A team of researchers from Teachers College, Columbia University visited selected schools in the Minneapolis Public Schools system for the stated purpose of studying and documenting key processes within the school district and community which effectuated a desegregated system. The study team consisted of five members who conducted structured and…

In May 1974, a research team of four persons, representing Teachers College, Columbia University, went to Durham, North Carolina to study and document the processes the Durham City Schools engaged in during its transition from a segregated to a desegregated district. Durham was one of five school districts included in the comparative study of…

In May 1974, a five member study team from Teachers College, Columbia University spent four and one-half days in Birmingham, Alabama, for the purpose of (1) collecting information that describes the desegregation process as it evolved, (2) interviewing principals, administrators, teachers, students and community leaders relative to their…

On June 16, 1971, after a number of public hearings, the Board of Education of Bloomfield, Connecticut approved a plan for redistricting the Bloomfield elementary Schools, to take effect at the start of the 1971-72 school year. Several guidelines were recommended: (1) all voluntary busing will cease, (2) reassignments shall be made on the basis of…

During the 1972-73 academic year, a research team working out of Teachers College, Columbia University, conducted case studies in districts where comprehensive and effective desegregation processes had been implemented. Greenburgh Central No. Seven, Greenburgh, New York, was selected as a site which had provided evidence of practices and policies…

During the 1972-73 academic year, a research team working out of Teachers College, Columbia University conducted case studies in districts where comprehensive and effective desegregation processes had been implemented. The Goldsboro City School System, Goldsboro, North Carolina, was selected as a site which had provided evidence of practices and…

This book focuses on the question: What is the effect of racial mixing in school on the children involved? Unless the context indicates a more specific meaning, "desegregation" is used here to refer broadly to racial mixing in schools. The term "integration" is reserved for that biracial situation in which the minority group is accepted on a…

This report is the response to a request from the United States Commission on Civil Rights that a research program be designed to accomplish two tasks: (1) to measure the effectiveness of different desegregation strategies in providing equality of educational experiences to black, Puerto Rican, Mexican-American, and Anglo students; (2) to provide…

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights asked the Rand Corporation to prepare a design for an exhaustive research program on school desegregation. This is Volume 2 of the final report. The 11 sections of this volume describe a general design for a research program in school desegregation. Section 6 describes a community reaction survey. In Section 7…

Appendix A, "Data Analysis When Students Change from Smaller to Larger Schools between the Pre-test and Post-test of the First Year," discusses a methodological problem involved in planning the approximate number of questionnaires to be administered in program. Appendix B, "Estimates of Sample Sizes and Data Collection Costs," includes five…

The focus of this inquiry is on the commitment students have to academic achievement. The model on which this analysis is based assumes that student effort in school is the product of several factors relating to parental influences, classroom structure, teacher behavior and peer norms and characteristics. In assessing the possibility of a linkage…