The scope of court desegregation orders depend on the nature and extent of the constitutional violation. The major desegregation cases are reviewed in terms of judgments and court-ordered solutions. In the cases of deliberate segregation over a long period of time, the liability of the school districts was high. (VM)

For nearly four decades, magnet schools have been an important element of American public school education. They have offered innovative programs not generally available in local schools and provided opportunities for students to learn in racially diverse environments. Magnet schools have been particularly important in districts that are trying to…

Surveys several ideas that may help a district study its current desegregation plan to make needed improvements. They also serve as reasonable options when devising new desegregation plans, although they must be tailored to each community's situation. (Author/IRT)

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…

A description of the problems encountered by the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Department of Justice associated with the implementation of school desegregation plans as well as some suggestions for positively dealing with these issues. (EH)

This instructional packet was designed for secondary school students in St. Louis, Missouri, to promote their understanding of the city's court-ordered school desegregation plan. An abridged and edited version of the Court of Appeals brief for the Liddell v. the St. Louis Board of Education case is presented in the packet. The brief includes a…

In 1976 a federal district court found the entire Milwaukee Public Schools unconstitutionally segregated. The history of the desegregation of this school district is presented with an extensive discussion of the implications of the desegregation planning for the facilities planners involved. Includes a discussion of the specialty school concept.…

An outline of guidelines that have characterized successful desegregation programs is presented. (EH)

An historical account of the St. Louis, Missouri, school desegregation program and the steps involved in its implementation. (EH)

A case study of the events precipitating a black student boycott in 1969 in Gainesville, Flordia, when school board manuevering to avoid school integration led to the threatened closing of Lincoln High School, a reputable black community school. Also described are the subsequent transformations of Lincoln into a vocational-technical school and…

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the events which developed in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Evanston, Illinois during the transitional period in which the public schools in each community moved from segregated to desegregated systems. One of the school districts resisted desegregation and was forced with a court order to desegregate its…

Emphasizes that teachers are an intrinsic part of the desegregation process. For example, teachers play a primary role in determining whether or not quality education will exist in desegregated/integrated schools. (Author/AM)

Presents a set of principles which link the housing and school integration fields in achieving racial diversity. Offers suggestions for opportunities for consultation and cooperation between school district and municipal officials and planners and desegregation advocates. Suggests that coordinated strategies are necessary. (SA)

Parent involvement plays a crucial role in the success of a two-way busing program. (NH)