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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED126164 AUTHOR: Elazar, Daniel; Friedman, Murry
TITLE: Moving Up: Ethnic Succession in America: With a Case
History from the Philadelphia School System.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 73 p.
AVAILABILITY: Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity,
165
East 56th Street, New York 10022 ($1.95)
ABSTRACT: To aid in understanding how the process of ethnic
succession has worked in America, both a conceptual
overview and an indepth analysis of a particular situation
that occurred over the past four decades in the
Philadelphia school system are presented. Resulting from
this historical investigation are a series of highly useful
guidelines. The first chapter examines the subtle and not
so subtle ways in which ethnicity affects the lives of
Americans, and addresses specific topics such as ethnic
succession and the new pluralism, diversity, ethnicity and
occupational choices, patterns of ethnic succession in
America, the growth of ethnic power blocs, political
changes, and other issues. The next chapter focuses on a
case of ethnic succession: the entry and upward movement of
blacks in teaching and administrative posts in the
Philadelphia schools in the 60's and early 70's and their
partial replacement of Jews and Italians with the
assistance of white Protestant cosmopolitan leaders of the
school system.
This case study should be viewed against the backdrop of
the social trends that are described throughout the
document.
Although it is not examined indepth, it is recognized that
the ethnic composition of both the teaching staff and
student body is of great significance in the educational
process. (Author/AM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrators-; Black-Achievement; Black
Community; Black-Employment; Black-Leadership; Career
Opportunities; Educational-Administration; Educational
Change; Ethnic-Status; Guidelines-; History-; Minority
Groups; Political-Influences; Political-Issues; Political
Power; Social-Action; Social-Change; Social-Mobility;
Teachers-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Influences; *Case-Studies;
*Cultural
Influences; *Ethnic-Groups; *Occupational-Mobility; *School
Districts
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