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Peer reviewedArmor, David J. – Sociology of Education, 1991
Refutes criticisms by L. G. Carr and D. J. Ziegler of the author's predictions concerning mandatory busing in Norfolk, Virginia. Charges that Carr and Ziegler ignored or miscalculated statistical evidence. Concludes that canceling forced busing would have brought White students back to secondary schools, as it did to elementary schools. (SG)
Descriptors: Busing, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
Peer reviewedOlzak, Susan; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1994
Reviews research on the impact of efforts to achieve school desegregation. Argues that increased interracial exposure in schools and neighborhoods triggers racial and ethnic conflict. Reviews recent research and asserts that school desegregation significantly raised rates of protests against busing. (CFR)
Descriptors: Busing, Conflict, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
