PAIRING OF SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATES THAT CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE IDEA OF ACTUAL INTEGRATION. THE PROGRAM BROADENS THE CONCEPT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL INTO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL. THERE SEEM TO EXIST AT PRESENT IN PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN CERTAIN TENDENCIES WHICH HAVE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES. FIRST IS THE STEREOTYPING OF ETHNIC…

Reports on an intensive study of student attitudes and interpersonal behavior in a desegregated school district. (Author/AM)

IN A LETTER TO ALL CHICAGO ARCHDIOCESE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH SCHOOLS, ALBERT CARDINAL MEYER QUOTES A PLEDGE, MADE BY THE CHICAGO CONFERENCE ON RACE AND RELIGION, FOR FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES IN CHURCH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS. HE STATES THE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLEDGE. FAIR EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS FOR LAY TEACHERS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS…

In 1966 when initial planning for desegregation in Peoria, Illinois began, minority students were concentrated in 9 of Peoria's 39 schools. Twenty of the city's schools had white enrollments of more than 98%, indicating the most minimal percentage of minority students in more than half the city's schools. Four schools were totally white. The…

Concludes that desegregation (ultimately integration) actually helped to improve North Chicago educationally and financially. (Author/AM)

AN EVALUATION OF PAST AND PRESENT PROGRAMS FOR ETHNIC DESEGREGATION, ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER STEPS TO THAT END ARE PRESENTED. IN 1954, STEPS WERE TAKEN TO ANALYZE THE RACIAL MIXTURE OF THE SCHOOLS, BY 1958 A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ZONING, SITE SELECTION AND CONSTRUCTION, AND PUPIL REDISTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE…

Illinois School District 151 is the first Northern court ordered desegregated school system. Prior studies indicate that community members do not support the district. This Title III project has as its major goal to increase the areas of support and reduce the areas of nonsupport, in order to provide an invigorating stimulating educational…

This book contains abbreviated accounts of eight community case studies and various reviews of a cluster of recent studies relating to race and education. The foreword discusses three phases of school integration, and the introductory chapter relates law, violence, and civil rights. The eight case studies on Evanston, Berkeley, New Haven,…

Thirteen objectives of the program and analyses of each in terms of procedure, evaluation, the status of procedure, and status of the evaluation are listed in this report. The objectives are: the establishment of a community relations program to promote two-way communication between school board, administration, teachers, students, and parents;…