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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
George, 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
Elwell, Richard – American Education, 1976
School districts that try to make desegregation a step that improves their education program find the extra effort required results in increased costs. The government's Emergency School Aid Act was evaluated to see how it could reduce minority group isolation and the effects of such isolation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Minority Groups
American Education, 1973
A briefing paper sums up the provisions of a new Federal law that offers support to a range of efforts to deal with racial isolation. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedLongshore, Douglas – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
The results of an evaluation of the effects of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) on student intergroup relations and affect in desegregated schools are reported. The three phases of the study described the human relations services funded under ESAA, effects of these services, and processes associated with their success. (BW)
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) was designed to provide local educational agencies with financial assistance to eliminate minority group segregation, to prevent minority group isolation, and to aid children who have been educationally disadvantaged because of isolation. An overview of the programs funded under the ESAA is provided in this…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation
Hebbeler, Kathleen; Cosgrove, Michael – 1978
Results are presented of a national survey of in-school students, teachers, and principals to determine the viewership and availability of 11 television series which have been produced and distributed through funding provided by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to reduce cultural isolation among minority group members. In-home surveys were also…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Cultural Isolation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The U.S. Office of Education, under the legislative authority of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), commissioned a survey of the viewership of 11 ESAA-funded TV series designed to reduce cultural isolation in minority children. Objectives of the survey were to determine the availability of the ESAA-TV series to their target audiences, as well as…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Cultural Isolation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity. – 1975
The Emergency School Aid Act was enacted to provide financial assistance for relieving particular problems associated with public school desegregation and minority group isolation. The act mandated the establishment of a 15-member National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity (NACEEO) with at least half of the members…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Desegregation Effects, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Molina, John C.; Ridge, Elton W. – 1977
This document consists of two statements, one made by John Molina, Director of the Office of Bilingual Education, and the other by Elton W. Ridge, Project Manager of the Lau-Bilingual programs. The statement by Molina discusses the scope and the goals of ESEA Title VII programs and what has been accomplished. Statistics are presented on the number…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
