This is the report of 1982 and 1983 studies of six suburban school districts in Marion County, Indiana. It analyzes student attitudes towards school desegregation in the second year of an ongoing, court-required student needs assessment. Part I introduces the study. Part II provides a legal history of integration problems in Marion County, the…

This brief digest discusses teenage pregnancy and various educational strategies that appear to affect pregnancy rates. While pregnancy among white teenagers has increased since the 1970s, the birthrate among black teenagers is still five to eight times higher. Teenage mothers and fathers have lower educational attainment and income than their…

This report presents supplementary findings for research on reading achievement differences among minority and white students in a desegregating school district, Cleveland, Ohio. The report focuses on elementary school students, and the findings parallel those of a previous report on secondary school students. Information presented includes: (1)…

This report presents findings of a survey designed to examine why the parents of 1,927 children withdrew them from Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools in 1979-80 in order to enroll them in private schools. In the introductory section, the report provides background information and describes the survey (based on random telephone interviews…

This report presents data and summarizes findings of a study on patterns of enrollment in the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools between 1967 and 1981. The study focused on whether school desegregation caused or contributed to enrollment decline, on how much white flight was related to school desegregation, and on other possible causes of enrollment…

This document presents the proceedings of the Columbus, Ohio conference on school desegregation. Among the topics that are covered in this conference are the following: (1) the development of a state formula to assist local school districts in Ohio, (2) an overview (ranging from Plessy to Penick) of the legal aspect of school desegregation, (3)…

This publication aims to present findings of recent research studies, especially relevant to everyday school practices, which affect the provision and realization of equal educational treatment. First, three historical studies which challenge three misconceptions that form the heritage of racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S. are…

This report on 1978-1979 desegregation activity in Seattle, Washington, charts demographic changes in school district enrollment and reductions in racial imbalance. Data are also presented on the number of students reassigned to residence based schools, retention rates for reassigned students by grade and race, and number of students participating…

The purpose of the WIEDS Project (Ways to Improve Education in Desegregated Schools) was to develop a model and guidelines for use in planning inservice education programs to promote integration. This final report examines the procedures and methodology used for achieving the objective, the results of data analysis, and conclusions and…

Several problems regarding the desegregation process can be identified. First, the population shift of urban whites to surrounding suburbs has hindered urban school desegregation and metropolitan desegregation plans have proved politically unsuccessful. Second, the number of black administrators lags far behind the number of black students. In…

A longitudinal study reported in this document examines the effects of integration and the implementation of an open-classroom type program on first and second grade children from lower and middle class Israeli backgrounds. Data used to support the findings presented were obtained from the results of mathematics and reading achievement tests…

This paper analyzes the impact of court-ordered school desegregation on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin school system. Discussed is the history of the 1976 case that prompted court action, including development and implementation of the first year's plan and community involvement in the second year's plan. Next, the progress of litigation since the suit…

THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 1954 REPRESENTED A CULMINATION OF TRENDS--POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS. IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL BACKGROUND AND CONTROVERSY OVER SEGREGATION, MANY OTHER FORCES AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MOVE TOWARD ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION. THE SCIENCES, BOTH NATURAL AND SOCIAL, HAVE HELPED TO UNDERMINE THE OLD CONCEPTS…

COMPULSORY RACIAL SEGREGATION IN BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ABOLISHED AT THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF MAY 1954. THE DESEGREGATION QUESTION WAS SETTLED ENTIRELY BY THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF BALTIMORE, AN UNPAID, NONPOLITICAL LAY GROUP APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND ENDOWED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF…

Statistical data on student and faculty desegregation supplied by the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Board of Education for the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years were analyzed. The number of schools not in compliance with school desegregation guidelines was reduced between 1978-79 and 1979-80. The inclusion of first graders in the desegregation plan…