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Blacks Moving to Suburban Apartments. Changes in Formerly All-White Areas Aid School Desegregation. Staff Report 80-6.
Cloud, Olivia M. – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Demography, Desegregation Effects
Housing and School Desegregation Increased by Section 8 Moves. Under Public Housing Program Most Black Families Chose Jefferson County Suburbs. Staff Report 80-1.
Foushee, Ray; And Others – 1980
The Section 8 housing assistance program in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is a Federally funded program designed to expand the housing choices of low to moderate income families. This report provides an analysis of all moves made in Jefferson County between 1975 and 1979 by participants in the program, as they relate to the county's school…
Descriptors: Busing, Demography, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
Central City White Flight: Racial and Nonracial Causes.
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Frey, William H. – American Sociological Review, 1979
Factors related to race, central city decline, and demographic structure are assessed as determinants of White city-to-suburb movement in 39 large metropolitan areas. Findings show that most factors affect central city flight more through the choice of destination than through the decision to move. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Crime, Economic Factors, Financial Problems, Metropolitan Areas
The Quality of Municipal Services, Central City Decline, and Middle-Class Flight. Research Report R78-1.
Katzman, Martin T. – 1978
The emphasis in this report is on how public service quality affects urban decline and middle-class flight. It is pointed out that the key role in decline is played by neighborhood "external diseconomies," which result from the way municipal services are financed, produced, and distributed in metropolitan areas. It is also pointed out…
Descriptors: Blacks, Declining Enrollment, Desegregation Effects, Housing Opportunities
A Survey of Urban School Desegregation: Summary Report.
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Pugh, George E.; Killalea, J. Neil – 1974
This report presents the results of a study conducted by Lambda Corporation to assess the demographic problems in achieving school desegregation in 44 urban areas of the United States. The present volume is intended to present in brief form the results for each of the 44 areas and to review the general conclusions that can be drawn from the survey…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Integration Studies
Geoprocessing at the Seattle School District.
Sakamoto, A. Dorothy – 1984
The Seattle School District (Washington) assigns each of its students to a particular attendance area, gives that area a code name and computer designation called a geocode, then uses data processing methods to analyze the makeup of the student population in each area and to provide data for a number of planning purposes. The geoprocessing permits…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections
Implications of Population Redistribution for Education.
Katzman, Martin T. – 1980
Between 1970 and 1977, the proportion of black children in metropolitan areas increased in all regions except the Northeast, while in all regions but the West the white population declined. Although the thrust toward school desegregation since the landmark "Brown vs. Board of Education" decision of 1954 has tended to exacerbate white and/or…
Descriptors: Black Education, De Facto Segregation, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections