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'More of the Diversity Aspect and Less of the Desegregation Aspect': Asian Americans and Desegregation in Metropolitan Hartford
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Elise Castillo – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2024
Little research examines the experiences and perspectives of Asian American parents who participate in K-12 desegregation efforts, such as magnet schools. Conceptually framed by research on Asian American racialization, this qualitative case study investigates 10 Asian American parents in metropolitan Hartford, Connecticut; and the motivations…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation
The Impact of Interdistrict Magnet School Opening on Racial and Economic Diversity in Proximal Schools: Evidence from Connecticut
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Yerin Yoon; Shaun M. Dougherty – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Magnet schools emerged during the 1960s as part of an effort to desegregate schools across the United States. Their primary purpose is to provide appealing educational settings to induce voluntary desegregation through parental choices (George & Darling-Hammond, 2021). Some of these magnet schools operate at a regional level to…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Voluntary Desegregation, Enrollment Trends, Public Schools
School Desegregation Policy for the "Next" Thirty Years.
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Hentschke, Guilbert C.; And Others – Urban Education, 1985
Proposes that voluntary interdistrict programs should be seriously considered as a major desegregation strategy. Reviews social, demographic, and legislative trends that support this proposal and describes conditions that are required for such programs to flourish. (GC)
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
1979-1980 Hartford Project Concern Program. Final Evaluation Report 80-20.
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Iwanicki, Edward F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1980
The Project Concern Program, which sought to promote school desegregation through cooperation among schools in Hartford, Connecticut, and its suburbs, is evaluated in this report. The evaluation addresses the following areas: (1) career patterns of project graduates, dropouts, and non-participants in Hartford; (2) issues of attrition; and (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education