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Archbald, Doug; Hurwitz, Andrew; Hurwitz, Felicia – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
In 1975, a court-ordered busing program was launched to desegregate the schools of New Castle County, Delaware. It was by many accounts one of the most significant and successful desegregation programs in the nation (Armor & Rossell, 2002; Orfield, 2014; Raffel, 1980). In 1995, the districts of the county were declared "unitary" and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Parent Participation, School Segregation
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Glenn, William J. – Urban Education, 2011
This study analyzes the increase in school segregation in Delaware from a quantitative perspective. The article tests the hypothesis that the declaration of unitary status that released the Wilmington area school districts from their desegregation order caused the increase in segregation. The research reveals that the declaration of unitary status…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Statistical Analysis, School Resegregation