Neither the hopes nor the fears of vouchers and charter schools, two programs proposed to reform education, have been realized. Many key questions remain unanswered. This research brief describes the work done by the authors of a larger work, "Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools," in…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the effect of termination of funding on a magnet-school program. The federally funded program was implemented in Forrest City, Arkansas, to eliminate racial imbalance in the elementary schools. The program was based on the assumption that with enough time and financial assistance, racial…

This document summarizes 9 successful research projects, 14 local instructional programs, 3 national programs, and 3 private school programs concerning the increase in achievement of minority students. The results of the most effective research projects indicate that differences in leadership affect scholastic achievement; nonacademic black…

PROFESSIONAL OBSERVER TEAMS ASSESSED THE EXTENT OF INTEGRATION, ACHIEVEMENT, PUPIL-STAFF AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS, AND STUDENT SELF-IMAGE PERCEPTION IN SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS PART OF THE PLAN TO ESTABLISH MIDDLE SCHOOLS (INSTITUTED IN A SYSTEMWIDE 4-4-4 GRADE DISTRIBUTION) TO PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND QUALITY EDUCATION, SPECIFIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS…

Presents some findings from an analysis of contemporary literature which picked out indications of the progress that busing for racial integration has made toward improving the quality of public education. (Author/WM)

Discusses implications of the reanalyses for Fayette County, Kentucky, school system policy making. Focuses on the issues of desegregation and busing. (Author/JF)

This report evaluates Chapter 636 programs in the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools in 1984-85. The overall goal of these programs is to improve the quality of education in a desegregated setting. The report is divided into twelve sections. The first presents a general overview of all the programs' effectiveness in meeting five general…

Research shows that social class is a more important variable in determining educational achievement than race. Schools which provide a middle class milieu, therefore, will offer the best opportunities for achievement for Negro students. Consequently, the movement toward decentralization, which may effectively curtail integration, may further…

Cheshire, Connecticut, is currently conducting a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of Project Concern, in which children from the urban ghettos of New Haven are transported daily by bus to area suburban towns. The subjects in this study are 25 minority group children who are presently enrolled in the Cheshire schools for the second year. The…

Data on successful school desegregation is misleading. Schools claiming to be integrated have been subtly resegregated by manipulation of staffing and financing and by encouraging the attitude that black students do not have the ability for high academic achievement. (JD)

Based on speech presented at the National Policy Conference on Education for Blacks in Washington, D.C., Spring, 1972. (FF)

Describes how Chicago turned six of its elementary schools into language academies featuring voluntary integration, foreign languages as the core curriculum, and high academic standards. Examines achievement scores, parental attitudes toward the schools, methods of teaching foreign languages, and the students' ability to listen. (CT)

Results of this study indicate that programs designed to break down the barriers to cross-sex and cross-race association could be a powerful approach to increasing positive social interaction in the classroom. (MM)