Reports preliminary findings of a survey of private, especially Catholic, schools in eight urban areas. Presents a general picture of what these elementary schools are like, why parents sacrifice to pay for private education, and why teachers work there. Evidence of educational quality is noted. (SJL)

Analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, linked to neighborhood-level 1990 census data, indicates that neighborhood characteristics not only predict educational outcomes but also rival the strength of commonly cited family- and school-related predictors. Collective socialization was the strongest of proposed…

The following two opposing models of the underclass are critically evaluated: (1) the culturally deficient model, which focuses on culture, family, or welfare; and (2) the opportunity structures in decline model, which focuses on employment, marriage, and community pattern changes. (JS)

Discusses links between poverty and student performance and achievement. Describes service learning and social reconstructionism (the relationship between school curriculum and the political, social, and economic development of society). Offers an example from an inner-city urban high school English class, describing social reconstructionism for…

A partnership of nongovernmental organizations developed a model of integrated community development centers (CDICs) to address the lack of services and affordable basic necessities in poor barrios surrounding many Latin American cities. A CDIC in a Guayaquil (Ecuador) barrio provides wholesale goods and credit to barrio shopkeepers and…

Wilson (1987) and others argue that poor neighborhoods lack important organizational resources the middle class takes for granted, such as childcare centers, grocery stores and pharmacies. However, this approach does not distinguish poor neighborhoods from segregated neighborhoods, ignores immigration and neglects city differences. Using…

This paper summarizes a study of 571 children with developmental disabilities between 6 weeks and 12 years of age living in the largest slum in Asia, the Dharavi neighborhood of Bombay, India. Each child was administered developmental and psychological tests, diagnosed, and treated by a special early intervention clinic. Most had not had their…

PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THIS MONOGRAPH DESCRIBES AND DEFINES THE NATURE OF URBAN CENTERS AS PHYSICAL ENTITIES. BASIC LAND USE CATEGORIES AND SUBDIVISIONS, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, WHOLESALE, DIVERSIFIED, TRANSPORTATION, MINING,…

THE FIRST PAPER OF A PANEL, BY AARON BROWN, BRIEFLY REVIEWS SOME ISSUES OF PARENT-COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS. HE NOTES THE INCREASING COMMUNITY CONCERN WITH BETTER TEACHER PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE, QUALITY INTEGRATED EDUCATION, AND VARIOUS CURRENT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES. HE POINTS OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL IS THE KEY TO THE…

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATING SLUM CHILDREN IS SPECIAL AND SHOULD NOT BE BUTTRESSED WITH DEMOCRATIC SLOGANS. AN EXAMPLE OF THE LATTER IS GIVING SLUM CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE GOOD IN OTHER SCHOOLS. TRANSFERRED TO THE SLUM SCHOOL, THEY BECOME DEMORALIZED AND FAIL. THEIR INSUFFICIENT SOCIAL AWARENESS AND THEIR LACK OF…

BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER'S FEAR OF DIFFICULT SCHOOLS, HER RESISTANCE TO TEACHING IN THEM, AND HER LACK OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE LOWER CLASS CHILD, HUNTER COLLEGE'S PROJECT TRUE SET UP A PROGRAM ORIENTING EDUCATION STUDENTS TO LOWER CLASS CULTURE. THE STUDENTS' REACTIONS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR NEGATIVE ATTITUDES CHANGED. FOUR…

This report, released by The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders in July, 1968, is comprised of three studies: (1) "The Racial Attitudes in Fifteen American Cities" study includes black views of racial issues, white beliefs about Negroes, a comparison of black and white attitudes and experiences in the city, and the uses of…

Written by teachers for other teachers, this book is a collection of statements which show the changes that have occurred in British primary schools in recent years. Recollections of 80 years of change are followed by teacher's eye views of how teaching had changed, as have attitudes towards children and parents. Several accounts show how…

Collaborative educational programs which are succeeding in the Bronx are described. The results have been achieved as corporations, universities, cultural institutions, and health-care facilities have shared their resources with the students. The dropout rate has dropped and the students' aspirations have increased as the schools have begun to…

Based on direct observation of farmworker housing, reviews of the literature on the subject, "openended" interviews with migrant workers or members of their families, and visits to some 75 camps in Texas, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, and Colorado, this report examines the conditions of migrant housing. Part I provides a brief historical…