Results indicate that desegregation plans that have been considered most frequently and are most effective tend to involve little cost. Those which are generally considered innovative are least implemented and rated least effective. (Author/AM)

In this school desegregation case the District Court after an evidentiary hearing held that petitioner, Dayton, Ohio School Board had engaged in racial discrimination in the operation of city schools. On the basis of a cumulative violation of the Equal Protection Clause that the court found, the District Court, following reversals by the Court of…

ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE OF DE JURE SEGREGATION SEEMS TO BE SETTLED, THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH DE FACTO SEPARATION OF THE RACES ARE ONLY NOW EMERGING. THE SIX PRINCIPLES PROPOSED BY THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY TENSIONS TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED AS GUIDES FOR PARENTS AND SCHOOL…

Discusses the busing controversy, the increasing demand for community control of schools, and the general discontent with the public school system through an analysis of school desegregation in Chicago. (Author)

This study investigated whether parent desire to avoid racial mixing resulted in school avoidance, independent of other commonly cited explanations for enrollment and attendance patterns in newly desegregated schools. (Author)

The Milwaukee School System responded to a court finding of segregation by structuring a program of community involvement to help in the task of planning and implementing school desegregation. The city-wide planning group came to be called the Committee of 100. The central thesis of this paper is that the quality of community involvement is not…

ERIC abstracts on the impact of racial issues on educational administration are compiled that were announced in RIE through November 1969. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "racial integration,""school integration,""integration methods,""integration plans,""racial balance," and "racially balanced schools." The following…

Analyzes the desegration plan of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as an example of a successful attempt at accomodating "freedom of choice" while at the same time meeting existing state and federal desegregation standards. Argues that the Cambridge plan has transfer value for other school systems. (KH)

Describes Kelly versus Board of Education in Nashville, Tennessee, a case that challenged the closing of predominantly Black schools in Black neighborhoods for the purpose of busing Black students to underenrolled, predominantly White schools in White neighborhoods. Suggests that racial balance is not necessary to improve Black children's academic…

Students put the pressure on universities to shed their stocks in U.S. corporations that do business with racially segregated South Africa and the Federal government's Department of Health, Education and Welfare pressures colleges who have failed to achieve full integration. (RK)

Data on desegregation plans implemented in 49 large school districts indicate that voluntary plans have been less effective than mandatory plans in reducing levels of racial isolation and improving racial balance within districts. The data do not support arguments that voluntary plans result in less of a decline in White enrollment. (Author/MJL)