Examined mass media coverage of research conducted in 1975 by James S. Coleman and others, which suggested that court ordered busing caused increased White flight, thus promoting greater residential segregation. Found that the White flight thesis was reported as a scientifically documented fact, despite the unavailability of published evidence and…

Reviews some recent lower court cases concerned with unconstitutionally-segregated schools and the development of remedies that involve four issues: busing, White flight, magnet schools, and compensatory education. Available from Duke University Press, Box 6697 College Station, Durham, NC 27708. (Author/IRT)

Defines symbolic racism theory and social dominance theory. Compares the two theories and how they affect racial policy attitudes such as busing, affirmative action, and welfare. Explains that the study reanalyses data previously collected. Discusses symbolic racism as a legitimizing myth. Reports that social dominance theory was more consistent…

Develops the role of politics and the need for political leadership in civil rights legislation and enforcement policies. (DW)

Presents the Supreme Court rationale for the Milliken v. Bradley decision not to enforce interdistrict busing for purposes of integration. (DW)

In this paper, the Commission on Civil Rights asks government leaders in the Reagan administration to reaffirm the elimination of segregation in elementary and secondary schools as established by the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Past actions by the executive and legislative branches are reviewed and the position…

Discusses research investigating whether differences in students' perceptions of the interracial climate of the school relate to differences in individual student achievement; a sample of seventh to twelfth grade students was used in a three year longitudinal design. (Author/JM)

A total of 339 elementary school teachers in Detroit, Michigan responded to a questionnaire that was designed to measure the impact of the city's court ordered desegregation plan on their attitudes. The questionnaire focused on several areas including desegregation, busing, student achievement, student racial relations, staff relations,…

The Chicago Board of Education has been attempting to formulate a school desegregation plan to satisfy the U.S. Department of Education (HEW) guidelines for a decade. Public hearings and community participation are to be an integral part of the planning process. To determine the community's attitudes toward school desegregation, over one thousand…

This report, an analysis of the effects of housing patterns on school desegregation in Jefferson County, Kentucky, was based on data from Multiple Dwelling Reporting forms filed annually by owners and managers of 25 or more apartment units. High school attendance areas were used for geographic reference. Reports indicated that blacks are moving…

Courts and policy makers must begin to consider the intimate relationship between school and housing policies both in the building and in the dismantling of ghettos. (Author)

Describes the following four successful programs used in Connecticut to achieve integrated schools: (1) improvement of the Hartford Public Schools; (2) busing program from Hartford schools to suburban schools; (3) Bloomfield, CT, program for equal education; and (4) Windsor, CT, program of Black and White cooperation to halt White flight. (PS)

Mergers of city school districts with surrounding ones lead to the dilemma of whether or not to bus children out of their neighborhoods. A review of recent desegregation litigation shows that courts still require the elimination of inequalities, but busing is not mandatory. Alternatives such as magnet schools are encouraged. (VM)

A close examination of Memphis, Tennessee, public school desegregation since Brown vs. Board of Education demonstrates how successful many southern communities have been in circumventing the decision. By 1981 White flight to the suburbs and increased enrollment in private schools left a public school system 76 percent Black and 24 percent White.…

The history of school desegregation falls into four main stages: litigation (1930-54); demonstration (1955-64); legislation (1965-68); and implementation (1969 to the present). Desegregation has successfully enhanced education, benefited whites as well as blacks, and created a growing acceptance of blacks as leaders. (KH)