Education, Urban

AFT Local 484: Springfield Federation of Teachers Records

dgolodner — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:08 -0400

The collection consist of correspondence, news paper clippings, minutes, contracts, legal, and financial papers. A small amount of files are grievances.

Cornelius Golightly Papers

aorchard — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:45:42 -0500

Dr. Cornelius Golightly was an Associate Dean and professor at Wayne State University's Philosophy Department. Golightly's papers document his time at several institutions, his work in the philosophy field, as well as his involvement with several school boards, including Milwaukee and Detroit. This collection primarily contains draft manuscripts, classroom notes and instructions, correspondence, brochures, and acknowledgements. Additional materials include three folders of photographs and one college patch.

Annetta Miller Papers

pneirink — Mon, 09 May 2022 14:41:17 -0400

Annetta Miller was a Registered Nurse, peace activist, and three-term member of the Michigan State Board of Education. Her experiences serving in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II drove her to join the peace movement during the Vietnam War. A Democrat representing Michigan's 18th congressional district, much of Miller's first two terms on the Board of Education dealt with desegregation of the Detroit Public Schools following the finding in Bradley v. Milliken by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that the district was guilty of de jure segregation, Judge Stephen J. Roth's order that they desegregate via an inter-district busing plan, and subsequent decisions including the United State Supreme Court overturning Roth's decision in Milliken v. Bradley. Miller opposed the allocation of public funds to private and religious schools, and supported the separation of church and state in public education. The Annetta Miller Papers document the activities of the Board of Education during Miller's 24-year tenure through administrative documentation and supplementary resources on education, as well as Miller's involvement with the peace movement and other political organizing. Of particular interest are materials related to Bradley v. Milliken, desegregation, and busing plans; taxpayer financing of private education and reallocation to public schools; and Miller's son's participation in the 1965 Selective Service Office Sit-In in Ann Arbor.

Schools of the 21st Century Records

dgolodner — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:51:00 -0400

The Schools of the 21st Century Corporation governed The Detroit Annenberg Challenge. The Annenberg Challenge provided $500 million in grants to organizations across the United States for the improvement of public schools. Schools for the 21st Century received a $20 million grant and set out to address the goals of increased student achievement, community and parent involvement, and collaboration with outside organizations. The Initiative's mission was to “Institutionalize bold, comprehensive and systemic reform at the local school level, to ensure high levels of student performance and healthy growth and development for all students.” The plan focused on 42 schools divided into 10 clusters, which used various school reform models in their approaches.

Materials in the collection include reports on the phases of the plan, individual clusters, outside vendor reports, external reviews, Board of Directors meeting minutes, and newsletters and other promotional material.

Wayne State University Office of the President Clarence B. Hilberry Records

cwesterman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:59:38 -0500

Files for Hilberry’s tenure as Wayne President as well as some files from his position as Dean of Administration. Served as President from July 1, 1953 until retirement on July 1, 1965.

Hilberry began in 1930 at Wayne as an instructor in the English Department. In 1939, he became head of the English Department. In 1945, he was appointed Dean of Administration of the University, serving in that position until he was appointed to university president.

Eleanor Josaitis — Hands Across the Racial Divide

wlefevre — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:32:36 -0400

As a symbol, it is exquisite in its simplicity. Two hands inside a circle, one black and one white, almost but never quite touching across the racial divide. This has been the logo of Focus: HOPE, an organization fighting for basic human rights in Detroit and Southeast Michigan for over forty years. And until her death last week, one of the leaders of the fight was Eleanor Josaitis. read more »

Suburban District Cluster Proposal, Detroit News

mcourtney — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:46:10 -0500

Detroit News clipping from March of 1972 outlying the “cluster” proposal for 18 zones within the district, coupled with charts of the racial composition of the student bodies of the Detroit and suburban school districts comprising the corresponding zones.

(28056) Demonstrations, Strikes, Detroit Public Schools, 1998-1999

eclemens — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:22:49 -0500

A young girl decorates the sidewalk outside of the School Center Building during a vote for the 1998-1999 American Federation of Teachers/Detroit Federation of Teachers Strike.

(28419) Colleges, Monteith, Classroom Scenes, 1961

eclemens — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:41:51 -0400

Professor George Drury meets with students of Monteith College during the summer session.

(38426) Dr. Cornelius Golightly

mcourtney — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:28:10 -0400

Portrait of Dr. Cornelius Golightly, Wayne State faculty member

[Podcast] Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

teller — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:35:39 -0400

Dr. Matt Kautz explores how evolving school disciplinary practices, changes in crime reporting, and political pressure in the decades following school desegregation led to the rise of student suspensions, expulsions, dropouts, and the school-to-prison pipeline in Detroit and other cities. read more »

Graduate Comment

cwesterman — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:58:32 -0500

Graduate Comment was a journal published by the Graduate Division of Wayne State University. It consisted largely of essays on the subject of graduate education; it also published papers presented at the annual Detroit Adventure conferences.

Graduate News

cwesterman — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:01:24 -0500

Graduate News was a newsletter published by the Graduate Division of Wayne State University. In 1969 its title was changed to Grad News; it ceased publication in 1970.

Industrial Educator

cwesterman — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:20:07 -0400

Volumes 1-8 of Urban Educator, a journal published by the Wayne State University College of Education.