Studies of desegregation effects on student achievement show no clear trends, although most of the studies report positive outcomes. The variance reported in desegregation studies has been attributed to: 1) type of desegregation plan; 2) duration of desegregation; 3) characteristics of the schools and communities involved; and 4) methodology used…

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…

This report describes the current status of racial isolation in Michigan's public elementary and secondary schools, and details the progress which has been made in moving toward educational equality and racial desegregation in both individual schools and in school districts. Guidelines developed for providing integrated education within districts…

This 14-item questionnaire was designed to measure parent opinion regarding the effect of integration on third grade pupils in Henry County Schools. The questionnaire is not standardized, and field testing has been on a small scale. (See also TM 000 940 for a description of the study, and 942, 943 for the desegregation and school integration…

The Riverside Schools in California desegregated gradually, beginning in 1965. Three segregated minority schools were closed and the students bused to white neighborhoods. This evaluation report analyzes longitudinally and in cross-section the achievement of students in desegregated schools. In the former analysis, pupils who were in grades K-3…

No significant gains in scores of Blacks after integration were found, but scores for White students showed significant gains. White scores were significantly higher than Black scores in both cases. (MP)

The statistic presented in this article demonstrate the continuance of the systematic elimination, displacement, and demotion of Black educators as a result of school desegregation. (Author/GC)

To date, the magnet schools in St. Louis have satisfied the federal judge who has been supervising school desegregation. However, federal appeals court judges have indicated that they believe the plan falls short of meaningful integration. (Author/AM)

Maintains that the Welch and Wilson studies cannot be directly compared due to differences in the larger universe from which the samples were drawn. Contends Welch's findings are an extension of his own, but questions his conclusion that desegregation implementation plans were a cause of declining white enrollment. (GEA)

Examines the effects of a court-ordered school desegregation plan on neighborhood housing markets in Dallas, Texas, using three market indicators: price, housing turnover, and utilization of conventional credit. Finds no significant effects on these indicators in any of the five neighborhoods studied. (Author/CMG)

Teachers' concerns in the recently desegregated Willa Cather Elementary School include: (1) problems arising from busing; (2) unfamiliar behavior among Black children, with whom White teachers have not had previous experience; (3) disadvantaged family and educational backgrounds of Black students; (4) a wide range of achievement levels among…

Data from divorced and remarried respondents suggest the existence of moderate normative integration of the former spouse relationship. Men and women were significantly different in their degree of acceptance of former spouse interaction. Expectations for former husbands and former wives in comparable situations showed no differential standards by…

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)

In Missouri v. Jenkins (1995), the U.S. Supreme Court examined Kansas City's expensive and ambitious desegregation remedy, which exceeded the district court's discretionary authority. The court demanded an intradistrict remedy no longer reliant on making programs and facilities so outstanding that suburban students would voluntarily transfer to…

In recent years there has been a significant debate regarding the ways in which different educational systems throughout the world could develop more inclusive practices in their schools. Based on the notion that the education of children considered as having special needs should be considered as part of a wider process of school development, in…