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Download full textSchaub, James D. – 1981
The report identifies structural changes and trends in the composition of the nonmetro labor force between 1973 and 1979; evaluates the labor force performance by race, sex, and age; and suggests underlying causes of the major changes and the likelihood of particular trends continuing into the eighties. Tabular data indicate that: (1) metro and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Employment, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties. Washington, DC. – 1980
This review of perspectives on the current status and policy issues of urban America is divided into nine chapters, each of which includes a bibliography. Chapter one presents an overview of the postindustrial demographic and economic changes in the United States and the Federal government's response to these changes. The ongoing transformation of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal State Relationship, Financial Problems
Dunkelberger, John E.; Soderberg, Mary A. – 1980
In order to investigate the relationship between 7 school system characteristics and student achievement test scores in the 45 metropolitan and 82 nonmetropolitan Alabama school systems, 1979 California Achievement Test combined battery scores for 8th and 12th grade students attending each system in the state were analyzed. For both metropolitan…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, County School Districts
ASHWORTH, MARGARET L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A MULTIFACETED PROJECT TO PROVIDE INTERRACIAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCES TO WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS IN THREE RACIALLY UNBALANCED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND DETROIT, MICHIGAN. AS PART OF A "PEN PAL" PROGRAM PUPILS IN AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL EXCHANGED LETTERS WITH PUPILS IN TWO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. FIELD…
Descriptors: Black Students, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools
Gordon, C. Wayne; And Others – 1968
Mexican American educational aspirations and achievements were studied to determine why they tended to be considerably lower than those of Anglos and also to account for the sources of variation within each group, thus attempting to explain the particular contribution of school contexts of varying socioeconomic level and ethnic composition. A…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans
Stitt, Thomas R.; And Others – 1978
This report details the process of the Illinois Standards Project to develop, adopt, and implement standards of quality for agricultural occupation programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels throughout Illinois. Part I, standards for quality programs in area vocational centers excluding metropolitan areas, is divided into three…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Routh, Frederick B.; And Others – 1974
Six papers from a variety of related disciplines discuss basic issues involved in Milliken vs Bradley, the papers reflecting the following areas: legal implications, political science perspectives, educational implications, housing implications, economic implications, and implications for desegregation centers. Scholars and authorities comment on…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Conference Reports, Constitutional Law
Mayeske, George W.; Beaton, Albert E., Jr. – 1975
The present study is the fourth and last in a series that specifically deals with the nations' schools, student achievement, and students' attitudes toward life. This volume employs new methods and categories of analysis to re-examine certain earlier findings such as the lack of any appreciable relationship between achievement level and having a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, American Indians, Asian Americans
McKelvey, Troy V., Ed. – 1973
Within the conceptual framewords that surround the development of new structures for the organization of education in metropolitan areas, contributors to this anthology focus on the purpose, conceptualizations, and proposed organizational structures of metropolitan educational reform activities. The book is primarily intended for scholars and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
Boushey, Heather; Brocht, Chauna; Gundersen, Bethney; Bernstein, Jared – 2001
Although U.S. policymakers have adopted the view that work is the solution to poverty, work may not ensure a decent standard of living for many families. This report estimates the number of families who are not making ends meet. It examines the cost of living in various communities in every state and determines "basic family budgets" for…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Budgets, Child Welfare, Costs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1977
Analyzing 1975 Federal Outlays for 275 programs in terms of rural development and government services, this 7th annual report to the Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 (e) of the Agricultural Act of 1970 includes tabular and narrative data pertaining to: metropolitan and nonmetropolitan distribution; regional distribution (census regions);…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Census Figures, Community Development
Underwood, Willard A.; Ferguson, Ralph E. – 1977
The United States Census Bureau estimated the nation's population grew by 10 million people between 1970 and 1975; 85% of this growth occurred in the 29 states which constitute the South and West. These states attracted large numbers of new residents, growing at a much faster rate than the national average of 4.8%. During this five year period,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Black Attitudes, Black Population Trends
Havighurst, Robert J.; And Others – 1968
This study of social systems in Chicago has three objectives: (1) To explore the interaction of the educational system with the social structure and social forces in a modern metropolitan area, (2) to make a historical study of the development of education in a city evolving during the 20th century, and (3) to develop a method for a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Black Community, Board of Education Role, Business Responsibility
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1965
This conference report contains 29 papers dealing with trends in financing public education. The papers are grouped by major subject into (1) the economic, social, and political issues in education and school support, (2) the foundation plan of school support, (3) the development of measures of State and local government ability to support…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Economic Climate
Callahan, John J.; And Others – 1973
This study focuses on how central city school districts can benefit from educational finance reform. The publication is designed for use by both those charged with the responsibility for education matters and by the general public. The document begins with a discussion of the fiscal impact of several popular alternative school finance reforms,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equalization Aid, Evaluation
