According to the author, people who favor compulsory assignment of children to schools on the basis of race base their position on the assumptions that Americans will make no progress toward an integrated society except under compulsion, and that the proof of an integrated society is the even distribution of minorities throughout society. In this…

White children in our White-dominant society come early to feel that their skin color is the accepted one. If children are to have attitudes and behavior different from the general culture, they will have to be reared in a subculture of equality at home. Children should see their parents acting towards Blacks as they see them acting towards…

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)

The voluntary interdistrict transfer plan in St. Louis is one component of an overall desegregation effort. After three years, the plan has successfully provided equal access to quality educational programs. Findings are presented in the following areas: (1) demographic characteristics; (2) effects on students; (3) staff changes; and (4) school…

Focuses on the application of a targeted and regulated voucher system to the problems of racial segregation. Suggests that under a regulated voucher system, minorities (Chapter 1 students, in particular) have a better chance of obtaining both the racial balance and the school characteristics they desire. (Author/GC)

Describes the voluntary, interdistrict transfer plan implemented to accomplish desegregation in the public schools in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. (GC)

Data on desegregation plans implemented in 49 large school districts indicate that voluntary plans have been less effective than mandatory plans in reducing levels of racial isolation and improving racial balance within districts. The data do not support arguments that voluntary plans result in less of a decline in White enrollment. (Author/MJL)

ONE YEAR AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA SHOW ONLY 151,409 NEGROES IN DESEGREGATED CLASSES IN THE 11 STATES IN THE DEEP SOUTH--5.2 PERCENT OF THE NEGRO SCHOOL CENSUS. THESE FIGURES ARE ABOUT 60,000 LESS THAN THOSE REPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. DESPITE STATEMENTS BY STATE, LOCAL, AND SOME FEDERAL…

Riles has had a hand in the development and adoption of historic legislation that puts California in the forefront of state efforts to reshape public education. Despite strong popular support, however, his style and his early childhood education program have been much criticized. (Author/EB)

Epidemic presented suggests that certain types of interracial contact are associated with the expression of tolerant racial attitudes while other contact situations produce no significant positive correlation with unprejudiced views. (Author/AM)

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)

This report describes the magnet schools in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and analyzes students' access to magnet schools based on their ethnicity and residential location within the city. It also examines change in CPS enrollment patterns that may be related to the development of new magnet schools and magnet school policies. The report begins…

Presents a partial transcript of a Congressional committee hearing at which Representative Bobbi Fiedler of California testified in favor of voluntary desegregation methods rather than mandatory busing in order to implement the goals of school desegregation and equal education in Los Angeles, California. (MJL)

Attitudinal and demographic data were obtained from 113 Black parents who decided to involve their children in a voluntary school desegregation transfer program, and from 37 nonvolunteering Black parents. Differences between the two groups, although marginal, were related to attitude toward desegregation and attitude toward the school district.…

American schools, resegregating gradually for almost two decades, are now experiencing accelerating isolation and this will doubtless be intensified by the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. In June 2007, the Supreme Court handed down its first major decision on school desegregation in 12 years in the Louisville and Seattle cases. A…