Summarizes three generations of desegregation efforts since the "Brown" decision, highlighting parent voices. Argues that researchers and policymakers should focus on the broader sociocultural facets of desegregation. Uses personal recollections to show that African-American parents did not have to be formally invited to participate in…

Examines fundamental assumptions about desegregation. Briefly discusses Milwaukee's African-American immersion schools as a feasible strategy for educating African-American students. In predominantly African-American schools, African-American students' achievement levels surpass those of their peers in integrated schools. Given the limitations of…

Reviews two books, "The Other Boston Busing Story: What's Won and Lost across the Boundary Line" (Susan E. Eaton) and "Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement" (Mitchell L. Stevens), which provide revealing perspectives on the experiences of those American families who veture beyond the traditional local school.…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined an opportunity last week to rule on the constitutionality of a school district's policy of weighing race as a factor in assigning students to schools. It has sidestepped a potentially thorny sequel to its 2003 rulings on affirmative action in higher education and left several lower-court rulings as the best…

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…

Cost-effectiveness analysis provides a useful tool for choosing between alternative desegregation plans or justifying one particular plan. Previous analyses of school desegregation effects on white enrollment, which focus only upon costs, have had limited use for policy. Traditional cost-benefit analysis poses problems because of the difficulty of…

The computer, in the role of high speed calculator, can be a valuable tool in helping district planners evaluate different desegregation alternatives quickly, accurately. (Author)

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…

The status of desegregation in 50 large American cities is examined along with state policy which affects this status. Desegregation in 17 cities with full scale desegregation is operating peacefully. The 18 moderately desegregated cities are in a state of flux. State activity on behalf of essentially desegregated cities is most evident in these…

This report of basic approaches that have worked in successful school desegregation situations contains recommendations of a national conference. The purpose of the conference was to bring together lay and professional school leaders who had experienced desegregation at the school building, school district or state level. At the school building…

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.…

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…

Notes the well-known scholars, politicians, and other individuals who are joining the trend to abandon busing as a method of achieving integration. (IRT)

After briefly reviewing the formation of current Department of Health, Education and Welfare policy, discusses Florida's desegregation status, activities of HEW's Office of Civil Rights, the formulation and progress of the Florida desegregation plan, the projected role of Florida A. and M., and, the problem of maintaining Black enrollment. (JM)