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Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY. – 1973
Three major themes dominated the results of a 1973 survey conducted for the Children's Television Workshop in ghetto areas of New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. First, comparison of survey data with data from studies conducted in 1970 and 1971 showed that Sesame Street had become an institution with ghetto children, its penetration and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Combined Book Exhibit, Inc., Briarcliff Manor, NY. – 1970
This selection of nearly 600 paperback books, art reproductions, films, filmstrips, and records is intended for classroom, reference, and general reading purposes. The audio-visual materials complement the books. The materials included cover the following areas: art and music; African history, government, and culture; Afro-American history and…
Descriptors: African History, American Indians, Anthropology, Art
Baker, William P.; Hoffmann, Glenn W. – 1973
This paper focuses attention on the critical importance of zoning and housing to education. It covers the causes of undersirable housing patterns, the apparent effects of these patterns on educational achievement, and possibilities for positive action to reverse the negative effects. Although examples are drawn from Santa Clara County, the thesis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Dropout Rate, Early Experience
Berger, Stephen D. – 1970
Since Americans tend to live together with people of similar occupation and income, and style of life, neighborhoods tend to be composed of people approximately equal in status. But Americans tend also to group together according to race. Negroes are largely contained in neighborhoods seen as low-status--usually as slums. This residential…
Descriptors: Black Housing, Ghettos, Housing Discrimination, Housing Industry
Cherrington, David J. – 1972
The purposes of this report are to present the narrations of the slide-tape presentation "Cultural Differences in Industry," and a readers theater script "Understanding Cultural Differences," and to document and describe their development and possible use. These materials were designed as training tools for teaching cultural differences between…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Cross Cultural Training, Culture Conflict, Employer Employee Relationship
Obinani, Felix C. – 1969
In the summer of 1967, a program was initiated to recruit and train a group of residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant area in Brooklyn in the processes of data collection and the formulation of community plans. The Center for Urban Education was contracted by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation to implement this program. At the completion…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Planning
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Boyd, William Lowe – Teachers College Record, 1991
Examines three categories of theories on educating disadvantaged students in ghetto schools: institutional deficiency, developmental deficiency, and cultural deficiency. The discussion focuses on problems and solutions within the schools and society. It stresses the need for community commitment, social change, and strong leadership to help…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Change
Ginzberg, Eli; And Others – 1979
Eighty low income students residing in East, Central, and West Harlem were interviewed in an effort to explore how they see their school experiences in terms of their future participation in the world of work. Equal numbers of the students were 10, 11, 14, and 15 years old, and all were of minority background. They were asked questions concerning:…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Education Work Relationship
Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY. – 1971
As a follow-up to a 1970 study, interviews were conducted in 1971 in four ghetto communities (Bedford Stuyvesant, East Harlem, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.) to determine the extent to which Sesame Street was reaching preschool age children as compared to the previous year. The program's success was demonstrated by continued growth in audience,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Elementary School Students
McGowan, William N. – 1969
This document, after presenting a general overview of the many changes in secondary education, focuses on a highly selected number of changes that have particular meaning for school administrators. Some of the ramifications of educational technology are discussed with emphasis on information systems, computer assisted instruction, and data…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
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Lemann, Nicholas; Whitman, David – Public Interest, 1991
Comprises "The Underclass and the Great Migration" (N. Lemann) and "The Migrants' Tale and Ghetto Culture" (D. Whitman). Lemann's book "The Promised Land" discusses the Black migration to northern U.S. states. Whitman argues that Lemann exaggerates the Black sharecropper's contribution to the development of the…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Population Trends, Blacks
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Milton, Sybil – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses the treatment of Gypsies and the handicapped by Nazi Germany. Emphasizes that Gypsy populations were decimated in the same percentages as the Jews. Presents information and dates to show parallel developments of racial regulations against Jews, Gypsies, and the handicapped. Urges further research and historiography on the fate of Gypsies…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Disability Discrimination, European History, Foreign Countries
HALVORSEN, MARCIA L. – 1967
IN THIS REPORT DATA DESCRIBING THE SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTS OF "VINE CITY," A NEGRO SLUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ARE STATISTICALLY SUMMARIZED AND ANALYZED. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX PERSONS, MOSTLY WOMEN, REPRESENTING 11 PERCENT OF "VINE CITY'S" FAMILY POPULATION, WERE INTERVIEWED BY STUDENTS AT A NEARBY COLLEGE. THE…
Descriptors: Activities, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Citizen Participation
HOWE, HAROLD, II – 1966
THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN THE CITY GHETTO FORMS A COMPLICATED CHAIN OF DISCRIMINATION AND LOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHICH ALL AMERICANS PAY. COSTS ARE INCURRED FROM POOR EDUCATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, WASTE OF INDIVIDUAL TALENT, RISING CRIME RATES, MILITARY SERVICE REJECTION RATES, AND OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THE EDUCATION LINK IN THIS CHAIN IS THE…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Schools, Educational Complexes, Educational Improvement
Trubowitz, Sidney – 1968
This handbook, aimed at helping the new teacher in a ghetto elementary school, exposes the problems facing ghetto teachers and presents detailed practical ways in which successful teachers have dealt with them. Their solutions, which can be as specific as organizing a neat bulletin board to help create a secure atmosphere, are presented in the…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
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