Deals with charges of corruption, involving losses to the school system of $10 to $15 million from 1977 to 1979, that have tarnished the reputation of the Dallas Independent School District. (WD)

The 1954 "Brown" decision and its 1955 enforcement decree were merely keystone events in a decade-long effort to replace South's elaborate system of legal segregation with type of de facto segregation found in northern, western, and midwestern cities resulting from well-defined racial barriers between neighborhoods. The traditional…

Racism and bigotry in schools and in society have become more subtle. This article argues for increasing the number of actors in the desegregation equation, discusses the decline of overt racism and the rise of covert racism, critiques the contact thesis as applied in schools, and suggests different contact models. Includes 53 references. (MLH)

Describes the more interesting findings of a telephone survey of 304 persons in the Milwaukee area, using the 25-item Desegregation Attitude Test. The study demonstrated the persistence of racial prejudice and a higher resistence to desegregation among suburban and less educated respondents. (Author/PGD)

Argues that the U.S. record on desegregation since the "Brown" decision is disappointing and that the courts should have concentrated on improving the quality of Black education and Blacks' access to decision making. Suggests that integration, in a society committed to White dominance, will never ensure equal educational opportunity.…

In light of a monumental class size research study completed in Tennessee, the U.S. Department of Education should reexamine the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision and make legal accommodation for field testing new mechanisms affecting public policy equity decisions. Neighborhood schools should be reinstated in selected cities…

Presents an overview of the problems surrounding racial integration and school busing in Boston. Five conclusions are drawn. (DW)

Desegregation efforts of the 1960s and 1970s changed the racial structure of public schools and have persisted intact thorough the 1980s. In a study of 960 desegregated school districts, 87 percent exhibited a segregation score close to the lowest score the district ever attained. No districts have returned to preexisting segregation levels.…

Desegregation generally has not produced equal educational opportunities and outcomes for culturally diverse students. A dual system of access to knowledge and accountability has emerged. Third-generation curriculum reform should support second-phase ideological principles embedded in multiculturalism, pluralism with equality, and school…

The May 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision came in the midst of a national preoccupation with taking care of very young baby boomers. There was a focus on the cheapest way to staff classrooms; build schools; get textbooks and other resources to students and teachers. The desegregation of schools proceeded with about the same level of…

Examines the impetus to use school desegregation as a means of achieving social change, the nature of effective Black schools, and the role of the Black community in supporting the achievement of Black students. (IRT)

School systems anticipating their first year of bussing should marshal their resources for service programs such as desegregation workshops and therapy groups for teachers. (Author/IRT)

Suggests that a reestablishment of separate school systems is reoccurring in the deep south. (JF)

Describes how a neglected Boston middle school transformed itself into an inviting, tree-lined campus with comfortable reading and study areas and an exemplary physical education program. Project Adventure is an intense six-week physical training course that teaches advanced rock-climbing skills. With classmates' encouragement, participants…