Notes that the schools where desegregation went most smoothly were those where the administrators supported the idea. Desegregation seemed more of a problem in schools where the administration did not like the idea. (Author/AM)

Describes the Dallas district's involvement in desegregation, magnet schools, and the involvement of parents and business in the schools. These efforts should be seen as part of a larger effort at reform and renewal throughout the district. (Author/IRT)

Discusses background, rationale, and current trends in school choice. Where implemented carefully with parent participation, choice plans have increased public support and student achievement and provided curriculum differentiation, cohesiveness, autonomy, and small size as benefits. However, school choice raises some equity problems, including…

Desegregation studies often neglect the impact of desegregation on children's social attitudes and experiences. The following factors can foster positive intergroup relations in desegregation situations: (1) equal status between minority and majority groups; (2) a cooperative atmosphere; and (3) support for positive relations from the authorities.…

Forced busing failed because it ultimately produced resegregation and drew attention away from questions of educational quality. The Reagan Administration and the federal courts have favored more flexible desegregation efforts--voluntary transfer programs, open enrollment, and magnet schools--that hold greater promise of producing equality of…

Reviews the development of magnet schools as an alternative to the politics that accompany other desegregation tactics, and discusses arguments for and against magnets. Focuses on the successful magnet schools of Kankakee, Illinois, a city with a small but socioeconomically diverse population, where desegregation was voluntary and parental…

Notes that racial integration in the most northern urban cities is in a regressional stage. (Author)

By 1970 the schools of the South were less segregated than were those of the North. This is due largely to the great progress in Southern rural districts. Can the same integration take place in Northern urban school districts? Probes the complexities in attempting such action. (Author/RK)

This report examines what is happening in South Africa's schools as they are desegregated. It describes the attitudes of the main stakeholders, and provides an examination of the theoretical concerns and other debates surrounding issues such as multiculturalism and anti-racism. A context for possible approaches to resolving the problems associated…

This guide is intended to help public-school educators, policy makers, and others develop a school desegregation plan. The guide presents the basic features of the Controlled Choice Student-Assignment Plan, which was developed to achieve student-body diversity, provide choice regarding one's school of enrollment, and promote school improvement.…

A review on both a state-by-state basis and on the national level of developments pertaining to school integration, including integration litigation, Office of Civil Rights, H.E.W., policy and actions, student rights, public school enrollment trends, affirmative action by universities in their employment practices, and others. (JM)

Reviews the results of a number of national opinion surveys concerning school integration, integration methods, and race relations; several Supreme Court and other federal court decisions; and, various developments in 16 states, on a state-by-state basis. (JM)

A study, made of how a southern city school system successfully complied with court orders to integrate, found that social change and innovation in school desegregation were directly attributable to the elitist nature of leadership and decision-making in Southern City.'' (Author/JM)