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Orfield, Gary – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2015
This report analyzes the data on changes in patterns of racial segregation and their education consequences over a quarter century, from l987 to 2012. It examines a major transition in the racial and ethnic composition of Connecticut and the changes in integration and segregation in the schools of the state and its urban communities and it…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Racial Integration, School Desegregation, Educational History
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Welch, Finis – Sociology of Education, 1987
Maintains that Franklin Wilson's 1985 finding that white flight resulting from school desegregation is short-term and unaffected by the nature of the plan is incorrect. Presents new data showing that the effects are long-term and depend mainly upon whether the plan is voluntarily implemented or enforced by the government. (GEA)
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences
Krueck, Thomas G.; Ashmore, Will
This paper presents the results of a study that was conducted to determine the effects of court ordered desegregation on student attendance and mobility. The study documented and isolated the attendance and mobility patterns of Title I children, with similar attention given to the attendance and mobility patterns on non-Title I children and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Education
Green, Charles A. – 1981
The Uniform Code of Student Conduct Component of Detroit's (Michigan) school desegregation plan was ordered in 1975 by the court to promote a peaceful and orderly environment in the schools so that students could receive educational experiences in an atmosphere which would be substantially free from disruptions and violence. Uniform policies…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Discipline Policy
Zafirau, James; Fleming, Margaret – 1982
This study investigated disparities in reading performance among minority and white students in an urban school district undergoing desegregation in 1980-81. Phase one compared minority and white students on reading comprehension test performance. It was found that white students performed significantly higher on the test than minority students,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Improvement
Brown, Kathleen Sullivan; Mullin, Christopher M.; White, Bradford R. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2009
The Illinois High School Class of 2002 is part of the third generational wave of American students following the landmark Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka," which outlawed segregation in public education. This longitudinal study allows the authors to examine the long-term impacts of this monumental…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Racial Differences, Postsecondary Education
Longshore, Douglas – 1981
In a study of the relationships between school racial composition and intergroup hostility in 123 desegregated elementary schools, four measures of racial hostility were considered: (1) white attitudes toward desegregation; (2) whites' friendliness toward blacks as perceived by blacks; (3) white attitudes toward voluntary social interaction with…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Black Students, Conflict, Desegregation Effects
Stavros, Denny – 1981
The goal of the Inservice Training Component of the Detroit (Michigan) school desegregation plan was to improve the effectiveness of school staff in meeting educational needs. The program consisted of inservice education workshops focused on four areas: human relations; teacher expectations; ethnic and racial awareness; and crisis prevention and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilson, Franklin D. – 1982
This paper documents trends in school segregation in different geographical regions throughout the United States between 1968 and 1976. The avarage level of school segregation between whites and minorities (Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans) declined from a level of 42 to 21 points (on a scale of 0 to 100). Most of this reduction was due to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Orfield, Gary; And Others – 1983
Data collected nationwide from 1968 to the 1980-81 school year form the basis of this report on changes in school racial composition in States, Metropolitan areas, and large cities. Trends in the percentages of Black, Hispanic, and White students are discussed by region. It is indicated that the greatest gains in desegregation of blacks have taken…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Differences
Orfield, Gary – 1983
This book is a partly quantitative, partly qualitative analysis of public school desegregation in the United States from 1968 to 1980. It is based on racial data (collected for the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights) released for the first time in this work. Chapter 1, "Regional Trends in School Desegregation," focuses on…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilson, Franklin D. – 1982
This paper reports the findings of a national study of the impact of school desegregation programs on white public school enrollment from 1968 to 1976. School districts studied were grouped according to region, metropolitan status, and source of pressure to desegregate. It was found that only central city districts that had been subjected to court…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Role, Declining Enrollment, Desegregation Effects
Trent, William T.; McPartland, James M. – 1981
This report examines the resegregation of black and white students which may occur in desegregated schools due to differential enrollment and participation in academic programs and extracurricular activities. The report analyzes data collected by the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of 1318 high school graduating classes of 1972 throughout the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Comparative Analysis, Desegregation Effects
Zafirau, James; Fleming, Margaret – 1982
This report presents supplementary findings of a study on disparities in reading test scores between white and minority students in Cleveland, Ohio, public schools. Phase four results indicate that: (1) proportions of declining reading scores were greatest in those grades where reassignment due to the desegregation plan and building structures was…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
Zafirau, James; Fleming, Margaret – 1983
This report presents data on elementary students' reading achievement collected in phase five of a study carried out in Cleveland, Ohio, public schools and also includes supplementary findings from phases two and three. The study compared reading achievement of minority and white students; identified different characteristics of schools with high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Desegregation Effects