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…

This study employed Office of Civil Rights enrollment data on higher education institutions to examine the relationship between segregation and the participation of blacks and whites in colleges and universities. Institutional comparisons showed that segregation was greatest in two and four year colleges where blacks had achieved the greatest…

Can providing special programs for the linguistically different student conflict with the purpose or goal of school desegregation? The purpose of desegregation is to provide equal educational opportunity for all students. An essential part of desegregation is the physical restructuring of school districts, i.e., a physical rearrangement of groups…

This monograph describes the major aspects involved in the desegregation of Dorchester County's schools and assesses the desegregation process to determine those factors which made the transition possible without violence or disruption to the educational system. The plan to desegregate the entire school system consisted of the reassignment of…

This pilot study on the psychological impact of school desegregation on seventh, eighth, and ninth graders in a Southern city was done by giving a Self-Concept Scale and a Socio-Familial Questionnaire to 614 white and black students in segregated and desegregated schools. In addition to comparing the effect of desegregation, the investigators are…

In March 1968, the Board of Education of School District 65 in Illinois began a study of the effects of school integration upon the pupils, teachers, and parents of the city of Evanston. This interim report is a summary of activities and a research design projection through to the conclusion of the study, June 30, 1971. Analyses are not included,…

In order to answer questions about the impact of desegregation upon the academic achievement and attitude of pupils and reactions of teachers, parents, and the community, longitudinal evaluation plans were adopted. The primary subjects were the 10,981 pupils who ranged from kindergarten through grade 8 in September 1967, at the start of complete…

This paper cites some of the contributions that sociology has made to desegregation policy. The major contribution, made by public opinion research, is establishing the level of support or opposition to busing policy. A second contribution to desegregation policy has been made by those sociologists and social psychologists who have studied the…

Concludes that as integrated schooling has never really been tried on a large scale and desegregated schooling has failed miserably, integrated schooling as an operational concept deserves the attention of education planners. (Author/AM)

This article summarizes the positive educational, social, and political effects that can result from the advent of public school desegregation. It distinguishes these from unplanned, coincidental outcomes for students, such as academic achievement. (Author)

Notes that Houston's voluntary approach to desegregation, including the magnet schools, seems to be meeting with both judicial and public approval. (Author/AM)

This article reports on a study which examined the 37 San Bernardino elementary schools in 1973 and in 1976. It was found that this school district's part time voluntary school desegregation program has brought about almost no change in teacher or parent attitudes. (Author/AM)

Points out that there are two forces in conflict with one another: (1) the minority parent's drive to seek an effective role in educational decision making and (2) the emergence of teacher collective bargaining in the field of public education. (Author/AM)

Reports on an intensive study of student attitudes and interpersonal behavior in a desegregated school district. (Author/AM)

Evidence suggests that desegregation resulted in changes in attitudes of black and white children who attended predominantly black schools before the school boundary changes. (Author/AM)