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Morgan, Charlotte T. – 1981
Various agencies contributed to the education of black adults in Manhattan (New York City) during the period 1880-1930. Most of these programs were centered in Harlem as that area became home to vastly increasing numbers of black people. Organizations which contributed to adult education included the churches with their "lyceums," which…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1981
Developments concerning women in the workplace, the courts, and schools are reported. Among the issues related to employment are the following: female faculty members earn less in salary than males, despite receiving slightly higher raises than males; unemployment among women doctorates in the humanities is higher than that of males; age…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Affirmative Action, College Students, Court Litigation
Hogges, Ralph – 1979
Current experiences and practices that exist in some colleges and universities that violate the Civil Rights Act and affirmative action legislation are discussed. Treatment of the average black, other minority, and women candidates as compared to the average white candidate is questioned in regard to staff recruitment, assignment to line as…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Black Teachers, Civil Rights
Military Testing Association. – 1976
The 75 papers included in these conference proceedings discuss testing conducted by the different brances of the armed forces. The importance of relating necessary job skills to the skills measured by the tests administered to the job applicants is emphasized. Various evaluation methods--including peer rating, aptitude testing, adaptive testing,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports
Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY. – 1977
An evaluation was conducted of the Fayette County, Kentucky, implementation of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Experience Based Career Education (NWREL/EBCE) program model, which allowed for the provision of community educational experiences for eleventh and twelfth grade students. Individualized learning plans served as a basis for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Hilliard, Asa G. – 1997
This annotated bibliography and index presents nearly 2,000 references that are substantially unique to African or African American teaching and learning. Designed to support teacher education, the bibliography features references that were chosen if they were culturally relevant, recognized the African or African American experience, and drew…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects
National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC. – 2002
The extent of sex segregation in vocational and technical education (VTE) in U.S. high schools nearly 30 years after passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was examined in a national study. The key findings were as follows: (1) sex segregation is pervasive in high school-level VTE nationwide; (2) sex segregation results in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Rock, Donald A.; Pollack, Judith M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2002
This report documents the design, development, and psychometric characteristics of the assessment instruments used in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). The ECLS-K is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The ECLS-K was designed to assess the…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Test Construction

Bunzel, John H. – Public Interest, 1988
Examines the negative effects of the affirmative action admissions program at the University of California Berkeley, and briefly discusses the qualifications of minority college bound students and minority recruitment in general. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, American Indians

Rigberg, Benjamin – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1991
Reviews nine U.S. history textbooks, evaluating their analyses of the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War. Documents their failure to link U.S. foreign policy to economic interests. Criticizes the texts' lack of an historical framework. Concludes students are taught neither historical truth nor critical analysis skills. (CH)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Economic Factors, Foreign Policy
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
School Safety, 1992
This document consists of a year's worth (four issues) of the Journal "School Safety." Each issue is devoted to a specific theme. The fall 1991 issue concerns "overcoming prejudice and hate." The unifying thread woven throughout this issue is the need to provide opportunities for children of diverse backgrounds to be exposed to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Crack, Cultural Differences
Graddol, David, Ed.; And Others – 1994
A collection of readings addresses issues in empirical investigation of language and literacy in a social context, and provide models useful to researchers undertaking small-scale studies. They include: "Introducing Ethnography" (Martyn Hammersley); "The Relations between Researcher and Researched: Ethics, Advocacy and…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Child Language, Childrens Literature
Byrne, Eileen M. – 1980
In terms of women's activities outside the home, a steady trend of expansion has existed in both quantitative and qualitative respects over the last decade. Evidence justifies encouraging girls to pursue longer vocationally-oriented studies in a wider range of occupational areas, since evidence points to the possibility that from one-in-three to…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Developed Nations
Kerber, Linda K. – 1983
Intended for use in preservice teacher education programs, this unit provides an overview of the role that women have played as educators. The publication is designed to help future teachers become knowledgeable about issues of sexism and skilled in approaches to alleviating this problem in schools. The sections are chronological. Section 1,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Colonial History (United States), Educational Change