Kelly Sassi and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas describe their struggles and eventual success with students in constructing a "counternarrative to colormuteness and colorblindness"--the self-imposed student segregation and silencing of voice. Because of discussions during a Native American unit and student participation in a classroom intervention…

Methods of coping with integration in the classroom are discussed. (MM)

A modification of the FitzGerald Method of using heterogeneous groups to facilitate academic achievement in the classroom was tested using 8th grade mathematics classes. (NQ)

No one thought of black or white. We were just a teacher and a group of fifth grade boys and girls having fun to music in a classroom in a changing south. (Author)

Analyzes issues related to integrating handicapped children into regular classroom settings--particularly staff development and preparation of normal as well as handicapped children. (MS)

Consists of 8 articles entitled: (1) Winners and Losers; (2) What the Statistics Say; (3) Northern Integration; (4) Massive Resistance Northern Style; (5) The Case of New York City; (6) As the Students See It; (7) Mississippi Conversations; (8) Reflections on the Past Twenty Years. Each deals with the aftermath of Brown vs. the Board of Education.…

There should be a meaningful discussion on the importance of awareness of group sensitivities if children are to be worked with effectively. It is obvious that social consciousness is changing radically in these volatile times. This article reviews some of the significant changes. (Author/NH)

Government programs currently mandate direct parental input in school governance. In comparing the actions of low-income Latino parents with those of middle-income White and Asian parents within the context of school governance, we found that although both groups actively sought and achieved reforms in order to improve their children's education,…

The Positive Reinforcement Observation Schedule was used to obtain data concerning expressed preference for and observed use of positive reinforcement in integrated classrooms taught by 30 black and 30 white female elementary school teachers. The results are related to previous research and implications are drawn. (Author/SE)

THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF INTEGRATING THE STUDIES OF SPANISH AND BIOLOGY WAS REPORTED. STUDENTS IN THE EXPERIMENT RECEIVED INSTRUCTION IN BIOLOGY THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND READINGS IN SPANISH. THE SPANISH LANGUAGE THUS BECAME THE MEANS TO AN END RATHER THAN THE SOLE END ITSELF. EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS WERE SELECTED AND DEVELOPED, CONSISTING OF…

This report, prepared by a group of private organizations concerned with the problems of race, education, and poverty, is an evaluation of the first months of the administration of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP). The report is based upon personal visits to nearly 300 school districts receiving ESAP grants by attorneys and other…

It was the purpose of this study to determine the relationship between listening ability and writing ability of three groups of sixth graders: (1) 16 white and 5 Negro children who had attended an integrated school and who had been exposed to experimental materials in written composition in the fifth grade; (2) 78 white children who had attended…