The decision in the Bakke case will not only affect affirmative action programs in education but in employment, housing, and other fields. Charges of "reverse racism" are being used to reverse the limited gains made in two decades. Affirmative action is necessary because institutional racism exists in our society. (SW)

This article theorizes that bilingual education is not readily compatible with desegregation, and uses Hartford, Connecticut, as an example. (NCR)

The Racine Unified School District in Wisconsin has worked to enhance the probability of positive outcomes for all students involved in the desegregation process through planning, community involvement, and school board responsibility. (Author/AM)

The development of racial prejudice in children, the Indianapolis studies of racial interaction, and a review of the social psychological literature of intergroup contact are examined in this discussion of racial interaction in school settings. (Author/AM)

Asserts that the rights and liberties of minority children to equal protection under the law and equal access to public facilities and resources are not to be negotiated on the basis of some bit of data. These prerogatives for minority children, and in the final analysis for all of us, exist as a result of the political and moral visions we hold…

Coleman has suggested metropolitan-area busing as an integration method since previous studies have shown that local governments are highly resistant to structural changes. (Author/JM)

Despite contrary nationwide sentiment, Louisville has proved that metropolitan-area-wide busing can work. (Author)

Research findings on the positive effects of desegregation are not accepted. No school of education connected to a university specializes in desegregation research. Desegregationists cannot wait for other groups or higher education to meet their research needs. Topics such as the effects of desegregation and economic inequalities should be…

Describes an oral history project in which students at an inner city school in Boston produced a book about the history of their school and its neighborhood, thereby recreating a sense of community in an institution that has undergone profound changes during recent years. (GC)

Provides an overview of Milwaukee's school desegregation plan and focuses on four areas said to involve inequities: attendance area differentials, segregated schools, suspension rates, and specialty schools. Argues that the Milwaukee Plan, although successful in many ways, has failed to provide important educational opportunities for all Black…

Studied the impact of court-ordered desegregation on the assignment of minority students to special education courses in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Toledo schools from 1974 to 1978. Concluded that desegregation had little effect on placement trends, although a disproportionately larger number of Blacks are placed in classes for…

This study examined the relationship of childrens' racial prejudice to child's race, interracial contact, grade, sex, intelligence, locus of control, anxiety, and self-concept. Five facets of racial prejudice were examined: a total index of racial prejudice, dating and marriage, school, social relationships, and racial interactions in restaurants.…

Examines some concerns with respect to the relations between social science data and advocacy of civil rights; and comments on some changing perspectives in race-ethnic studies having a special relevance to social policy in the civil rights area. (JM)

Describes and evaluates an institute which grew out of an attempt to find solutions to some of the problems resulting from the unitary school" concept which was inaugurated in South Carolina to implement court orders to desegregate public schools. (Author/JM)