IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE ACTUAL INTEGRATION IN EVERY SCHOOL, THE GREENBURGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NEW YORK ABOLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS ALL CHILDREN OF A GIVEN GRADE HAVE ATTENDED THE SAME SCHOOL. A PROJECT FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS HAS RECENTLY BEEN INSTITUTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AN EDUCATION FOR…

THE GUIDE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST IS ENTITLED--"THE GENERAL PROPOSITIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS," A LIST OF THOSE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPOSITIONS OR FINDINGS WHICH HAD GREATEST RELEVANCE TO DESEGREGATION. THE SECOND, "RESEARCH ON DESEGREGATION," EVALUATES THE MAJOR RESEARCH APPROACHES IN THE LIGHT OF PAST AND PRESENT…

THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THIS PREPARATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING A FULL-SCALE STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION CONTROVERSIES IN NEW YORK CITY. METHODS INVOLVED INTERVIEWING AND OBSERVING LEADERS AT CITYWIDE AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVELS, INCLUDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TEACHERS, PARENT…

A REVIEW OF DESEGREGATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING A 5-YEAR PERIOD, 1955-60, WAS PRESENTED. ENROLLMENT TRENDS SHOWED THAT THE IMPOVERISHED AND DESTITUTE PEOPLE OF THE CITY WERE FORCED INTO DEPRIVED DOWNTOWN AREAS. ACADEMIC STANDARDS WERE IMPAIRED BECAUSE OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HANDICAPS, IN ADDITION TO SUCH ADVERSE SCHOOL CONDITIONS AS…

ESSENTIALLY A "HOW TO DO" PAMPHLET, THE MATERIAL IS ORGANIZED WITH THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MIND. IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CHOOSE WISE POLICIES WHEN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS UNDER THE LEGAL OBLIGATION TO INTEGRATE. RECOGNIZING THAT THE PROBLEM OF SEGREGATED SCHOOLS IS…

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1955, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF 21 NEGRO CHILDREN WHO WERE REFUSED ADMISSION TO NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FILED SUIT. EARLY IN 1956, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED A DESEGREGATION WORKSHOP. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED THAT THE COMMUNITY SEEMED POSITIVELY ORIENTED TOWARD THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 1954, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO…

FIVE STUDIES ON INTEGRATION PROBLEMS WERE UNDERTAKEN AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RELATIONS STUDIES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. ONE, BY ROSNER, STUDIED WHETHER A MAJORITY OF YOUTHS, WHEN PLACED IN SETTINGS IN WHICH THEY WERE THE MINORITY, ASSUMED CHARACTERISTICS WHICH WERE ROUGHLY DESCRIBED AS MINORITY BEHAVIOR. IN SPITE OF THE GENERAL CULTURAL VALUES…

CONTENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SPEECHES--(1) EDUCABILITY AND THE SCHOOL INTEGRATION CRISIS BY DR. MILTON SCHWEBEL, (2) INTELLIGENCE, ETHNIC ORIGINS, AND INTEGRATION BY DR. HERBERT G. BIRCH, (3) INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION - TOWARD WHAT GOALS BY MR. JOHN MORSELL, (4) PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL LEARNING BY DR. ROBERT GREEEN, AND (5) PROBLEMS IN ACADEMIC…

THE PLAN OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS OUTLINED IN AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE WHICH BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF RACIAL DESEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN THE SCHOOLS. ONE SECTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES SOME REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF DESEGREGATION EFFORTS. A SECOND AND BRIEFER ONE BRINGS TOGETHER ARTICLES WHICH DEAL WITH THE LEGAL DECISIONS ON WHICH…

FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE 1954 SUPREME COURT DECISION, MEMBERS OF ST. LOUIS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES, BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, SOUGHT TO INCORPORATE THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY INTO THEIR PLANNING. PLANNING WAS AIMED AT FOSTERING A CLIMATE FAVORABLE TO ST. LOUIS' ACCEPTANCE OF THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION DECISION. THESE…

THE OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MIGHT REVERSE SOME OF THE DAMAGING INFLUENCES OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION ON PUPIL SELF-CONCEPT EITHER BY CONTRADICTING THE STEREOTYPED ASSOCIATION OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND SOCIAL INFERIORITY OR BY AFFORDING "CULTURALLY DEPRIVED" NEGRO CHILDREN ACCESS TO SUPERIOR EDUCATIONAL…

This book presents case studies describing the role of the courts and legislation in seven school desegregation cases. In addition to the studies of individual litigation, there are essays on the role of the professional educator in desegregation cases and the plaintiff client counsel relationship. A historical review of the desegregation of the…

THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATORY EDUCATION AND ITS CONTINUING PRACTICE HAS LEFT LARGE SECTIONS OF THE MINORITY POPULATION "SHORT-CHANGED." THE BEST METHOD OF MAKING UP FOR THESE DEFICIENCIES, PAST AND PRESENT, IS COMPENSATORY EDUCATION. HOWEVER THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION HAS NOT BEEN WELL-IMPLEMENTED IN ANY LARGE CITY, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY,…

This report is a follow-up study of the students who participated in a high school grade reorganization plan in the city of New York as a step toward establishment of a four-year comprehensive high school. The evaluation attempts assessment of any long-range effects of this program on disadvantaged high school students in four representative high…

This study documents the racial attitudes and desires of middle class Negroes in greater New York City area, and explores integration versus separatism preference in the areas of schools, employment, housing, and social relationships. Middle socioeconomic status adults aged 30-55 and comprising samples of 100 each in the Bronx and Harlem were…