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Trish Morita-Mullaney – Language Policy, 2024
The Chinese of Chinatown, San Francisco largely opposed the city-wide racial integration plan that would bus their children across the city beginning in 1971. Claiming that it was a violation of their language rights, a need for cultural preservation and continued autonomy from the San Francisco that had long excluded them, Chinatown instituted…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Neighborhoods, Racial Integration, Busing
Cuddy, Dennis L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Since school busing has not desegregated schools, a plan is presented allowing students to transfer with free transportation within a school district. If this plan is not adopted, the need is cited for federal legislation that prohibits compulsory busing from placing a burden on any race. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
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Cohen, Ronald D. – History of Education Quarterly, 1987
Reviews four prominent books on the subject of busing Blacks and Whites. Describes the rationale behind school integration as being the promotion of educational equality and the provision of interracial contact. Questions whether society has accomplished its goals for equality and calls for more research on the subject of the history of school…
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Desegregation Plans
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Orfield, Gary – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Develops the role of politics and the need for political leadership in civil rights legislation and enforcement policies. (DW)
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
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Biles, Roger – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
A close examination of Memphis, Tennessee, public school desegregation since Brown vs. Board of Education demonstrates how successful many southern communities have been in circumventing the decision. By 1981 White flight to the suburbs and increased enrollment in private schools left a public school system 76 percent Black and 24 percent White.…
Descriptors: Black Education, Busing, Civil Rights, Desegregation Methods
Pell, Terence J. – New Perspectives, 1986
When the Norfolk, VA, school board voted to end mandatory busing to achieve racial integration, questions on the following issues were raised: (1) civil rights; (2) the property-based school tax system; and (3) impact on educational quality. (LHW)
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Desegregation Plans, Educational Quality
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This document, prepared for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, focuses on general provisions for education, beginning with the full text of the Department of Education Organization Act of 1979. This is followed by antecedent legislation, including the General Education Provisions Act; the Inspector…
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education