Changes & Challenges: City Schools in America. Thirteen Journalists
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 242 813 UD 023 449 AUTHOR Farkas, Susan C., Ed. TITLE Changes & Challenges: City Schools in America. Thirteen Journalists Look at Our Nation's Schools. INSTITUTION Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY Ford Foundation, New York, N.Y. REPORT NO ISBN-0-937846-95-3 PUB DATE 83 MOTE 335p.; Additional funding from the Roosevelt Centennial Trust, U.S. Government Agencies and national organizations, and participating news organizations. AVAILABLE FROM IEL Publications, 1001 Connecticut Ave., Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036 ($7.50). PUB TYPE Collected Works - General (020) -- Information Analyses (070) EDRS PRICE MFO1 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS American Indians; Black Students; Busing; Counseling; Dropouts; Education Work Relationship; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment Trends; Higher. Education; Illiteracy; Microcomputers; *Minority Groups; *Reading; *School Business Relationship; *School Demography; *School Desegregation; Urban Population; *Urban Schools IDENTIFIERS *Fellows in Education Journalism Program; Tribally Controlled Schools; Urban and Minority Education Fellowship Program ABSTRACT Positive and negative aspects of urban and minority education are discussed in this volume of news series and newspaper articles by 13 journalists; all participants in either the Fellows Education Journalism program or the Urban and Minority Education Fellowship and Study Grant programs. Section One, on the changing demographics of city schools, contains the following articles: "Overview of Student Enrollment," by James Bencivenga; "Minorities: Classroom Crisis," 'by Robert A. Frahm; "Counseling for Filipino Students," by Linde Ogawa Ramirez; "Southeast Asian Refugees in Schools," by John C. Furey; "Indian Children in Detroit," by Rick Smith; and "TribalLy Controlled Community Colleges," by Albert E. Bruno. Section Two, on desegregation in the 1980s, has articles entitled "Putting t4.1% Brakes on Busing," by Amy Goldstein; and "The Struggle for Integration," by Jacalyn Golston. In Section Three, which deals with new links between and among business, work, and education, the following articles appear: "Big City Schools and Technology," by James Bencivenga; "Education: Whose Business Is It?" by Linda Wallace Williams; "From School to Work: A Leap of Despair," by Milton Jordan; and "Latino Youth Who Don't Finish High School," by Jose Antonio Burciaga. Finally, Section Four contains articles by Dale Rice and Laura Washington entitled, respectively, "Reading: Finding a Better Way," and "Illiteracy: An Education Crisis." A list of journalists who have participated in the Fellows in Educational Journalism Program since 1976, and the newspapers in which their articles have appeared, is appended. (CMG) Changes C_ ___Uages: City Os A a C yes et C II es: City Schools inArneiica Edited by Susan C. Far Thirteen Journalists Look C ging Demophics of ,_r,AtOur Nation's Schools City Schools co N .4- QCV U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 40rTtus document has been reproducedis received from the person 01 orparesstron onomatmp a ti Minor changes have been made to morose teptoduction gustily. Points 01 view or opinions stated tit this dont mint do notnecessarilyrepresent Wheel ME positron Or pOlicy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY iHAS BEEN GRANTED BY L. Clarke In-St.rotkc.skip Business/ 4 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 74)- World INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." NI Education: twt New A40 Linkages S F 2 w-= dr; 1 ^"tt-Y44.4117"liaat.tvir Pt, .7a e 4.;;;If. j:k4100641 44Artit" . : 14 , 4 Ito f14'i 1234 Changes a, Challenges: City Schools in America 6 7 Changes 82. Challenges: City Schools in America THIRTEEN JOURNALISTS LOOK AT OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS Susan C. Farkas, Editor 0.7FELLOWS IN VEDUCATION 7'JOURNALISM = A PROGRAM OF THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. INC. WASHINGTON. D.C. 8 Copyright © 1983 by The Institute for Educational Leadership Washington. DC. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 83-82654 ISBN 0-937846-95-3 Prepared under a grant from the Ford Foundation with par- tial funding from the Roosevelt Centennial Trust. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the Ford Foundation, the Roosevelt Centennial Trust. the Institute for Educational Leadership. or the par- ticipating news organizations. Additional copies of this report may be obtained for $7.50 each from IEL Publications. 