THE COLEMAN REPORT IS CRITICIZED BECAUSE IT IMPLIES THAT THE NEGRO MUST FIRST CHANGE HIS OWN ENVIRONMENT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT CAN OCCUR. PARTICULAR FOCUS IN THIS CRITICAL COMMENTARY IS GIVEN TO COLEMAN'S CONTENTIONS THAT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IS UNRELATED TO EDUCATIONAL FINANCING AND THAT RACIAL INTEGRATION…

EIGHTEEN REFERENCES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1954 AND 1965 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN. EMPHASIS IS ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT BOTH STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. FIVE REPORTS ARE LISTED ON MIGRANT EDUCATION RESEARCH. (JEH)

IN THE COURSE OF DESIGNING AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE MAJOR SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUTH (16 TO 25 YEARS OLD) IN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK, THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS AND TO FILL A VOID IN THE LIERATURE. THE ABSTRACTS, LIMITED TO THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1968,…

Racial integration and compensatory education must be used to solve the problems in the big cities. A little boy or a little girl who grows up feeling different from other people and is unable to have access to solutions that would lift him out of his excluded and isolated way of life has every reason to be sick, to be desperate, to be incomplete…

The public controversy which developed between 1896 and 1920 in the Canadian prairie provinces over the question of immigration is examined in this paper. It is shown that although many of the social, political, religious and cultural characteristics which have differentiated the prairies have been a result of ethnic diversity, the predominantly…

The Detroit Hearings are an effort at developing an additional method of collaboration between the city and the university. The aim is to develop an environment of collaboration around major areas of concern out of which a wide range of collaborative efforts could develop. It is both a complement and supplement to the traditional methods of…

The findings of this national survey of public attitudes are the second in a series of reports reflecting important trends in American society. The survey is one of a number made on behalf of the life insurance business by the Institute of Life Insurance. Data for the survey were collected in personal interviews with 1,500 to 3,000 adults.…

This book contains selections from psychologists, social scientists, and educators on the origins and nature of moral reasoning and behavior. Part one is an introduction and is intended to help the reader organize the wealth of theory and research in the field around eight basic questions confronting a science of morality. Part two sets forth…

Blacks are said to be often called upon to serve in difficult administrative positions located in school districts with financial difficulties where personnel and/or students are in revolt, where discipline is non-existent, where academic achievement levels are low, and where the community is divided. Major problems that arise when examining the…

One in a series of four, this volume deals with the themes of identity, conflict, and integration nationalism with a focus on black Americans. Each volume in the series is considered to serve by itself as a text or guide for the student or teacher of a particular minority and is organized in the same manner allowing for comparisons or contrasts…

A major fear of many who are concerned with the welfare system is that the system itself tends to create pathology among recipients, and in the case of children, to cause mal-socialization. There are a number of problems with these assertions. The chief problem is that there is not much good evidence, one way or another, concerning the effects of…

Material bearing on the educational and social policy of early childhood education is summarized and a set of policy options and a recommendation are offered. An attempt is made to clarify the questions around which disagreements occur concerning the meaning and value of "education" in relation to young children. A history section treats…

A great proliferation of literature has risen within the area of social indication. These works have been so diverse that an ordering system has become necessary. This bibliography makes such work accessible to all who are engaged in social indicator research. It is a selective collection of over 600 annotations from more than 1,000 cited sources.…

In order to directly relate research on children's thinking to curriculum development in the social studies, this study approximates the conditions and substances of daily classroom life and examines the levels of abstraction in children's thinking about complex social problems. The subjects include 210 boys and girls in equal numbers in grades…

This book on the Chinese Americans focuses on such aspects of intergroup relations, community characteristics, social problems, acculturation, racial and social discrimination, and economic opportunities for the ethnic group as: the Chinese diaspora; forerunners of overseas Chinese community organization; Chinese community organization in the…