Download or read book Looking for America: Seven schools experimenting with intergroup relations written by Delia Pompa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, the National Coalition of Advocates for Students received a grant to support a national project to examine social relationships between immigrant students and children of established residents. This book documents activities from the Looking for America project at seven diverse U.S. public schools and offers conclusions and recommendations to guide those undertaking similar efforts in other schools. The experiences of these 7 urban schools (4 high schools, 1 elementary school, and 2 middle schools), opinions of their students, and responses of 182 staff members were used to distill the following action steps for change: (1) create a climate for change; (2) establish an intergroup relations team; (3) develop a school profile; (4) make an inventory of resources; (5) involve the community; and (6) make a plan. Case studies of each of the project schools explore the intergroup relations activities in each. Four appendixes discuss study methodology and intergroup relations, describe 12 resource organizations, and describe the National Coalition of Advocates for Students. (SLD)