Describes a program designed to help children learn respect for themselves and for others. Briefly discusses two approaches which are part of 270 activities contained in a book developed in connection with the program. (BR)

Partly based on a study of the Detroit Police Department, after the riot of 1967, this paper lists and discusses the social and psychological factors militating against improved police relations with the black community. Also lists the positive factors and makes recommendations for an effective police-community relations program. (DB)

This is a position paper by the Harford County, Maryland Board of Education addressing the human relations problems in the school system. It enumerates the following specific plans: (1) The hiring of minority persons will be emphasized; minority persons will be promoted into leadership positions when possible; and in the hiring and promoting of…

The purpose of the institute was: 1) to improve the teaching of Negro students; 2) to prepare Negro and white teachers to assume duties in predominately Negro schools; 3) to meliorate racial prejudice, to provide for Negroes to develop healthy self-images; 4) to prepare educators to deal with problems of race relations; and, 5) to prepare teachers…

This study examined the effectiveness of racial and cultural awareness programs on the attitudes of white college students toward diversity on campus. It is based on a subset of students included in the National Study of Student Learning, specifically 1,061 white first-year undergraduates at 17 institutions, who answered questionnaires immediately…

This guide for teachers K-12 is intended to provide knowledge and techniques of implementation on the subject of eliminating prejudice in the schools. Background knowledge is given in the form of objectives of schools and in the nature of prejudice. Implementation methods are suggested for use in the classroom as well as for the use of resources…

This document is the culmination of a year of cooperative effort between the Michigan Education Association's Human Relations Division and the Human Relations Section of the National Education Association Teacher Rights. These two groups spent the 1971-72 school year working together, with invaluable assistance from New Perspectives on Race, Inc.…

Evaluation research of the human relations component of a larger project that attempts to bridge the black-white cultural gap in the Louisville school system is the basis of this paper. The overall purpose of this major component is to enhance positive attitudes toward intercultural, racial, and ethnic relations and understandings through…

This resource booklet is directed toward communities and school districts interested in preparing or orienting school populations for intergroup relations with minority groups. The 22 projects described grew out of a course on Intergroup Relations with 300 participating teachers from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Seven projects focus…