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Frey, Andy; Wilson, Michael – Children & Schools, 2009
Last summer, the Supreme Court declared voluntary student assignment plans to racially integrate the public schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington, unconstitutional by a 5-4 majority. This was a landmark ruling for public school integration and civil rights; the "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Court Litigation
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Eick, Caroline – Educational Horizons, 2010
This paper examines student cross-group relationships in a comprehensive high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, between 1985 and 2000. The findings of this research, situated at the intersections of three lenses of inquiry--oral historical analysis, ethnography, and critical studies--bring to light how institutional norms, broader demographic…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, High Schools, Ethnography, Social Influences
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Gelber, Scott – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2008
This study analyzes public perceptions of Boston's magnet school program. Typically evaluated in terms of their impact on racial integration, magnet schools also were designed to improve the tarnished image of the Boston school system. While promoting voluntary integration at a handful of schools, the magnet program struggled to change the…
Descriptors: School Activities, Magnet Schools, Voluntary Desegregation, Racial Integration
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Vandeyar, Saloshna – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
This is an exploratory study on the nature and extent of racial integration in South African schools in the post-apartheid period. While there is vigilant media attention to occasional, dramatic incidents of racial conflict in white schools, there is very little research on the ways in which student identities are framed, challenged, asserted and…
Descriptors: Racial Integration, Racial Segregation, Cultural Pluralism, White Students
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Moses, Michele S.; Yun, John T.; Marin, Patricia – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2009
In this article we examine the current status of affirmative action in postsecondary admissions through a concurrent review of recent court rulings, state legislation, and higher education enrollment data. Analyzing each of these factors in the context of the others is important because the court decisions and state-level legislation interact to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Legislation, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation
Diem, Sarah Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The recent decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1" (2007) has forced school districts to begin thinking of new ways to integrate their schools without relying on race as the single factor in their assignment plans. While some school districts already have begun to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Racial Integration, School Administration, Strategic Planning
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Akom, Antwi – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: The issue of how to achieve a racially diverse student population has become increasingly challenging since a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court split decision endorsed the importance of creating diverse schools, while simultaneously limiting the assignment to public schools based on an individual student's race or ethnicity. The article…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Race, Public Schools, Participatory Research
Wells, Amy Stuart; Frankenberg, Erica – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
This past June, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court declared integration plans in Louisville and Seattle unconstitutional because of their focus on race as one factor in assigning students to schools. The Court's ruling in the "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1" and "Meredith v. Jefferson…
Descriptors: School Districts, Court Litigation, Student Placement, Student Diversity
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Tabane, Ramodungoane; Human-Vogel, Salome – South African Journal of Education, 2010
The ideal of creating a non-racial and equitable school environment is embedded in the South African Constitution. This ideal is informed by a desire to overcome the divisions of the apartheid past by pursuing policies and strategies that will promote the achievement of social cohesion, without denying space for various identities. Schools are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sense of Community, Group Unity, School Desegregation
Greene, Jay P.; Mills, Jonathan N.; Buck, Stuart – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
In this paper, the authors estimate the effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP, or the Milwaukee voucher program) on integration in public and private schools. Their first question is straightforward: Do the student bodies at private schools participating in MPCP have a racial composition that more closely or less closely resembles…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Desegregation, Racial Integration
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Carter, Prudence L. – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
Reflecting on the 2008 election, Prudence Carter challenges the popular notion that President Obama's victory is symbolic of a postracial society in the United States. Citing statistics about the opportunity gap that still exists in our nation's schools--as well as the recent Supreme Court cases that served to halt racial desegregation--Carter…
Descriptors: Racial Integration, Court Litigation, Empathy, Presidents
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Chang, Mitchell J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2007
This article highlights the many challenges and obstacles that limit and undermine higher education's capacity to eradicate the negative consequences associated with race. Before discussing these challenges, the author addresses why it makes sense for colleges and universities to play a central role in addressing problems associated with race. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Race, Racial Integration, Racial Relations
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Lopez, Irene – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2008
The following is a historically informed review of Puerto Rican phenotype. Geared toward educating psychologists, this review discusses how various psychological issues associated with phenotype may have arisen as a result of historical legacies and policies associated with race and racial mixing. It discusses how these policies used various…
Descriptors: Race, Psychologists, Psychology, Puerto Ricans
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Armor, David J.; O'Neill, Stephanie Duck – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: In most judicial and social science debates about school desegregation, it is usually assumed that educational and social benefits, if significant, help establish a compelling purpose for school desegregation plans. Less thought has been given to whether the degree of benefits should factor into whether a plan is narrowly…
Descriptors: African American Students, Social Science Research, Desegregation Plans, Magnet Schools
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Greason, Walter – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
At the core of the epistemology of black identity in the 20th century United States is the assertion that freedom is a human right, not a privilege to be earned. By the late 19th century, an ideology of racial uplift had emerged that revolved around four concepts--compassion, service, education, and a commitment to social and economic justice for…
Descriptors: United States History, Race, Civil Rights, Altruism
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