This article examines nine dimensions to the meaning of school desegregation for black children and analyzes one attitudinal outcome related to each dimension. The dimensions (listed first) and corresponding outcomes are as follows: (1) symbolic message and sense of control; (2) borrowed stigma aura and self esteem; (3) relative deprivation and…

Eight papers examining different aspects of the effects of court decisions on education are contained in this book, the first of two volumes. The papers were solicited from scholars in the fields of law, political science, sociology, and education in conjunction with a 1979 conference held in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference was called to…

FIVE STUDIES ON INTEGRATION PROBLEMS WERE UNDERTAKEN AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RELATIONS STUDIES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. ONE, BY ROSNER, STUDIED WHETHER A MAJORITY OF YOUTHS, WHEN PLACED IN SETTINGS IN WHICH THEY WERE THE MINORITY, ASSUMED CHARACTERISTICS WHICH WERE ROUGHLY DESCRIBED AS MINORITY BEHAVIOR. IN SPITE OF THE GENERAL CULTURAL VALUES…

CONTENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SPEECHES--(1) EDUCABILITY AND THE SCHOOL INTEGRATION CRISIS BY DR. MILTON SCHWEBEL, (2) INTELLIGENCE, ETHNIC ORIGINS, AND INTEGRATION BY DR. HERBERT G. BIRCH, (3) INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION - TOWARD WHAT GOALS BY MR. JOHN MORSELL, (4) PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL LEARNING BY DR. ROBERT GREEEN, AND (5) PROBLEMS IN ACADEMIC…

Few parents who have high school children enrolled in distant public schools as a result of court ordered desegregation are involved in those schools. This paper presents practical approaches toward encouraging parent participation in their children's education under the circumstances of desegregation. The approaches were gathered from diverse…

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…

This paper examines the findings of the Multi-Ethnic School Environments Project, which examined the special training needs of teachers in newly desegregated classrooms. Ethnographic research investigated how teachers' instructional and management strategies and features of the school context that impact the classroom can promote both learning and…

This paper examines and compares the administrative styles of two principals who worked in a southern desegregated school. The emphasis in this study is on the policies and practices which were either effective or ineffective in helping each of the principals deal with the task of managing a desegregated school. Different actions taken by the…

THREE HYPOTHESES WHICH DOCUMENT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION ARE INVESTIGATED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS IS THAT BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS NOW ENJOY EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES SUPERIOR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE UNDER A POLICY OF SEGREGATION. SECONDLY, ON OBJECTIVELY MEASURED SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT…

This is a report of school desegregation in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1964, five years before ordered to do so by a federal judge, Greenville initiated its own plan for majority-to-minority crossover of students on a "freedom of choice" basis. The school board also initiated a voluntary teacher transfer program that met with…

The research reported in this paper was conducted to assess the effect, if any, of school desegregation, as it occurred in 1966 in Riverside, California, on the speech habits and abilities of the children involved, and to assess the implication of these effects in relation to other psychological factors. Frequency count methods and California…

In this book, the social, psychological impact of attending an integrated high school is examined in a "case studies" approach. Students in the black "elite," the black militants, the white racists and conservatives, the hippies, and Mexican-Americans are included. The main body of the text consists of interviews, with comments by the authors. The…

Information is presented in this report on whether or not students attending disrupted or nondisrupted schools and black or white students within those schools differ and whether or not these differences contribute to general disruption and conflict. Significant relationships were found between students attending disrupted or nondisrupted schools…

This study is an evaluation of the Berkeley Unified Elementary School District, which was completely desegregated using a strategy of two-way, cross-town bussing. It presents documentation for tentative answers to two fundamental questions: (1) what is to be gained by eliminating dual school systems? And, (2) what is the cost to be paid for…

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and opinions of certified school personnel in Pontiac, Michigan after the school district of that city had undergone approximately 9 months of court ordered desegregation. The survey instrument, a mail opinionnaire, used in this study was designed to gather attitude data concerning the…