The evidence regarding the effects of school desegregation upon black student achievement remains inconsistent and inadequate, despite the production of a large number of empirical investigations. It is proposed that social scientists abandon traditional research models of the school desegration process, and instead attempt to observe and…

A one-day in-service workshop was held for elementary and middle school teachers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Each workshop consisted of large-group presentations followed by small-group discussions by participants, who were divided into nine groups. Presentations concerned techniques to aid motivation among multicultural and multiracial…

Introduces a journal issue that is intended to regenerate research on minorities in elementary schools and focus on important questions that have been underexplored. Discusses declines in research on minorities, and the problems and possible directions of new research.(SKC)

This paper reviews what is known about the impact on student achievement after schools are desegregated. The primary purpose of this review is to identify children that may be in need of special help during the transition to the desegregated environment and to determine the type of help needed to enhance their achievement. The use of test scores…

This report is concerned with 3 major problems. The answers to these problems were obtained from the results of 2 surveys. A. The two most serious problems faced by the cross-over teachers (teachers teaching children who differ racially from themselves) in the sample, in rank order, were: discipline and classroom control; and unfamiliarity with…

Classroom observation and a roster-and-rating sociometric technique were used to assess social interaction among Black and White third grade students who had attended integrated schools since kindergarten. Sex was a more significant factor in determining sociometric ratings for work and play than race. (GDC)

This study examines the effects of racial composition of a classroom on students' cross-race and same-race friendships. Two "theories" of interracial sociability are discussed. The first argues that interracial friendliness is affected primarily by the number of opportunities students have for cross-race interaction relative to same-race…

Reports on a study which examined the interconnection and interaction between social popularity and academic achievement of sixth-grade minority-group students in majority-white classrooms. (SF)

This study investigates whether the racial composition of classes attended by black students has differing effects on their academic performance under different conditions. Specific variables examined are friendship patterns with whites, characteristics of white peers, and characteristics of the black students themselves. Also examined is the…

Advocates that the structure of American society be changed to reward support for integration, noting that although interracial schooling has advanced to the point where Southern public education is far more desegregated than Northern public education, interracial housing has declined, making school integration in urban areas impossible without…

The effects of Teams-Games-Tournament (TG T), an instructional game employing biracial learning teams, on cross-racial friendships in integrated classes was examined in four experiments involving 558 students in grades 7-12. Sociometric measures and chi-square analyses indicated that TGT was an effective means of increasing cross-racial friendship…

The Flint public school system, Michigan's second largest, has adopted an aggressive magnet school plan but the project has fallen short of ending segregation in the city's classrooms. (Author/AM)

The impact of a school desegregation plan on the social class structure of elementary classrooms (Grades 1-6) was studied within a large midwestern school system. Sociograms administered on a pre/post basis, over a two year period, to all classrooms with at least four minority students per room served as the data base. Initial analyses reveal…

Notes that the schools where desegregation went most smoothly were those where the administrators supported the idea. Desegregation seemed more of a problem in schools where the administration did not like the idea. (Author/AM)

This report examines what is happening in South Africa's schools as they are desegregated. It describes the attitudes of the main stakeholders, and provides an examination of the theoretical concerns and other debates surrounding issues such as multiculturalism and anti-racism. A context for possible approaches to resolving the problems associated…