An examination was made of the U.S. Department of Education grants awarded to the Cleveland School District for desegregation activities, including how Department of Education funds were used by the school district and how the department administered and monitored Magnet School grants awarded to the school district for fiscal years 1986 and 1987.…

This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" examines the legal and policy issues associated with racial and ethnic segregation in the schools, including the issues related to forced busing to achieve balance. The chapter first reviews the impact of "Brown v. Board of Education" and subsequent court cases defining…

This policy study reviews American school desegregation plans in general and in four cities (Atlanta, Boston, Milwaukee, and Seattle) in particular. Chapter 1 focuses on relevant court decisions from 1954 to the present. Chapter 2 encapsulates the interaction of States, communities, and courts and presents the study's criteria for plan…

Describing the major developments since January 1974 within the larger 1969-1974 context, this document focuses particular attention to changes in enrollment and faculty composition between the Fall of 1973 and of 1974. Between 1973 and 1974, enrollment of black students increased from 10.7 percent to 11.9 percent of total enrollment in…

This study originated in 1968, when desegregation was being carried out mainly on a one-way basis, by busing minority pupils to predominantly white schools. Two of the districts studied, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Providence, Rhode Island, were then groping their way toward racial balance, primarily because of local pressures, and both had…

Concurrent implementation of race desegregation and bilingual education can be at odds with one another, but ways to circumvent the contradiction are outlined. Desegregation processes can and must ensure that both the educational equity rights and educational needs of language minority children are considered. (LHW)

To address integration and community we must understand the experiences of those to be integrated. This article advocates the use of neighborhoods as places to: (1) identify and solve common problems and (2) promote neighborhood identity around institutions and natural resources. It also outlines three ways the law can promote integrated…

This article outlines strategies of maintaining integration emphasizing: (1) housing offices and counseling; (2) community action to alter real estate policies; (3) school action including public relations and human relations thinking; (4) community organization of commercial and religious institutions; (5) financial incentives for pro-integrative…

In 1968, the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners was found guilty of maintaining segregated schools in the district. The history behind and current status of court litigation on this matter are reviewed in this paper. Background information on school segregation in Marion County, Indiana, including a description of the county's racial…

Statistical data on student and faculty desegregation supplied by the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Board of Education for the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years were analyzed. The number of schools not in compliance with school desegregation guidelines was reduced between 1978-79 and 1979-80. The inclusion of first graders in the desegregation plan…

Explores the most-effective type of desegregation plan for the reduction of segregation in public schools by using a choice-assignment continuum for 20 plans to account for variation in desegregation orders. Plans the rely on assignment reduce the level of desegregation more than do choice plans. (SLD)

Reviews plans to desegregate schools in Dayton, Ohio, highlighting liberal cross-town busing plans and conservative plans for science centers. Efforts to desegregate Catholic schools by abolishing parish boundaries and establishing black-white encounter groups failed; so did an "alternative" Episcopal school's individualized instruction…

This report summarizes the response of a monitoring commission to a 1986-87 report on the educational components of a court-mandated school desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois). The Board of Education was required to alleviate the effects of both past and ongoing segregation by providing educational and related programs for predominantly Black…

Examines theories developed since the Brown decisions that concern the remedial obligations of school systems found to be illegally segregated. (Author/DW)

The Houston Independent School District operated 70 magnet schools during 1982-83. These programs represented all grade levels and ranged from fine arts programs to extended instructional day programs and programs for the academically able student. According to data reported by individual magnet schools, program audits, and site visits, the magnet…