THE GUIDE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST IS ENTITLED--"THE GENERAL PROPOSITIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS," A LIST OF THOSE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPOSITIONS OR FINDINGS WHICH HAD GREATEST RELEVANCE TO DESEGREGATION. THE SECOND, "RESEARCH ON DESEGREGATION," EVALUATES THE MAJOR RESEARCH APPROACHES IN THE LIGHT OF PAST AND PRESENT…

In this essay, application of the equal-status contact hypothesis to the policy of integrated housing is reassessed by reviewing the findings from two studies of interracial public housing. Assessment of the relative level of interracial intimacy in the integrated projects is hindered by measures lacking in clarity and comprehensiveness, but the…

Emphasizes that teachers are an intrinsic part of the desegregation process. For example, teachers play a primary role in determining whether or not quality education will exist in desegregated/integrated schools. (Author/AM)

THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THIS PREPARATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING A FULL-SCALE STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION CONTROVERSIES IN NEW YORK CITY. METHODS INVOLVED INTERVIEWING AND OBSERVING LEADERS AT CITYWIDE AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVELS, INCLUDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TEACHERS, PARENT…

To date, the magnet schools in St. Louis have satisfied the federal judge who has been supervising school desegregation. However, federal appeals court judges have indicated that they believe the plan falls short of meaningful integration. (Author/AM)

Those who focus on the study of visual information continue to search for effective ways to conceptualize that inquiry. However, many visual examples are better categorized as visual/verbal collaboration, complicating analysis. When analysis is based on the assumption that visual and verbal modalities perform in similar ways, important…

Immigrants will represent nearly 100 percent of net labour market growth in Canada by the year 2011. More than ever, employers recognize the need to effectively integrate immigrants into the workplace and they seek solutions to leverage the talents and contributions immigrants bring to the Canadian economy. From January to March 2009, Colleges…

This study examines the national division of history teaching in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the war and post-war period. The process of division of schooling into three curricula (Bosnian Serb, Bosnian Croat, and Bosniak) is presented. Representations of other national groups are central in 8th-grade history textbooks used by the three national…

Whether media affect learning has been debated for decades. The discussion of media's effectiveness has raised questions about the usefulness of comparison studies, not only in assessing applications of technology but in other areas as well. Arguments that media do not affect learning are re-examined and issues concerning media effects on expert…

Most measurements of racial and ethnic segregation, particularly comparative analyses across cities, have relied on the Index of Dissimilarity ("D"). Recently, however, it has been demonstrated that cities with different racial compositions also have different expected values of "D" under a random distribution of whites and…

In response to federal inquiry, Ogden, Utah moved in 1970 to implement a desegregation plan entitled "A Voluntary Plan to Reduce Minority Group Isolation and Its Effects". Central to the plan was the consolidation of five elementary schools. Existing boundaries were redrawn to accommodate the former students of these five schools in…

The desegregation of the Minneapolis, Minnesota schools was initiated in 1972, although the process leading to desegregation actually began in 1967 when the board of education adopted its first human relations guidelines and announced a voluntary urban transfer program. In 1970 the state of Minnesota issued desegregation guidelines which set a 30%…

During 1968 the board of education of Kalamazoo, Michigan appointed a committee on desegregation and charged the group with developing a master plan with target dates for desegregating all levels of the public school system. The committee recommended a detailed three page program that was to lead to total desegregation of local schools by…

In 1969 Ossining had been singled out as 1 of 54 target segregated districts in New York by a state study group known as the Fleischmann Commission. The first steps to desegregate the Ossining elementary schools occurred shortly after the state board of education wrote the school department pointing out the racial imbalance in the elementary…

This report examines the desegregation activities of the Santa Barbara school district focusing on the elementary schools. In 1968 the superintendent requested an onsite review study of Santa Barbara's elementary and high school districts to determine ethnic and racial balance in student enrollments. It was found that 9 of the elementary school…