This article summarizes African Americans' ongoing struggle for quality education in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by utilizing school district data and secondary sources. The historic integration effort in the Milwaukee Public Schools system is outlined and the impact of sustained segregation, in the midst of significant changes to Milwaukee's social and…

Examined the status of African Americans in the U.S. professorate and its relationship to this group's access and success. Faculty surveys compared the characteristics, experiences, and achievements of African American professors on six predominantly white campuses to those of their white peers. African American faculty members were systematically…

Among the ways that black educators can contribute to effective educational policy making is by becoming administrators in public school systems, and by becoming sources of expertise who can provide consultation to administrators, and by becoming members of policy making bodies such as school boards. (Author/AM)

Parent involvement in their children's educational experiences enhances student achievement. Low socioeconomic status (SES) and Black families often lack the human and material resources needed for a positive academic environment at home; however, positive learning environments do exist in some low-SES Black homes. More developmentally oriented,…