There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of school districts across the nation operating under court orders to desegregate their schools. The cost of complying with these court orders runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and thousands of people are charged with overseeing the effective use of these dollars. This book is based on…

The computer, in the role of high speed calculator, can be a valuable tool in helping district planners evaluate different desegregation alternatives quickly, accurately. (Author)

This legal case may answer some questions for lawyers on the limits to which desegregation may be carried under the backing of the Brown decision, yet it raises several specific questions that educators and educational researchers ought to address concerning factors that contribute to effective integration. (AM)

THE BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOLS IN 1956 ADOPTED AS SCHOOL POLICY THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON SEGREGATION. THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAS BEEN THE EFFECT OF THESE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND (2) THE REASONS FOR FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE IDEALS OF THE LAW AND SCHOOL POLICY. A DESEGREGATED SCHOOL WAS DEFINED AS ONE…

The problems resulting from the 1956 desegregation of Clinton High School in Tennessee are related by one teacher involved with the school. She describes the lives of the people of Clinton and tells of the problems Negro children were confronted with during the first year of integration, in an effort to obtain an equal education. The conclusions…

Concludes that while the computer may conceivably assist in desegregation planning, it cannot substitute for carefully considered educational and social policy. Criticisms of the computer plan center on the impoverished educational and social policy behind it. (Author/AM)

During the school year 1970-71, the schools of Pasadena, California were desegregated by Federal court order. The effect of busing on the housing market is explored. (CB)

The role of the home economics department in desegregating Lake Clifton High School (Baltimore, Maryland) by conducting a human relations campaign and other activities is described. (TA)

Critically examines James S. Coleman's stated views on public school desegregation and public policy, asserting that the use of empirical research on the effects of desegregation to form policy on the pursuance of integration overlooks the rights blacks have as citizens to integrated public facilities, including schools. (JM)

BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, IS A COASTAL CITY OF THE DEEP SOUTH. IT IS 174 MILES FROM ALBANY WHERE THOUSANDS OF NEGROES MARCHED TO JAIL IN THE SUMMER OF 1962 PROTESTING INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS. AT THE SAME TIME BRUNSWICK WAS QUIETLY NEGOTIATING THE DESEGREGATION OF ITS LUNCH COUNTERS. WHILE RACIAL TENSION BROKE OUT IN OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES,…

IT IS REPORTED THAT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, HAS MADE NOTABLE PROGRESS IN THE ELIMINATION OF RACE DISCRIMINATION WITH A MINIMUM OF TURMOIL AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY OF ITS CITIZENS OF BOTH RACES. OF ITS FOUR MAIN DESEGREGATION HURDLES--PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING--THE FIRST TWO HAVE BEEN…

Failures of school officials in Jefferson County, Kentucky to desegregate their student bodies since 1975 are cited in this report and substantiated with charts and tables. The resegregation, rather than desegregation, of elementary schools in 1977-78 is documented. It is shown that 12 elementary schools have never been in compliance with…

A conference for educators on the subject of school desegregation was sponsored by the University of California, Riverside, in the spring of 1969. Concerned school superintendents, authorities in behavioral science research, government officials, political leaders, and school board members discussed the rationale for attempting to solve racial…