To shed light on the actual impact of school choice on segregation, one has to understand the counter factual--the state of segregation under the current public education system. In the late 1960s and '70s, the trend in public school racial segregation followed the trend in neighborhood segregation. That is to say both improved as American…

Using Mississippi and North Carolina as cases, the author examines progress made toward the desegregation of enrollments in public colleges and universities. Enrollment trends are analyzed in the context of contemporary social, legal, and educational policy initiatives intended to desegregate dual systems of public higher education. Despite more…

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)

In response to federal inquiry, Ogden, Utah moved in 1970 to implement a desegregation plan entitled "A Voluntary Plan to Reduce Minority Group Isolation and Its Effects". Central to the plan was the consolidation of five elementary schools. Existing boundaries were redrawn to accommodate the former students of these five schools in…

The desegregation of the Minneapolis, Minnesota schools was initiated in 1972, although the process leading to desegregation actually began in 1967 when the board of education adopted its first human relations guidelines and announced a voluntary urban transfer program. In 1970 the state of Minnesota issued desegregation guidelines which set a 30%…

The Missouri Constitution of 1875 specified that school districts were to maintain dual school systems. This provision was renewed in the 1945 constitution and was not repealed until 1976. In December 1950 black parents brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the dual school system. On February of 1975 the school board adopted…

Desegregation efforts in Little Rock span 19 years. Extensive and involved efforts have been carried out by the courts, the school board, national interest groups, and the citizens of Little Rock to achieve the goal of a unitary public school system. Instead of a comprehensive approach to desegregation, a variety of conflicting plans were…

Up until 1954 all Tulsa schools were totally segregated by race. In the fall of 1955, school attendance zones in Tulsa were redrawn, utilizing the neighborhood school concept, but without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The new zones placed some black children in previously all white schools, and some white children in…

The Raleigh County public school system, through several phases implemented over a period of more than 12 years, has effectively desegregated its student bodies in all schools. The leadership on the part of each of the superintendents involved was the key to making the changes peaceful. Other school personnel and the board of education provided…

The impetus for public school desegregation in Portland came through the efforts of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during the 1960's. The Portland Board of Education moved in 1963 to extablish a blue ribbon, independent committee on education and race. This citizen's committee recommended a series of…

Maintains that Franklin Wilson's 1985 finding that white flight resulting from school desegregation is short-term and unaffected by the nature of the plan is incorrect. Presents new data showing that the effects are long-term and depend mainly upon whether the plan is voluntarily implemented or enforced by the government. (GEA)

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…

The implications of a mandatory pupil assignment desegregation plan for the racial composition of the School District of Philadelphia are assessed in this report. The first section of the report reviews desegregation literature relating to mandatory pupil assignment. Virtually all of the research indicates that mandatory white reassignments…

This is a report on school desegregation in Bogalusa, Louisiana. This school district was selected for study because it offered the unique opportunity to study school desegregation in a rural setting. In the past, Bogalusa operated a dual system of education. In 1965, black parents filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children; Jenkins V. Bogalusa…

This paper summarizes a study of Title I regulations and related problems which local administrators in Jefferson County, Kentucky dealt with. More specifically, the study determined which, if any, regulations were significant factors which created problems in the desegregation process and what administrative actions were taken to overcome them.…