Every high-achieving high school has parents and teachers who wish their student populations were more ethnically varied. When elite public high schools open their borders to less advantaged students, the gains can be significant. The Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program (VEEP) at La Jolla (California) High is described, along with other states' A…

Four resegregation processes (norm-referenced testing, classroom grouping, classroom competition, busing rates) reinforce in student status relationships the stratifying effects of an Anglo-dominated school environment. These processes were studied using data gathered from case studies of 10 desegregated elementary schools in California in…