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Interaction Between Society and Education in Chicago. Final Report _ n f'1' IA F' T PFct MF EA 001 677 ED 023 180 24 And Others By -Havighurst, Robert J., Report. Interaction Between Society andEducation in Chicago.Final Chicago Univ., Ill. Dept . ofEducation. .Bureau of Research. Spons Agency -Office ofEducation (DHEW), Washington,D C Report No -CRP -2866 Bureau No -BR -5 -0322 Pub Date 30 Jun 68 Contract -OEC -5 -10 -303 Note -73p. of Education, 5835Kimbark Avenue,Chicago, Illinois Available from-The Universityof Chicago, Department 60637 ($300). Available from EDRS. EDRS Price MF -$0 50 HC Not Education Role, BusinessResponsibility, Church Descriptors -B:bliographies,BlackCommunity, Board of Reviews, *Metropolitan Participation, City Government,Educational Policy, *Historical Responsibility, Citizen Relationship, *SocialSystems, State .IPublic School Systems,*School Community Areas, Population Trends, Associations, WelfareAgencies School District Relationship,Superintendent Role, Teacher Identifiers -Chicago explore the systems inChicago has threeoblectives: (1) To This study of social and socialforces in a interaction of theeducational system withthe social structure historical studyof the developmentof modern metropolitan area,(2) to make a method for a evolving during the20th 'century, and(3). to develop a education in a city The findings are (1)that the sociohistorical study ofeducation in acomplex community. that the important element inthe local politicsof Chicago, (2) public schools are an and in receivingfinancial public schools havebeen influential both ineducational policy of the community,(3)thatseveral mafor civic support fromthe business men schools, (4) been importantfactors in certaindecisions affecting organizations have brought into cooperationwith noneducational that the publicschools have been organizations have agencies tos'Ave social problemsof the city, (5)that teachers' 1900, (6) that thepersonalites of certainindividuals in the school been active since population movementshave system haveinfluenced educationalhistory, and (7) that influenced the publicschools. (HW) 3 P/7-av FINAL REPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT NO. 2866 Contract OE-5-10-303 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION 8, WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLYAS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIALOFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. INTERAVION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND EDUCATION IN CHICAGO June 1968 U.S. DEPARTMENT. OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Office of Education Bureau of Research FINAL REPORT Cooperative Research Project No. 2866 Contract No. HEW-OE-5-10-303 INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND EDUCATION IN CHICAGO By Robert 3, Havighurst Robert L. Mc Caul Elizabeth L. Murray With the Assistance of Mary J. Herrick, Stephen London Marcella R. Nell, James W. Sanders, Helen M. Van de Woestyne University of Chicago Department of Education Chicago, Illinois June 30, 1968 The research reported herein was performed pursuantto a contract with the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorshipare encouraged to express freely their professional judgment in the conduct of the project. Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore,neces- sarily represent official Office of Education positionor policy. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE MIS COPYRIGHTED MATF,RIAI. BY MICRif ICI{E,ONLY HAS BEEN QRANTED BYilooer'D J. maylgnurst TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGREEMENTS WITH THE U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE REQUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYR IGHT OWNER." a Office of Education Bureau of Research Copyright 1968 by Robert J. Havighurst 6.2. CONTENTS Page Summary 1 Chapter I Introduction Historical Sketch to 1925 4 Educational and Other Social Systemsin Chicago 6 Chronology of the Chicago Public Schools1915-1966 9 Demographic Development of Chicago andthe Metropolitan Area 30 Growth of the Educational Systems of theChicago Area 32 Chapter II The Government of the Schools andthe Making of School Policies The City Government and the Board ofEducation 36 The Changing Role of the Superintendent 40 The State and the School Systems 42 Systems Influencing the Public SchoolSystem Business and the School System 44 -Teachers' Organizations and the PublicSchool System 46 Citizens' Organizations and theSchools 48 The Metropolitan Press and the Schools 50 The Churches and the Schools 52 The Welfare and Health System and theSchool System 54 The Negro Community and the ChicagoPublic School System I. 56 Chapter III Suburban Schools 58 The Educational System ofa Suburban Area: A Case Study . 