Deals with a recent effort at urban reform, the movement for community control over schools in America's largest cities; putting theories into practice is as difficult as ever. (DM)

The experience of Detroit with community control is less well known but is considered important. Here the central issue was formed and resolved with unusual clarity, the issue being whether community control is compatible with racial integration; the unequivocal answer in Detroit was "No." (DM)

Argues that compensatory education has failed because it concentrates on the student's failure to learn rather than the school's failure to instruct and provide experiences that make him ready to learn. (JM)

This report examines the difficulties faced by the San Francisco school district in attempting school integration, and places these events in the context of the national picture of urban school desegregation. Chapter I describes the kind of community pressures to which the school board was exposed, and how the school board responded to these…

This is the report of a project executed to assist in developing research policies on urban education. Data was gathered from several large cities, but detailed reports are included from Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Oakland. Trends in urban education with respect to decentralization and community control are…

A discussion of the educational problems of big-city school systems which defines the community school concept or philosophy, and emphasizes the role of an energetic school-home partnership composed of the community, parents, leaders, and educators. (JM)

This paper explores the relationship between low income parents and urban schools. Parent participation in urban schools today is said to have been institutionalized in forms set in motion by the Civil Rights movement. Three types of response to the failure of schools to respond to the 1954 Supreme Court decision calling for desegregation are…

Although the break-up of the unresponsive school bureaucracy in New York will be a move toward greater accountability, the basic question is: will this raise achievement levels? Its possible advantagees include: the increase in both the operating efficiency of the schools and the responsiveness of schools to the lay public; increased student fate…

The reported failure of urban schools has been well documented by various government commissions. To remedy this situation, quality and equality of education must be insured. Research and development on disadvantaged populations has increased in an effort to reverse the effects of traditional pedagogical methods. Numerous programs for early…

Contents of these hearings include: "The socioeconomic indicators of Michigan--implications for education"; "Accountability in education"; "A position statement on educational accountability for improved instructional services at the elementary and secondary levels in Michigan"; "Select Detroit Title I and…

Sources consulted in preparing this bibliography include the "Bibliographie du Quebec,""British Education Index" (The Library Association), the "Canadian Education Index," the "Cumulative Book Index" (Wilson's), the "Current Index to Journals in Education," the "Directory of Education Studies in Canada," the "Education Index" (Wilson's),…

Contents of this book include five papers: (1) "Financing Education for the Urban Disadvantaged," Henry Levin--analyzes the linkages between educational finance and educational quality in large-city schools, and discusses alternative plans for financial innovation; (2) "Accountability in Education," Leon Lessinger--explores the idea of…

A 2-day institute examined the relationship between two central policy alternatives facing large city school districts: Decentralization and integration. Titles and authors of the 11 major addresses presented at the institute are as follows: (1) "Urban Schools: Issues in Responsiveness and Control," by John H. Fischer; (2) "Children…