METCO: Suburban Education for Urban Children

Community Participation

Dublin Core

Title

METCO: Suburban Education for Urban Children

Community Participation

Subject

Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History

Description

A report for the Carnegie Corporation on the status of the METCO program. The report is divided into 7 parts: overview, support and opposition, community participation, chronology of development, host families, evaluation and the present and future.

This portion shows community participation

Creator

METCO

Source

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005

Publisher

Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections

Date

late 1960s

Contributor

Corinne Bermon

Rights

This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.

Relation

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.

Format

Photo of Original Document

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

M101, Box 9/144

Coverage

Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools

Files

METCO sub community parti pg 21.png

Citation

METCO, “METCO: Suburban Education for Urban Children

Community Participation,” Stark & Subtle Divisions: A Collaborative History of Segregation in Boston, accessed March 28, 2024, https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/129.