Desegregation of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, schools has been a focus of concern since the 1960s. However, although Fort Wayne has successfully desegregated its secondary schools within the past 10 years, progress to eliminate racial isolation at the elementary school level has been considerably slower. The present study reviews that progress over…

This dissertation investigated, under conditions of court-ordered desegregation accomplished by "forced" busing, the assumption that desegregation brings achievement gains for blacks but that it has no negative effects on white achievement. Reading and arithmetic achievement of a sample of 429 upper elementary students (both black and…

This report reviews the first year of integration, under the implementation of the Six-District Plan, of the elementary schools in Springfield, Massachusetts. Through this plan the school department changed the racial composition in five previously imbalanced elementary schools and integrated the elementary school system. Redistricting, the…

Seattle's voluntary desegregation plans have included a voluntary racial transfer program, a plan to improve middle schools in the central area, and a magnet school program. Their ineffectiveness has led civil rights organizations to complain to the federal government. Community sentiment against court-ordered desegregation revolves around the…

THIS ARTICLE LISTS GUIDELINES PREPARED BY A CONSULTANT TO THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO AID SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE SOUTH TO COMPLY WITH TITLE VI OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. THE TITLE REQUIRES COMPLIANCE IN DESEGREGATING THE SCHOOLS AS A PRECONDITION FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST CHOOSE EITHER TO (1) SUBMIT THE…

In 1968, a determination that de facto segregation was present in the Erie, Pennsylvania School System was made. This was made on the basis that there were six schools having an 80% or more black student population. These schools were located in black areas. There were also 16 schools with an 80% or more white student population located in white…

Extracts from statements made on June 11-12, 1970, by the then candidate for the post of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Senate Finance Committee, relating to integration methods, objectives, and policies. (JM)

The same parents who send their children great distances to private schools espouse the sanctity of the neighborhood school and protest busing. The real issues are racism and poverty. Until we come to grips with the education of the poor, all desegregation plans become useless exercises. (Author/SJL)

Presents an overview of British school policies for nonwhite (largely immigrant) children. Charts the development of busing for racial integration and discusses problems arising from the dispersal of nonwhites. Traces the termination of British school policy explicitly based on race. (RH)

PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE RACIAL BALANCE THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. OF THE APPROXIMATELY 31,000 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS, 18 PERCENT ARE NONWHITE. WHEN AFTER THREE YEARS A WELL-RUN PROGRAM OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FAILED TO PRODUCE ANY MEASURABLE ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT AMONG STUDENTS AT THE THREE…

This report on desegregation includes an article by Senator M. Morris Jackson concerning desegregation in Ohio, and several brief reports on desegregation trends in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, and Washington. Senator Jackson's article discusses the findings of Ohio's Joint Select Committee on School Desegregation, a bipartisan…

After reviewing the literature on school desegregation and the background of the comprehensive metropolitan school desegregation plan implemented in Louisville and Jefferson County in 1975, this report analyzes school enrollment and residential changes in the years after the plan was implemented. Data are presented for public and non-public school…

DESCRIBED IS THE HISTORY OF THE EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE FULLY DESEGREGATED BY SEPTEMBER 1968. CHANGE BEGAN IN THE 1950'S WITH THE ELECTION OF A "LIBERAL" TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. FIRST STEPS INVOLVED IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN AND…