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Warikoo, Natasha Kumar – American Journal of Education, 2010
This article shows that an ethnically diverse student population leads to blurred ethnic and racial boundaries in high schools. Still, students in New York distinguish themselves much more along ethnic and racial lines than do London students. The evidence presented suggests that, in addition to national-level differences, traditional British…
Descriptors: High Schools, Racial Integration, Ethnography, Racial Relations
SWANSON, BERT E. – 1965
THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THIS PREPARATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING A FULL-SCALE STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION CONTROVERSIES IN NEW YORK CITY. METHODS INVOLVED INTERVIEWING AND OBSERVING LEADERS AT CITYWIDE AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVELS, INCLUDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TEACHERS, PARENT…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Integration Readiness, Integration Studies
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Fauth, Rebecca C.; Leventhal, Tama; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
This study examined 7-year follow-up data from the Yonkers Project, a study of a 1985 court-ordered neighborhood desegregation program in Yonkers, NY. Low-income Black and Latino families residing in impoverished neighborhoods who were randomly selected to relocate to publicly funded townhouses in middle-class communities and demographically…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Behavior Problems