Schools That Work--A Recommitment to Public Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This is the report of a conference held in March 1980, for the purposes of sharing, among black educators, experiences with successful education programs and devising strategies for improving ineffective schools. The introductory addresses by Shirley Chisholm and Augustus F. Hawkins are summarized, as are the presentations of John Algee, Mary Berry, Ronald R. Edmonds, Geneva Gay, Carol Gibson, R. David Hall, Norris L. Hogans, John Smith, and Kenneth S. Tollett. Then five workshops given at the conference are discussed in detail. The topics of these workshops were: (1) economics and public financing of schools; (2) community and family concerns; (3) discipline; (4) educational diagnosis, evaluation, and placement in relation to curriculum; and (5) alternative education. A list of conference participants and a selected bibliography are appended to the report. (GC)