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Straubhaar, 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
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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
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
In 1972, the President signed into law the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) which was designed to provide financial assistance to local school districts and non-profit groups in the implementation of new programs to aid minority school children in overcoming educational disadvantages; to eliminate, prevent, or reduce minority group isolation; and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Guides, High School Students, Minority Groups
Aylor, Kay E. – American Education, 1974
Four "support" teachers are the stars of a program instituted in a desegregated Colorado district under the Emergency School Aid Act. (Editor)
Descriptors: Enrollment, Junior High School Students, Minority Groups, Pilot Projects
Kimbrough, Jackie; Crocker, Stephen – 1978
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO) of the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972. The program provides financial assistance to nonprofit community organizations to support the development or implementation of public school desegregation or otherwise reduce or eliminate minority group isolation.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1982
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) provides financial support to schools for desegregation efforts in Portland, Oregon. This project involves six elementary schools which plan and implement programs and activities to meet the needs of 3,394 students, 667 of whom are members of minorities. Under ESAA, each elementary school develops a program…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Elementary Education, Ethnic Relations, Minority Group Children
National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity. – 1978
The authority, function, activities and major recommendations of the National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity (NACEEO) are described in this report. Recommendations adopted by the Evaluation Task Force were: (1) that studies be undertaken to provide more information about the processes involved in increasing achievement…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities, 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
National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity. – 1979
Section 716 of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) provides for the establishment of a fifteen member National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity (NACEEO). The purpose of the Council is to oversee the major functions of ESAA which are to provide financial assistance to aid in the school desegregation process. In this final…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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
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Longshore, 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
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
McDonnell, Lorraine M.; Zellman, Gail L. – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) provides financial assistance to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to support school desegregation programs or reduce minority group isolation. In this volume the effectiveness of ESAA-NPOs and non-ESAA-funded groups is examined. The analysis, based on data from 131 community organizations in 40 school districts…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Organizations, Community Support, Desegregation Effects
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