Describes the characteristics of three magnet elementary schools which have successfully attracted nonminority students to locations in minority neighborhoods. (Author/MK)

Antibusing attitudes did not even indirectly contribute to "White flight" in the Pontiac school district. Unfortunately, the solution to the problem of "White flight" involves creating an attractive urban environment and creating a society free from racism. (Author/IRT)

Central City High School, Kansas City, Missouri, has found its identity in the past. As part of comprehensive desegregation program, this magnet school offers its students classical Greek program that, like ancient Greek civilization, calls for as much attention to body as to mind. The costly Olympic athletic program and classical Greek curriculum…

Describes a plan to end Mississippi's 26-year-old college desegregation case, which is hailed by government officials but criticized by others, who say it fails to improve access to college for black students. (EV)

Examines Shirley Brice Heath's letters and other materials at the time she was researching "Ways with Words." Finds that "Ways with Words" can most fruitfully be read as a story of the persistence of prejudice, suggesting the failure of the arguments in favor of desegregation to broker lasting reforms toward equity. (SC)

Ten years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Federal Government's enforcement effort in the desegregation of State systems of higher education is just now beginning to get down to cases. An analytical account of recent developments by a newspaperman who has been a close observer of the college scene. (Editor/JF)

Ten years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Federal Government's enforcement effort in the desegregation of State systems of higher education is just now beginning to get down to cases. Provides the personal recollections and views of the Federal Government's first civil-rights officer for higher education. (Editor/JF)

In an effort to end the dispute over desegregation in Boston, a master plan has been developed that recommends that Boston-area colleges and universities direct the improvement of curricula and instruction in the public schools. (Author/PG)

This report examines the status of school desegregation in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools as of February 1981, and weighs the problems associated with court ordered versus voluntary desegregation. It is proposed that the city of St. Louis might still avoid a lengthy court battle over desegregation if the following steps are followed to…

The author uses the experience of the Ferguson (St. Louis County, Missouri) school district to raise questions about the implications of an apparently successful attempt to eliminate the distinction between "de facto" and "de jure" desegregation. Growing out of litigation begun in 1972, the U.S. District Court in 1975 ordered…

Pursuant to the July 1979 Remedial Order of the Federal District Court, this document represents the Cleveland Board of Education Administrative Regulations for the desegregation of the Cleveland school system. Seventeen areas are covered by the regulations: transportation, student assignments, safety and security, community relations, student…

This study reports the findings of a questionnaire survey developed to gather information on the general characteristics of magnet programs and to determine the use of magnet schools in overall district integration plans. Thirty-eight of 98 districts responding to the survey reported utilizing magnet schools for integration purposes. Forty-one…