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Kritek, William J. – Integrated Education, 1977
This article is an account of the first year of implementation of Chapter 220 of the State statute, which provides financial aid to encourage the transfer of students between schools and school districts for racial and cultural integration. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Educational Policy, History
Bennett, David A. – 1978
The Milwaukee School System responded to a court finding of segregation by structuring a program of community involvement to help in the task of planning and implementing school desegregation. The city-wide planning group came to be called the Committee of 100. The central thesis of this paper is that the quality of community involvement is not…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
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Smith, Philip L. – Integrated Education, 1977
The primary objective of this study was to determine if a voluntary school desegregation approach is well received by the public and, if so, to see if this reception is accompanied by a significant amount of voluntary action. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Integration Readiness, Integration Studies
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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
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. – 1979
Funds provided by the Emergency School Aid Act Title VII Magnet Project in 1978-1979 were largely responsible for attainment by the Milwaukee Public Schools of voluntary desegregation through specialty schools designed to meet a variety of student needs and interests. The positive impact of magnet schools on system goals was confirmed by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Multicultural Education
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Levine, Daniel U.; Eubanks, Eugene E. – 1979
Examined in this study are the characteristics of three elementary magnet schools which have successfully attracted non-minority students to locations in minority neighborhoods. Although some of the characteristics discussed are different for each of the schools described, the characteristics cited as being common to all three are: (1) outstanding…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Enrollment Influences, Individualized Instruction
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1980
This report presents a study of issues involving magnet schools in big city school districts. The study consisted of three parts: (1) an analysis of the attitudes of educators familiar with part-time desegregation; (2) an investigation of the role of magnet schools that have been making a positive contribution to the redevelopment of big city…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Methods