ERIC Number: EJ442403
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Across the Classroom Walls: Schools Lacking Diversity Find Ways to Experience Cultural Differences.
Weinstein, Sheryl
Teaching Tolerance, v1 n1 p24-29 Spr 1992
Describes a program that pairs an elementary school in Hartford (Connecticut) with 99 percent African-American enrollment with its nearby racial opposite (Morley School). The Across the Lines project conducts about 75 joint efforts each year, including a student newspaper. Similar exchanges in Arizona, Maryland, and California are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Enrollment, Interschool Communication, Minority Groups, Program Evaluation, Racial Bias, School Role, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools, White Students
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Language: English
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