At a time when democracy is fractured along the fault lines of race, ethnicity, and religion, and when social mobility has stalled, high-quality integrated public schools could take us on a better path forward. Racial and socioeconomic school integration has proven to be one of the most powerful strategies known to educators to improve the lives…

New Jersey has a curious status regarding school desegregation. It has had the nation's most venerable and strongest state law prohibiting racially segregated schooling and requiring racial balance in the schools whenever feasible. Yet, it simultaneously has had one of the worst records of racially imbalanced schools. Against the legal and…

Computer tape files of student enrollment data were analyzed three times in an 18-month period to determine the effects of closing five of Seattle's elementary schools in May 1979 on the enrollments of students residing within those attendance boundaries. The changes in enrollment figures in the areas where schools were closed were compared to…

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)

The Uniform Code of Student Conduct Component of Detroit's (Michigan) school desegregation plan was ordered in 1975 by the court to promote a peaceful and orderly environment in the schools so that students could receive educational experiences in an atmosphere which would be substantially free from disruptions and violence. Uniform policies…

This report, an analysis of the effects of housing patterns on school desegregation in Jefferson County, Kentucky, was based on data from Multiple Dwelling Reporting forms filed annually by owners and managers of 25 or more apartment units. High school attendance areas were used for geographic reference. Reports indicated that blacks are moving…

The goal of the Counseling and Career Guidance Component of the Detroit (Michigan) school desegregation plan was to improve student effectiveness in the areas of personal, social, academic, and career development. Major program functions included individual and group counseling, program selection and placement guidance, career guidance, and…

This is part one of the report of the San Diego (California) Plan for Racial Integration, 1980-81. Information is presented in four areas in order to chart the progress made by the San Diego School District. These include: (1) a census of students' ethnic backgrounds; (2) the number of minority, minority-isolated, and majority students in each…

This report presents findings of a survey designed to examine why the parents of 1,927 children withdrew them from Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools in 1979-80 in order to enroll them in private schools. In the introductory section, the report provides background information and describes the survey (based on random telephone interviews…

This report presents data and summarizes findings of a study on patterns of enrollment in the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools between 1967 and 1981. The study focused on whether school desegregation caused or contributed to enrollment decline, on how much white flight was related to school desegregation, and on other possible causes of enrollment…

Statistical data on student and faculty desegregation supplied by the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Board of Education for the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years were analyzed. The number of schools not in compliance with school desegregation guidelines was reduced between 1978-79 and 1979-80. The inclusion of first graders in the desegregation plan…

In 1975 the City of Detroit Public Schools were ordered by the United States District Court to improve educational services in order to eliminate vestiges of past discrimination. To this end, the school system obtained Emergency School Aid Act and State monies to fund four educational components: reading and communication skills, inservice…

This study investigated disparities in reading performance among minority and white students in an urban school district undergoing desegregation in 1980-81. Phase one compared minority and white students on reading comprehension test performance. It was found that white students performed significantly higher on the test than minority students,…

This report examines previous research on school desegregation effects and suggests new research directions to provide information for policy deliberations. The current imbalance in school desegregation research is attributed to unresolved technical disputes in policy debates, the limitation of debate topics relevant for research, and the absence…

Each year, comparable and comprehensive data about all of the nation's public elementary and secondary schools, local education agencies (LEAs), and state education agencies (SEAs) are collected through administration of the Common Core of Data (CCD) Surveys. This report summarizes CCD data for a period (1986-87 to 1990-91) during which major…