CITY SCHOOLS

In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 350, S. 95-106

Abstract

Though other issues exist, the basic problems in city Sch's arise from a conflict of interests between haves & have-nots. Race appears as a subdimension of the larger problem. The major contours of this engagement are seen at the federal level where the power exists to make governing decisions about Sch financing & in state gov where conservative & anticity interests dominate. It is seen in a dimmer but far more explosive form in the city itself where have-nots, mainly Negroes, are pressing demands for Sch equity. Class lines are somewhat redrawn within liberal city gov's & Sch systems. Negro demands give the illusion that the issue is strictly racial though, in fact, the educ 'al & pol'al interests of other have-not & liberal leadership groups run parallel & converge more often than they diverge. AA.