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Download full textStraubhaar, Rolf J.; Wang, Jia; Sylvester, Roxanne M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2021
Geographically based racial and economic segregation in the United States has resulted in unequal funding for schools and therefore unequal educational opportunities for students. In this report, we discuss the 50-year history of magnet schools as a voluntary desegregation mechanism. During these years, the funding policies and legal landscapes…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Educational History
Peer reviewedGeorge, Janel; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
The long-standing effort to desegregate schools in the United States has been fostered, in part, by the development of magnet schools, which were launched in the 1960s to offer appealing choices of educational programs that could attract an integrated population of families. Magnet schools are public elementary or secondary schools that seek to…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Equal Education, School Desegregation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ferrara, Lynette; Lanoff, Sheri B. – 1978
This study reports on the administration of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot programs in New Jersey and New York. An overview of the Act and the criteria that desegregating schools in the region must meet in order to qualify for ESAA funds is provided. Findings regarding program operations, including application preparation,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Minority Group Children
Smith, Stephen M. – 1978
As part of a larger study, volume I of this report describes the results of analyses of the extent to which Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program grants and grant funds have been focused on school districts with desegregation-related needs. Also described is the extent to which the Act, regulations, and program processes influence the focusing…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Smith, Stephen M. – 1978
Synthesized in this report are the findings of a study which focused on the effectiveness of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program at the Federal level in achieving two major outcomes: (1) targeting, or focusing, of ESAA grants and grant funds on school districts currently having the greatest desegregation related needs; and (2) funding…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
