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Direct linkJennifer C. LaFleur – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
Drawing on interviews with parents of public-school students in who joined learning pods for the 2020-21 school year, this paper argues that the COVID-19 pandemic may have had a narrowing effect on the worlds of children in ways that increase their socio-spatial isolation along vectors of race and class. Interviews with parents who started…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Small Group Instruction, Parent Participation
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Equal Educational Opportunities. – 1984
General (Statewide) school desegregation trends, as well as specific data from various Massachusetts school districts are presented in this report. The first section compares State support of desegregation efforts in Massachusetts with that of other northern States, outlines areas for which State funding is disbursed, and describes the relation…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Minority Groups
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1975
Racial balance is the primary goal of the regulations presented in this document. For the purpose of expending funds under these regulations, the terms "magnet school facilities" and "magnet educational program" are defined and school eligibility requirements are listed. Program requirements are also listed along with proposals…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Racially Balanced Schools
PAJONAS, PATRICIA; PETTIGREW, THOMAS F. – 1964
RACIALLY-UNBALANCED SCHOOLS SHOULD BE VIEWED WITH INTENSE CONCERN. NEGRO AMERICANS HAVE LEARNED THAT RACIALLY BALANCED FACILITIES ARE NECESSARY IF THEY ARE TO RECEIVE ANYTHING RESEMBLING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. BALANCED SCHOOLS ARE NEEDED TO INSURE THE NECESSARY POLITICAL LEVERAGE. LEGALLY, THE QUESTION OF UNBALANCED SCHOOLS WAS ANSWERED IN THE 1954…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Creativity, Psychological Patterns, Racial Relations
Thomas, Karen M. – Equity and Choice, 1985
Describes a successful plan to reduce the racial isolation of Massachusetts school in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. Ascribes the school's successful magnet minority enrollment largely to parental involvement. Offers examples of academic improvement among children attending the school. (RDN)
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Hispanic Americans, Junior High Schools, Magnet Schools
Wilson, Willie A., Jr. – Equity and Choice, 1985
Describes the involvement of Brockton Public Schools with the Massachusetts Racial Imbalance Law and its gradual development of equal educational opportunity. Emphasizes community involvement in planning educational policies that lead from desegregation to full integration of diverse populations. (SA)
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
Download full textCrane, Dennis; Schiffman, Douglas – 1975
The complex interactions which led to the implementation of the court-ordered desegregation plans for two cities in Massachusetts involve not only the courts but many levels of government. The school departments, the school committees, the mayors, the State Board of Education, the legislature, the governor, and the citizens of Massachusetts, all…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Role, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
