Since the Supreme Court's 2007 "Parents Involved" decision, school districts have been pursuing integration in more legally and politically charged environments. The retreat of the federal government in the racial integration of schools is well documented, but less understood is what local school districts are doing to fill that void.…

School desegregation and equitable access to educational opportunity takes alignment in the housing and education sectors. Racist housing policies and practices have systematically limited access to opportunity for generations of people of color, profoundly affecting their wealth, and perpetuating racial disparities in opportunity and well-being…

We examine whether the legal decision to grant unitary status to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district, which led to the end of race-conscious student assignment policies, increased the probability that families with children enrolled in the district would move to neighborhoods with a greater proportion of student residents of the same race as…

Explores the differences in estimating the impact of school desegregation on residential integration. Definitions of residential integration and the formulae by which they are calculated will substantially affect conclusions. (LHW)

"From the Courtroom to the Classroom" examines recent developments pertaining to school desegregation in the United States. As the editors note, it comes at a time marked by a "general downplaying of race and ethnicity as criteria for the allocation of public resources, as well as a weakening of the political forces that support…

This book reports the results of a study on the characteristics of racially integrated neighborhoods in an attempt to discover whether, and under what conditions, blacks and whites can live together. The communities studied had anywhere from one or two black families to more than ten percent. Integrated rural areas mostly in the South were not…

Study of desegregation efforts in the Oklahoma Independent School District and residence patterns in the Oklahoma City metropolitan region reveals that desegregated schools do not lead to desegregated housing: there is little if any direct relationship between student assignments and household relocation behavior. (BJV)

Examines the receptiveness of whites to school and neighborhood integration and explores the economic potential for residential integration. The receptiveness of whites to having black neighbors or having their children attend schools with blacks has increased. The attitudinal receptivity and economic potential exist for extensive residential…

This report describes housing desegregation gains in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, largely caused by school desegregation. The work of Judge James F. Gordon, who presided over the school desegregation plan, is cited as instrumental in aiding in this process. He ruled that no child in the minority in a neighborhood would be used for…

This booklet contains two papers: (1) "Federal Agencies and Urban Segregation: Steps Toward Coordinated Action," by Gary Orfield; and (2) "Mounting a Concerted Federal Attack on Urban Segregation," by William L. Taylor. In the first paper, racial, economic, and educational trends in urban areas are reviewed. Lack of Federal commitment,…

Available data suggest that the receptiveness and economic potential now exist for a high degree of residential integration which can lead to a form of school integration that would be neighborhood based. (EH)

The relation of racially segregated schooling to segregated housing has been, since Brown v. Topeka, a subject of increasing political and legal concern. Research on White flight, resegregation, and housing desegregation must continue, since after 30 years of desegregation, we still know little of whether it helps to integrate housing. (Author/LC)

Examines the role of Black real estate brokers and financiers in shaping Black residential patterns in the Atlanta area. Argues that Black expansion into formerly White neighborhoods has not contributed significantly to racial school mixing and that the development of an integrated busing system is needed. (KH)

To answer the question of who shall receive equal, quality education in America, the purpose of education as it is tied to the democratic philosophy of the United States should be examined. Most Americans give lip service to the principles of democracy in education, but resist their implementation. Yet, multiracial schools are essential if all…

There is an elusive quality about much of the discussion of urban school desegregation. The mere mention of the school issue triggers arguments about housing segregation. Different understandings of the way neighborhoods became segregated produce drastically different conclusions about the remedies courts should employ to correct the violations.…