Data on desegregation plans implemented in 49 large school districts indicate that voluntary plans have been less effective than mandatory plans in reducing levels of racial isolation and improving racial balance within districts. The data do not support arguments that voluntary plans result in less of a decline in White enrollment. (Author/MJL)

The relation of racially segregated schooling to segregated housing has been, since Brown v. Topeka, a subject of increasing political and legal concern. Research on White flight, resegregation, and housing desegregation must continue, since after 30 years of desegregation, we still know little of whether it helps to integrate housing. (Author/LC)

Tests the hypothesis that school racial segregation affects the ability of Black students to set reasonable occupational goals. Questionnaire data collected from male high school seniors suggest that Whites develop the most rational occupational goals, and segregated Blacks the least. Desegregated education leads to increasingly rational…

Investigated participation in high school clubs and organizations by Black and White students before and after the implementation of court ordered desegregation in three cities. Found that participation of both groups is lower in schools that have undergone relatively rapid shifts in racial composition. (Author/GC)

Black student satisfaction at predominantly White universities in the deep South may not be as low as some observers have suggested. This study found Black student satisfaction to be significantly lower than that of White students only with respect to the university's system of rewards. (Author)

After listing factors that research and desegregation experience indicate impede desegregation success, the authors present a model that recommends identifying new, effective, researched, and nationally demonstrated programs that would address these factors. (JM)

Examines the impetus to use school desegregation as a means of achieving social change, the nature of effective Black schools, and the role of the Black community in supporting the achievement of Black students. (IRT)

The essay discusses efforts carried out by a community action agency to examine the issues of school discipline and student suspensions during the desegregation of the Milwaukee Public Schools. (Author/RLV)

The life stories of (North Carolina) principals in a graduate education class reveal vast changes over the past 20 years. "Good ol' boy" superintendents and principals have been replaced by self-interested political "sharks" concerned more with image than substance. Fortunately, principals with resiliency, caring values, and…

Suggests that desegregation should be seen as an ongoing process rather than a specific event. More attention should be given to shaping students' experiences in desegregated schools to foster positive intergroup relations. School staff must work to avoid resegregation and create a cooperative environment in which minority and majority members…

Describes lifelong commitment of middle-school principal and major W.J. Jones to Coahoma, a small town in Mississippi Delta. Thanks to his efforts, town recently acquired a sewage system, blacktopped roads, and new housing (through Habitat for Humanity and World Vision). Although town elementary school fell victim to consolidation and children are…

The various forces, various branches of the federal government in confusing and conflicting ways that have constructed and influenced the Hispanic identity and educational status are suggested. Hispanics are a significant percentage of the United States of America's population and are becoming a greater percentage everyday.

In recent years there has been a significant debate regarding the ways in which different educational systems throughout the world could develop more inclusive practices in their schools. Based on the notion that the education of children considered as having special needs should be considered as part of a wider process of school development, in…

Last year, 67,000 children in Jefferson County were bussed every day; this year, there was violent and angry opposition to the bussing of a few thousand additional children, the difference being that these children were to be bussed because of court-ordered desegregation of the merged Louisville and Jefferson County school systems. (Author/JM)

Notes that not all opposition to busing derives from socially, unhealthy, or immoral values and provides alternatives such as fear of sending children into high crime areas. Most Bostonians are said to hate forced busing because of the violence it is spawning. [Available from America, 106 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019]. (Author/AM)