1001 Connecticut Avenue. Suite 310. Washington. D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 822-8405 CONTENTS vii Preface 1 Section One: Changing Demographics of City Schools 3 James Bencivenga Overview of Student The Christian Science Monitor Enrollment 7 Robert A. Frahm Minorities: Classroom Crisis e 4 The Journal Times Racine. Wisconsin 27 Linda Ogawa Ramirez Counseling for Filipino Philippine News Students San Francisco, California 39 John C. Furey Southeast Asian Refugees in Statesman Journal Schools Salem, Oregon 51 Rick Smith Indian Children in Detroit MainStream Newsletter Plymouth. Michigan 57 Albert E. Bruno Tribally Controlled Community The Dakota Sun Colleges Fort Yates, North Dakota 63 Section Two: Desegregation in the Eighties 65 Amy Goldstein Putting the Brakes on Busing The Virginian-Pilot Norfolk, Virginia Jacalyn Golston The Struggle for Integration The Fresno Bee Fresno. California 117 Section Three: Business/WOrk/Education: New Linkages 119 James'Bencivenga Big City Schools and The Christian Science Monitor Technology 127 Linda Wallace Williams Education: The Commercial Appeal Whose Business Is It? Memphis. Tennessee 137 Milton Jordan From School to Work: The Carolina Times A Leap of Despair Durham. North Carolina 157 Jose Antonio Burciaga Latino Youth Who Don't Finish El Observador High School San Jose. California 167 Section Four: Reading in Urban Schools 169 , Dale Rice Reading: Finding A Better Way Dallas Times Herald 191 Laura Washington Illiteracy: An Education Crisis The Chicago Reporter 201 Listing of Journalism Fellows II THE FELLOWS IN EDUCATION JOURNALISM PREFACE City schools in America have changed dramatically in the This monograph contains news last ten years: so-called "minority" students are now the series and articles based on the majority in almost every major city: there is indication that Fellows' and Study Grantees' work test scores that were steadily declining for the past twenty that appeared in newspapers years are starting to make the Turn upward: and, the throughout the courtry. The stories business community is beginning to get involved on various are organized into four topic areas: levels with the local schools. Changing Demographics of City We sought to look at positive as well as negative aspects of urban education and the education of minority students in Schools Desegregation in the Eighties various states. We hoped to identify factors that are causing Business/Work/Education: New improvements and better understand the problems that still Linkages exist. In the Spring of 1982 The Institute for Educational Reading in Urban Schools Leadership competitively selected eight outstanding jour- nalists to receive Fellowships enabling each to take a six- The Fellows in Education Journalism week leave of absence to study and report on urban and minority education issues of particular interest to theii local program was initiated by the Ford Four ,iation in 1976, the program is readers. also sponsored by participating news Joining the Fellows were seven reporters from minority organizations across the countiy. news organizations chosen by the Institute to receive week- other foundations. United States long Study Grants. The Study Grants Were developed to en- Government Agencies. and national courage minority newspaper participation because we found organizations. The Urban and Minor- that it was difficult for financially strapped minority news ity Education Fellowship and Study organizations to release their reporters for longer term pro- Grant programs were sponsored by fessional development programs. This volume contains the the Ford Foundation with additional work of thirteen of the Fellows and Study Grantees. support from the Roosevelt Centen- M. 12 Board of Directors ROBERT ANDRINGA HAROLD HOWE If (Chair) nial Youth Project. Executive Director Senior Lecturer Education Commission of the Stales Graduate School of Education Harvard University This volume highlights the signifi- eik.CK R. BORSTINO Dean HONORABLE ANNE LINDEMAN cant demographic changes that have Business College Senator University of Miami Arizona Senate altered the make-up of city schools in JERRY CALHOUN AUGUSTINE MARUSI America and points up many of the Deputy Assistant Secretary Chairman. Executive Committee U.S. Department of Defense Borden, Inc. challenges our nation faces in its ALAN CAMPBELL FLORETTA D. MCKENZIE quest for excellence in education. Executive Vice President. Superintendent Management and Public Affairs District of Columbia Public Schools ARA Services Inc. MATTHEW PROPHET MARTHA E. CHURCH Superintendent President Portland Oregon Public Schools Hood College BLANDINA CARDENAS-RAMIREZ LUVERN L. CUNNINGHAM Director of Training Novice G. Fawcett Professor. Intercultural Development Research Association Educational Administration Ohio State University LOIS D. RICE Senior Vice President. ARTHUR M. 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