This report misrepresents and then criticizes recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Education, a think tank and two independent study groups, each of which recently encouraged particular voluntary efforts to reduce concentrated poverty and achieve racial and socioeconomic integration in schools and housing in Minnesota. In building its…

RACIALLY-UNBALANCED SCHOOLS SHOULD BE VIEWED WITH INTENSE CONCERN. NEGRO AMERICANS HAVE LEARNED THAT RACIALLY BALANCED FACILITIES ARE NECESSARY IF THEY ARE TO RECEIVE ANYTHING RESEMBLING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. BALANCED SCHOOLS ARE NEEDED TO INSURE THE NECESSARY POLITICAL LEVERAGE. LEGALLY, THE QUESTION OF UNBALANCED SCHOOLS WAS ANSWERED IN THE 1954…

THE MAYOR OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, STATES HIS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED CAMPUS SCHOOL PLAN FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, A CAMPUS FACILITY OR EDUCATIONAL PARK TO REPLACE SEVERAL OUTDATED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. THE MAYOR SUPPORTS THE PLAN BECAUSE (1) RACIAL BALANCE WILL IMPROVE, (2) THE CITY'S TAX BASE WILL BE PROTECTED BEACUSE CITY-OWNED SITES ON…

THIS STUDY COMBINED SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT NEGRO AND WHITE PARENTS OF SIMILAR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WOULD NOT DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY IN THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OF VARYING RACIAL BALANCE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THE THEORETICAL VIEWPOINT WHICH WAS TESTED IN THIS RESEARCH WAS…

WHITE PLAINS'S PLAN FOR RACIAL BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS WAS FORMULATED IN RESPONSE TO A BOARD OF EDUCATION RULING THAT ALL CITY SCHOOLS MAINTAIN A MINIMUM NEGRO ENROLLMENT OF 10 PERCENT AND THAT NO SCHOOL BE MORE THAN 30 PERCENT NEGRO. BY SEPTEMBER 1964 ATTENDANCE LINES WERE REDRAWN FOR THE CITY'S 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND 20 PERCENT OF ALL…

THE CAMPUS SCHOOL PLAN FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PARK IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, WAS CONCEIVED WHEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FACED WITH THE NEED TO REPLACE EIGHT OUTMODED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE PARK WOULD BE BUILT ON A SITE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY, TO WHICH STUDENTS WOULD BE TRANSPORTED BY BUS. THE FIRST CAMPUS WOULD ESTABLISH FOUR PAIRS OF…

Reviewed are the New York State Statutes (up to 1964) relevant to school integration and segregation. On the whole, the issue of segregation in New York is defacto rather than dejure, so that racial imbalance stems from discriminatory residential patterns. The document discusses the applicable legal cases under such headings as forbidden…

This is an interim report of the second full year of the "Fifteen Point Plan." Although majority of comparisons between groups shows no significant statistical differences, differentials in achievement may become more noticeable as the program effects are reinforced with time, and through cumulative experience. From data analyzed after…

The school superintendent describes the process of integration in the White Plains, New York, schools and reports on some findings of a before and after study of achievement. The racial balance plan, achieved by busing inner city Negro children to formerly all-white schools, has not had an adverse effect on the academic achievement of white…

WHITE PLAINS'S SCHOOL RACIAL BALANCE PLAN, IMPLEMENTED IN 1964 IN A CITY DISTRICT OF 8700 PUPILS, 17 PERCENT OF WHOM ARE NEGRO, IS STATISTICALLY ANALYZED AND EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. TO ASSESS CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES FROM WHITE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE THIRD GRADE OF THE INTEGRATED RECEIVING SCHOOLS…

This report presents both a description of the White Plains Racial Balance Plan and an evaluation resting heavily on pupil achievement data. Areas covered include: background information, student population and facilities, personnel, objectives, implementation and modification of the plan, remedial instruction, population stability, parent and…