This comparative study examines the historical development of race equality efforts during the 1970s and 1980s in two global cities--Toronto and London--and the role of African Canadian and Black British educators in longstanding school-community partnerships. I characterize the leadership stance of Black educators as boundary spanners and…

In an effort to end the dispute over desegregation in Boston, a master plan has been developed that recommends that Boston-area colleges and universities direct the improvement of curricula and instruction in the public schools. (Author/PG)

Western Regional School Desegregation Projects, University of California at Riverside, along with Community Resources Limited, designed and conducted a program to advance our information, knowledge, and ability to plan school desegregation processes. Its purpose was to help narrow the time lag between local politically or court-mandated…

The Ad Hoc Task Force was established by the Superintendent of the Los Angeles City public schools to develop a process by which the District could plan to meet the requirements of the State Education Code (AB 724). AB 724 was passed by the 1971 Session of the California State Legislature and, in essence, places State Board of Education guidelines…

This book is organized in four chapters. Chapter 1, "The Basic Nature of Effective Desegregation," explores exactly what effective desegregation means. Chapters 2-4 set forth a prototype--an idealized version--of the process of achieving effective desegregation in an individual school district. The "model" has four basic parts: (1) A set of…