Almost everyone knows what the term "achievement gap" means, although the key to closing it remains elusive. Despite efforts spanning a decade or more, the disparity in test scores, graduation rates, and other indicators of academic success separating many students of color from many of their white and Asian peers has not been eliminated. In a…

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…

Following desegregation, blacks were more likely to perceive the existence of racial separation in various contexts than were whites. Among whites, interracial contact produced more favorable evaluations. (Author/JB)

Interview with the famous educator, focusing on the magazine "Integrateducation," which Weinberg founded in 1963. (LHW)

Measurement of White attitudes, based on the acceptance of three conditions of what proportion of the student body is Black, indicates that, although many Whites in the sample accepted the idea of school integration under any circumstances, many accepted the idea only if Black students remained in the minority. (Author/EB)

Author focuses primarily on the legal battles in Richmond and Detroit for merging school districts to achieve racial balance. (CB)

The political and emotional furor over busing still overrides the real issue: how to provide quality education for all children. (Editor)

School desegregation efforts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, can serve as a model for other systems with similar Black and White population ratios. Milwaukee school desegregation has combined limited busing, improved conditions in all-Blacks schools, and a limit of no more than 50 percent of Black students in integrated schools. (AOS)

Racial balance is the primary goal of the regulations presented in this document. For the purpose of expending funds under these regulations, the terms "magnet school facilities" and "magnet educational program" are defined and school eligibility requirements are listed. Program requirements are also listed along with proposals…

Court cases dealing with school desegregation have become increasingly complex over the years. The major portion of this paper highlights six of those cases, which provide a picture of the shifting positions of the federal judiciary on the subject. The purpose of the discussion is to allow school administrators to incorporate the current law into…

Public schools are the last hope for an integrated society, and 2-way busing is the last hope for racially balanced schools. (Author)

Reviews three books detailing school desegregation from 1954 to 1995, what the 1990s have in them that is at once old and new, and what the coming century may bring. These books explore the problem of educational inequalities and discuss efforts toward eliminating racial and ethnic discrimination. (GR)

Research on a random sample of white parents of school age children, interviewed in 1973, throughout 8 desegregated school districts in Florida, revealed that while school desegregation has produced a considerable amount of verbal protest, it has resulted in far less outright rejection. The impact of social class, racial attitudes, and busing on…