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Akom, Antwi – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: The issue of how to achieve a racially diverse student population has become increasingly challenging since a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court split decision endorsed the importance of creating diverse schools, while simultaneously limiting the assignment to public schools based on an individual student's race or ethnicity. The article…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Race, Public Schools, Participatory Research
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
Kalodner, Howard I., Ed.; Fishman, James J., Ed. – 1978
This book presents case studies describing the role of the courts and legislation in seven school desegregation cases. In addition to the studies of individual litigation, there are essays on the role of the professional educator in desegregation cases and the plaintiff client counsel relationship. A historical review of the desegregation of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Court Role, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation