In this issue, a study of school desegregation in Riverside, California is re-examined in terms of its contribution to an understanding of the relationship between desegregation and the academic achievement of minority children. General comments about the Riverside study as a whole are followed by descriptions of the models and assumptions tested…

The impact of a school desegregation plan on the social class structure of elementary classrooms (Grades 1-6) was studied within a large midwestern school system. Sociograms administered on a pre/post basis, over a two year period, to all classrooms with at least four minority students per room served as the data base. Initial analyses reveal…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO CLARIFY THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DE FACTO SEGREGATION. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE GUIDELINES FOR STUDY, BASIC AREAS OF CONFLICT OR DISAGREEMENT, AND SOME POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION. THREE GROUPS WERE REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE--A GROUP OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, A GROUP…

Based on a nationwide survey of urban school administrators, personal experiences of the author, and a review of relevant desegregation literature, this paper explores the role of administrators in the achievement of the objectives of busing for school desegregation. Findings cited from the survey include: (1) peak periods of conflict occur in the…

The Section 8 housing assistance program in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is a Federally funded program designed to expand the housing choices of low to moderate income families. This report provides an analysis of all moves made in Jefferson County between 1975 and 1979 by participants in the program, as they relate to the county's school…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of Grade 10 students in 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on student attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including student racial relations, attitudes toward race, and perceptions of race related school conditions and school safety.…

Nearly 500 teachers in the Sequoia Union High School District (Redwood City, California) were surveyed in order to explore: (1) strategies they used to bring about integration in secondary schools; (2) techniques that discourage resegregation in desegregated high schools; (3) ways that the district's teachers draw out the best in students new to a…

This volume records the text of the 1976 hearing held to examine the process and results of court-ordered school desegregation in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Presented is testimony from public school students, educators, administrators, government officials, and representatives of public and private agencies and community organizations. Also…

Prior to desegregation in 1970 and 1971, there had been minimal effort directed toward the reduction of racial isolation in the schools of Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Black students first enrolled in all white schools in 1965 after the school system began operating on a freedom of choice basis. In 1970 the Department of Health, Education…

This book concentrates on the experiences, personal insights, and big events that made up the battle to desegregate the public schools in Boston, Massachusetts. It also gives the historical background of the struggle. In 1965, Massachusetts passed the first state law against de facto segregation, the Racial Imbalance Act. It was not enforced. On…

This dissertation investigated, under conditions of court-ordered desegregation accomplished by "forced" busing, the assumption that desegregation brings achievement gains for blacks but that it has no negative effects on white achievement. Reading and arithmetic achievement of a sample of 429 upper elementary students (both black and…

This paper is an inquiry into integration through a study of the literature. Criterion elements in the "American rationale" for integration are determined and an examination of whether integration has, can, or will satisfy the criterion elements is undertaken. The discussion centers about the concept of culture and the purpose of education--how…

The Southern Regional Council interviewed students in four widely diverse Southern communities, in July of 1970, about their experiences in desegregated schools. The survey objective was to find answers to such urgent questions posed by integration as: whether the students were just a bitter vocal minority, or whether they represented a new wave…

This book discusses the history of the segregation issue from before the Civil War through the Johnson administration, the struggle between the Federal and State governments over the 1954 Supreme Court ruling to abolish segregated education, the emergence of civil rights as a national issue, and the passing of civil rights legislation under the…

This comprehensive review of school desegregation discusses the roots of the problem and provides a perspective for the future. (AM)