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Cusik, Philip A.; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1979
Antibusing attitudes did not even indirectly contribute to "White flight" in the Pontiac school district. Unfortunately, the solution to the problem of "White flight" involves creating an attractive urban environment and creating a society free from racism. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Busing, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes
Howell, John F. – 1981
This paper provides background information on school desegregation in Springfield, Massachusetts, and describes a study that compared the academic achievement of two groups of black elementary school students: one group who was mandatorily bused to a previously white school, and the other who walked to their neighborhood school which was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Effects
Ogletree, Earl J.; Starkman, Stanley S. – 1980
The Chicago Board of Education has been attempting to formulate a school desegregation plan to satisfy the U.S. Department of Education (HEW) guidelines for a decade. Public hearings and community participation are to be an integral part of the planning process. To determine the community's attitudes toward school desegregation, over one thousand…
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
Pearce, Diana M.; And Others – 1984
The relationship between school desegregation and housing desegregation is the subject of this study, which used official census and school district data from the 25 central cities with black populations over 100,000 in 1980. Both school and housing desegregation were measured with the index of dissimilarity. Results show a clear correlation…
Descriptors: Busing, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Neighborhood Integration
Bell, Peter D. – 1987
Express routing, under consideration by San Diego (California) Public Schools, is a form of bus transportation that picks up and drops off students at centralized points instead of driving through residential neighborhoods. This report examines other, similar districts' experiences in applying express routing in integration and other school…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Busing, Cost Effectiveness, Desegregation Methods
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1975
In this paper, the Kentucky Commisssion on Human Rights outlines ways in which housing-related institutions and agencies can revise their policies and procedures to reverse the trend towards housing segregation. Recommendations are made to the city and county with regard to how Section 8 housing assistance programs can be used to promote…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Busing, Community Cooperation, Desegregation Methods
Moore, Helen A.; Iadicola, Peter – Aztlan--International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 1981
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…
Descriptors: Busing, Comparative Testing, Competition, Desegregation Methods
Lord, J. Dennis – 1977
Concepts and methods of geography are applied to the study of school desegregation in this paper. Beginning with a spatial/temporal view of desegregation, the key legal events which have charted the course of desegregation are reviewed, and geographic patterns over time are examined. This discussion is followed by an investigation of the…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Busing, Case Studies, Desegregation Effects
Felice, Lawrence G. – 1974
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of busing on the subsequent achievement performance of bused minority students. Differences in achievement gains are hypothesized to be a function of bused student attitudes toward busing and the interracial climate of acceptance in the receiving schools. The design of this study is that of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Community Attitudes, Desegregation Effects
Schumaker, Paul – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined 60 school board members' perceptions of school desegregation and other policies aimed at enhancing the educational attainment of minority groups. Interviews were conducted with school board members in 12 American cities--Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Green Bay,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boards of Education, Busing, Desegregation Methods
Morgan, David R.; And Others – 1982
This handbook was prepared to provide guidance and suggestions primarily for school officials who are developing a plan for school desegregation or who are trying to revise an existing plan. Indications of what has and has not worked in other districts are based on experts' recommendations, on case studies from other communities, and on the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Busing, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1980
This report presents a study of issues involving magnet schools in big city school districts. The study consisted of three parts: (1) an analysis of the attitudes of educators familiar with part-time desegregation; (2) an investigation of the role of magnet schools that have been making a positive contribution to the redevelopment of big city…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Methods