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Christine R. Privott; Daryl R. Privott – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This project aims to gain a new understanding of redlining and the nature of how human beings occupy their time. Redlining was/is government sanctioned discriminatory race-based exclusionary tactics in real estate. Occupational science and adult learning tenets support the idea that how we occupy our time matters; Black Americans could not buy…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Racism, African Americans, Occupations
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Taylor, Kendra; Frankenberg, Erica – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2021
Purpose: This article examines the relationship between educational and residential segregation in three school districts with differing approaches to student assignment. Racial and income segregation within school districts is often only examined at the school level, even as school patterns are often related to residential and attendance zone…
Descriptors: Student Placement, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, School Districts
Richards, Meredith P. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
In this study, I employ geospatial techniques to assess the impact of school attendance zone "gerrymandering" on the racial/ethnic segregation of schools, using a large national sample of 15,290 attendance zones in 663 districts. I estimate the effect of gerrymandering on school diversity and school district segregation by comparing the…
Descriptors: Attendance, School Districts, School Segregation, Racial Segregation
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1978
The success of voluntary affirmative action plans adopted by public housing authorities in four Kentucky cities is documented in this report. Progress toward concerted desegregation efforts in other Kentucky cities is cited. Desegregation methods used by Kentucky municipal housing authorities are outlined and their effectiveness is illustrated.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Housing, Blacks, Civil Liberties
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1985
This report examines the state of integration at 22 public housing authorities in Kentucky. Family residency data showed that the public housing authorities of Jefferson County and Louisville were the first and second most segregated authorities in Kentucky as of July 1985. Overall, however, desegregation at Kentucky's public housing authorities…
Descriptors: Blacks, Desegregation Plans, Housing Discrimination, Housing Management Aides
George, Eric – 1985
Black teachers lost employment ground while White teachers gained employment ground in Kentucky's public schools between 1953-54 and 1983-84. The number of Black teachers rose by 181 while the number of White teachers rose by 13,672, an average net increase of one Black teacher for every 76 White teachers. The percentage of Black teachers declined…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Public Schools
Foushee, Ray; Hamilton, Douglas – 1976
In this report the way in which Jefferson County, Kentucky, school officials have conducted integration efforts is documented. Segregation persists in the County. Specifically, 15 of the 16 formerly black elementary schools have retained their racial identity by having black student enrollments which exceeded the desegregation plan guidelines.…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education