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Horsford, Sonya Douglass – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: In "Milliken v. Bradley" (1974), the U.S. Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional a metropolitan-wide desegregation plan in Detroit that sought to achieve racial balance in part by busing white suburban students to the city's majority black schools. In a stark departure from "Brown v. Board of Education of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation
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Horsford, Sonya Douglass; Sampson, Carrie; Forletta, Felicia – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: School desegregation and resegregation in the Mountain West remain understudied despite the substantial impact the region's growth and demographic change have had on racial balance and diversity in schools. Home to the largest school district in the Mountain West and fifth largest school district in the country, Las Vegas's…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Racial Segregation, Minority Group Students, Poverty