The purpose of this historical case study was to add to the literature an analysis of the landmark legal case of Jose Cisneros v. CCISD. The outcome of this case established Mexican Americans as an ethnic minority and set the legal precedent that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Topeka ruling could be extended to other minorities beyond…

To halt "white flight" to the suburbs occurring since a 1969-70 court decision imposed cross-town busing, neighborhood schools should be reinstated. The board's decision was challenged by the United States District Court, upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit), and may become a Supreme Court case. (MLH)

A board member describes the school desegregation background and present circumstances in St. Louis, Missouri. Students are entering the seventh year of a controversial voluntary desegregation plan in which some 12,000 students are bused to predominantly White schools in the suburbs. (MLF)

A board member describes the school desegregation background and present circumstances in Seattle, Washington. A new controlled-choice plan that went into effect last fall replaces a 10-year-old mandatory desegregation plan. (MLF)

This chapter examines antibusing legislation designed to reduce or eliminate busing as a desegregation tool. After a brief background discussion of how the Brown decision came about, the legislative, judicial, and executive effects on school desegregation are reviewed. This is followed by a brief analysis of antibusing legislation. Contrary to…

Even though transportation of school children was long accepted by the public prior to the conflict over school integration, the school bus became a symbol representing the divergent emotions of both the integrationists and the supporters of "neighborhood schools." Busing was used as a means of overcoming the resistance and procrastination of…

The practical aspects of planning and successfully implementing a busing program for school desegregation are emphasized in this guide. The author points out that school districts that don't wait for a court order to start planning school desegregation stand a much better chance of smooth implementation. From interviews with school administrators,…

The author strongly criticizes busing, the compulsory transportation of school children out of their neighborhoods to increase school racial balance. He reviews all the major court decisions bearing on busing and school integration since the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision. He maintains that the Supreme Court stepped out of the…

To understand the controversy over busing, it is necessary to understand the relationship between busing and the issues that are actually at the root of the controversy: desegregation and freedom of choice. Much of the political activity surrounding busing is a subtle transfer of attention away from the basic issue of desegregation. Other…