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ERIC Number: ED145055
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Jun
Pages: 26
Abstractor: N/A
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School Desegregation in Racine, Wisconsin: A Staff Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
The Racine Unified School District, in Racine, Wisconsin in 1973 voluntarily adopted a resolution mandating that, in effect, no school in the district could have a minority enrollment greater than 30.7%. Kindergarten classes were not included in the desegregation plan. When the desegregation plan was adopted, some segments of the minority community and one predominantly white area protested. At the time the plan was implemented, there were no incidents of physical disruption or violence, in part, because the minority community decided to accept the plan and help the school district implement it. White dissident groups found that their protests had no legal basis. As a result of desegregation attendance has not changed, although there has been some noticeable decline in the number of white students enrolled and an increase in the parochial schools' enrollment. The issue which has created some dissatisfaction within the minority community has been the fact that black children are bearing the brunt of busing. Most of the persons interviewed believed that since desegregation academic achievement has improved in school programs. The school district has taken several surveys on attitudes towards desegregation and the results have proven to be favorable. (Author/AM)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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