Reported are the major legal cases (up to 1965 and in various parts of the country) pertaining to defacto school segregation. The document reviews the cases under the rubrics of dejure segregation, gerrymandering of attendance zones, the question of obligation to integrate, the discretionary authority of school boards, teacher assignment, and…

PUBLISHED IN 1963, THIS JOURNAL IS MADE UP OF ARTICLES ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AND EXCERPTS FROM THE HISTORIC 1961 SUPREME COURT DECISION TO DESEGREGATE THE NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE ARTICLES ARE--(1) MAX WOLFF, "THE ISSUES IN INTEGRATION," (2) KENNETH B. CLARK, "SEGREGATED SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY," (3) DAN…

This training program for officials and staff of the Metropolitan Planning Department of Marion County, Indiana, is initiated as an integral part of the comprehensive continuing planning program for the Indianapolis-Marion County metropolitan area. Training for the two groups consists of two separate but integrated activities. For the officials,…

Discusses economic factors, personal attitudes, and racial discrimination as causes of residential segregation in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. Examines whether school board practices, such as gerrymandering of attendance zones, faculty segregation, use of optional attendance zones, and school construction and placement, have influenced…

Extensive testing data from federal, state, and private sources indicate that Indiana students underperform their peers in most other states. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the shortcomings of Indiana students relative to students elsewhere are most severe among students from middle- and upper-income families. Forty percent of 3rd-graders, 52…