an outdoor classroom. Each child researched on an "adopted" building. A field trip to Clemson University's School of Design focused on the historic buildings. (MLF)

Argues that the predominant theme in prime time commercial television and at the theatre is that small towns are places where bad things happen to innocent people, asserting that it is a view that is neither realistic nor helpful to America or to anyone in particular, but it reveals something about how the media and our culture are shaped.…

Notes that to one degree or another, every city in America faces an exodus by middle-class, largely white citizens, but there is a black middle class flight also. (Author/AM)