A Florida county, under a federal court order to desegregate its schools, adopted a plan of controlled school choice approved by the federal court. The county was divided into three zones that roughly reflected the school system's racial composition. A computerized lottery, with provisions for keeping siblings together and attractive programs for…

Because of a 1975 desegregation decree, the Louisville Central High School Magnet Career Academy could not enroll more than 50 percent African-Americans. The court dissolved the decree. Now, a school that has been 300 to 400 students under capacity, due to former racial guidelines, can operate at full capacity without denying opportunities to any…

Reviews findings of recent studies of school segregation and tests the idea that school integration is a major cause of white flight from the nation's largest cities. The potential of busing and other techniques for integration is discussed. (Author/AM)

Suggests that given the fact that there is no way to prevent further expansion of the ghettos, spreading school and housing segregation are virtually inevitable in the absence of a powerful policy to alter the normal self-fulfilling prophecies of neighborhood transition. (Author/AM)

A case history of desegregation at Strom Thurmond High School, Edgefield, South Carolina, reveals that traditions are a source of racial conflict and suggests that a reluctance to change traditions hinders equal education. (DW)

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of school districts across the nation operating under court orders to desegregate their schools. The cost of complying with these court orders runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and thousands of people are charged with overseeing the effective use of these dollars. This book is based on…

This annotated bibliography highlights literature from 1975 to 1985 on the relationships between school staff development and desegregation. Desegregation has significant implications for staff development, and the usual forms of inservice training do not provide educators with the requisite skills needed to confront change. The materials cited…

The computer, in the role of high speed calculator, can be a valuable tool in helping district planners evaluate different desegregation alternatives quickly, accurately. (Author)

This is a report on school desegregation in Bogalusa, Louisiana. This school district was selected for study because it offered the unique opportunity to study school desegregation in a rural setting. In the past, Bogalusa operated a dual system of education. In 1965, black parents filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children; Jenkins V. Bogalusa…

The status of desegregation in 50 large American cities is examined along with state policy which affects this status. Desegregation in 17 cities with full scale desegregation is operating peacefully. The 18 moderately desegregated cities are in a state of flux. State activity on behalf of essentially desegregated cities is most evident in these…

This legal case may answer some questions for lawyers on the limits to which desegregation may be carried under the backing of the Brown decision, yet it raises several specific questions that educators and educational researchers ought to address concerning factors that contribute to effective integration. (AM)

This paper provides background information on school desegregation in Springfield, Massachusetts, and describes a study that compared the academic achievement of two groups of black elementary school students: one group who was mandatorily bused to a previously white school, and the other who walked to their neighborhood school which was…

THE RATE OF INTEGRATION WILL NOT BE INCREASED UNTIL A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION IS INTRODUCED. NO ONE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT CAN HOPE TO SOLVE THE SCHOOL PROBLEMS OF THE SOUTH. LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND AID SHOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AS A SINGLE WORKING TEAM. THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO RECRUIT AN…

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1955, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF 21 NEGRO CHILDREN WHO WERE REFUSED ADMISSION TO NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FILED SUIT. EARLY IN 1956, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED A DESEGREGATION WORKSHOP. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED THAT THE COMMUNITY SEEMED POSITIVELY ORIENTED TOWARD THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 1954, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO…