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Napier, Alyssa – History of Education Quarterly, 2023
In 1963 and 1964, organizers in Boston held Freedom Stay-Outs--one-day school boycotts-- to protest the neglect of predominantly Black schools from the Boston School Committee, the governing body of the Boston Public Schools. Boycotting students attended Freedom Schools, where they learned about Black history and discussed issues facing Black…
Descriptors: Public Schools, African American Students, African American Organizations, African American Culture
American School Board Journal, 1975
Comments on board action in the busing plans in Racine, Wisconsin; Louisville, Kentucky; and Stockton, California. (IRT)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Busing, Community Involvement
Moore, Alma P.; And Others – 1970
This report is focused on New Iberia, Louisiana, its school system, and a very brief background of the integration situation in the community. A sound-on-slide machine was utilized to present an introduction to the program and to introduce the panel. (The slides are described in detail.) A brief contextual background of the problem is given,…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Community Involvement, Counselor Role, Counselors
Teele, James E. – 1973
Early one morning, September 8, 1965, Operation Exodus unfolded. Poor black parents, with much community support, initiated a school busing program whereby several hundred black children of all ages between five and 14 were to be bused from nearly all-black schools in the black community to predominantly or all-white schools in surrounding…
Descriptors: Black Community, Bus Transportation, Community Involvement, Desegregation Effects
Platt, William J.; And Others – 1966
This report provides the groundwork for a study of racial balance in San Francisco's public schools. Outlined are patterns which emerged from the experiences other cities had in trying to combat racial imbalance. An overview of interviews with community groups illustrates the priorities such a study should be concerned with in the area of pupil…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Olson, Jerry C. – 1976
Some of the tasks undertaken by the Pittsburgh Public Schools over the past 10 years in the continuing effort to make desegregation work include the construction of new buildings and the renovation of old, restructuring of school attendance patterns, development of innovative programs, utilization of community resources and support, and the…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs
San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1979
This report summarizes programs under the Plan for Racial Integration which was developed by the San Diego, California, Unified School District to alleviate the racial isolation of minority students in the district's public schools. Described are elementary and secondary school integration programs, including magnet programs, learning centers, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Desegregation Methods, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1976
This document is the text of a House of Representatives bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegrate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1976
This document is the text of a Senate bill to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegregate the Nation's elementary and secondary public schools, to provide for assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts, to establish a National Community and Education Committee to provide assistance to encourage and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Court Litigation
Hope, John, III, Ed. – 1976
The history of school desegregation in Prince George's County from 1953-1973 is documented in this report, presenting a detailed chronology and analysis of the forces and figures that affect realization of children's constitutional rights. Chapters include: an overview of Prince George's County, a racial profile of the schools 1953-64, HEW's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation