NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gross, Bethany – Education Next, 2019
In 2017, Matthew Chingos and Kristin Blagg of the Urban Institute convened a group of researchers to analyze students' school choices and travel to school in five cities-- Denver, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, D.C.--where families are able to select from among many charter and district schools. The team found that a large number…
Descriptors: School Choice, Student Transportation, Urban Schools, Equal Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Straus, Kathleen; Schrager, Scott – Theory Into Practice, 1978
The efforts of the Parents and Responsible Organizations for Detroit (PRO-Detroit) committee as a coordinating and umbrella group promoting peaceful compliance with court-ordered busing for desegregation are described. (MJB)
Descriptors: Busing, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Cooperative Planning
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
A questionnaire was administered to samples of parents of Grade 2 and Grade 5 students in 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on parent attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including desegregation and busing, pupil learning and racial relations, quality of education,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Busing, Counseling
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
A questionnaire was administered to samples of parents of Grade 7 students in 22 desegregated middle schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on parent attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including desegregation and busing, pupil learning and racial relations, quality of education, school-parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Busing, Counseling
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Busing, Desegregation Effects
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Busing, Desegregation Effects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Radelet, Joseph – Urban Review, 1991
The significance, purpose, and undercurrents of the Detroit school desegregation case "Bradley v. Milliken" are examined in a look at the 19-year history of Detroit's court-ordered desegregation plan. At present, school desegregation does not appear to be a priority in Detroit. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Community, Busing, Community Influence, Compliance (Legal)
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 22 desegregated middle schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Busing, Desegregation Effects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Taylor, Dyan H.; Rickel, Annette U. – Journal of Negro Education, 1981
Reviews research on the effects of school desegregation on achievement, self-concept, locus of control, and the social behavior of Black children. Describes a study that investigated the friendship-making behavior of second-grade children who were bused following the completion of kindergarten. (GC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Busing, Desegregation Effects