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Case Study of the Voluntary Student Transfer Program: The Perspectives of African American Students and Parent Participants in One Midwestern School District
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Goodwin, Rosalyn Harper – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the perspectives of four students and 6 parent participants of the Voluntary Student Transfer program, an inter-district desegregation program that involves transporting African American students from urban area schools to surrounding county schools. Due to limited and dated research related to the Voluntary Student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Transfer Programs, Transfer Students, African American Students
Examining the Socio-Cultural Dimension of Schooling in a Racially Integrated School
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Huidor, Ofelia; Cooper, Robert – Education and Urban Society, 2010
This article examines the experiences of 20 students of color who voluntarily attend a racially integrated school. The study draws from the Socio-Cultural dimension of schooling as a framework to understand how the students of color fared on a social, cultural, and environmental level within a predominantly White school. Through a questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Campuses, Voluntary Desegregation, School Desegregation, Educational Opportunities
Elementary School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation, 1979 Survey.
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
A total of 339 elementary school teachers in Detroit, Michigan responded to a questionnaire that was designed to measure the impact of the city's court ordered desegregation plan on their attitudes. The questionnaire focused on several areas including desegregation, busing, student achievement, student racial relations, staff relations,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Counseling Services, Desegregation Effects
Elementary School Parent Attitudes Toward Desegregation--Second Survey, May 1978.
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
Parent Perceptions of Magnet Schools as a Method of Desegregation.
Loveridge, Robert L.; And Others – 1978
Presented in this report are the findings of two surveys which were administered to parents of children attending magnet schools in St. Louis. Results of the surveys, the Magnet/Pilot Parent Questionnaire and the Parent Participation Questionnaire are used to illustrate: (1) how parent participation differed in magnet, other (non-magnet) public…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Busing, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Middle School Parent Attitudes Toward Desegregation--Second Survey, May 1978.
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
High School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation, 1979 Survey.
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
A total of 385 high school teachers in Detroit, Michigan responded to a questionnaire that was designed to measure the impact of the city's court ordered desegregation plan on their attitudes. The questionnaire focused on several areas including desegregation, busing, student achievement, student racial relations, staff-student relations, staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Counseling Services, Desegregation Effects
Middle School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation, 1979 Survey.
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
A total of 288 middle school teachers in Detroit, Michigan responded to a questionnaire that was designed to measure the impact of the city's court ordered desegregation plan on their attitudes. The questionnaire focused on several areas including desegregation, busing, student achievement, student racial relations, staff-student relations, staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Counseling Services, Desegregation Effects
Elementary School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation--Second Survey, May 1978.
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
High School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation--Second Survey, May 1978.
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
Middle School Staff Attitudes Toward Desegregation--Second Survey, May 1978.
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
Community Assessment, 2001.
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Bradbury, Tom; Cable, Libby – 2001
This report presents data from a 2001 telephone survey of registered voters that examined community attitudes and expectations regarding public education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school system (CMS). Respondents were committed to improving public schools and willing to increase taxes to achieve that goal. They expressed ambivalence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
An Evaluation of the 1975-76 Hartford Project Concern Program.
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Iwanicki, Edward F. – 1976
The 1975-76 Hartford Project Concern Program marks the end of a decade in which Hartford and suburban communities have participated in a voluntary busing program aimed at enriching the educational opportunities of both urban and suburban youth. In May 1976, the Capitol Region Education Council received a grant from the Connecticut State Department…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bus Transportation, Busing, Cognitive Measurement