60 Chapter IVPublic School Systems and Other SchoolSystems The Catholic Schools 1925-1965 6.2 Higher Education 64 Chapter V The Futuxe and Its Most Pressing Problems 66 Bibliography 69 Tables and Ftajilnei Figure 1. The City School System, Its Sub-Systems,and Other Educational Systems 8 Figure 2. Map of the Chicago Metropolitan Area 27 Figure 3. The Urbanized Area of the Chicago SMSA 28 Figure 4. Socioeconomic Sectors of the Chicago SMSA 29 Figure 5. Chicago Public Schools: Enrollments 1925-1965 34 Tab le 1. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Chicago andSuburban Area, 1940-1960 31 Table 2. True Membership: Chicago High and ElementarySchools, 1925-1965 33 Table 3. Enrollment in Public Schools of the ChicagoMetropolitan Area, 1925-1965 35 INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND EDUCATIONIN CHICAGO SUMMARY There have been three major objectivesof this study: a. To explore the interaction of theeducational system with the social.structure and the social forcesin a modern metropolitan b.. To make a historical study ofthe development of education ina big city as the city evolved duringthe twentieth century. c. To develop a method fora socio-historical study of education in a complex community. The principal members in the project.were: Robert J. Havighurst, Sociology ofEducation Robert L. McCaul, History of Education Elizabeth L. Murray, Coordinator (formerlya member of the Chicago Board of Education) With the aid of about fifteen researchassistants and associates, and .over a ehree-year period, studies were made of variousaspects of the subject, and working papers were prepared.A seminar meeting weeklyor bi-weekly kept the group in communication withone another. The final work of putting the workingpapers together into a coherent exposition has been done by the three printipalauthors, with certain of the assistants and associates takingresponsibility for their own chapters. Time Period Covered The work of george S. Counts, published underthe title School and Society in Chicaga, was especially usefulas a meani of setting a beginning point for the intensive part of the study.'Professor Counts dealt with the period around 1925 and theyears just before that time. Consequently this study uses the 1925 periodas a base-line, and covers the period from 1925 to 1965 with analytical care.Also, the period up to 1925 is sketchedin descriptively to present the social-historicalsetting for the events of the 1925-65 period. Basic Concepts of the Study The basic concept of the Study is thatof a social system, which isa system,of actions of individuals, the actionsbeing roles and constellations of roles. A role isa set of behaviors that is appropriate to a particular position or status ina society. 1 oMar wl a 1 - An educational system is a set of roles and role constellations which teaches children and adults some things they are not likely to learn .efficiently in the family or at work.A school is a social system consist- ing of the roles of principal, teacher, parents, and pupil. A school system is a more inclusive social system that includes a number of schools plus an administrative staff and a school board and several sets of specialists such as psychologists, remedial specialists and examiners. A social system nay be studied as it exists in a particular moment in time. But it may also be studied as it has existed through time, for what that system is today is determined not only by the conditions now influencing it but also by the characteristics it has acquired previously. Social roles and social constellations are not static; they evolve and their evolution is an important subject of study. Thus some of the chapters in this project summary are historical in nature. It is possible and useful to study a social system as a set of roles and role constellations, without looking closely at the individuals who fill the roles. This procedure has been done inmost of the chapters of this report.However, the actual performance of a person in a role depends both on the way the role is defined and on his own particularpersonality. Thus one man will act quite differently in the roleof superintendent of schools than another man, though .they both fill the same role. Accordingly, several of the chapters in this report deal with individuals in the performance of their roles--as superintendent, member of the Board of Education, Mayor of Chicago, officer of a teachers' organization, etc. The 6ystem of public schools in the City of Chicago is the central focus of the study, but a number of other social systems have influenced the educational system, and consequently they, too, are studied. They are: the city government; the business system; the i'arent-teacher.association; other civic associations; the press; the sysEem of welfare agencies; the church system; the civil rights organizations.
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