Forced busing failed because it ultimately produced resegregation and drew attention away from questions of educational quality. The Reagan Administration and the federal courts have favored more flexible desegregation efforts--voluntary transfer programs, open enrollment, and magnet schools--that hold greater promise of producing equality of…

Busing as a remedy for low minority achievement appears too simplistic. Educators must turn to individual educational diagnoses to determine which resources apply to learning needs. (Author/DW)

This National Conference on Race and Education, focussed on equal educational opportunities and stressed action rather than research or theoretical discussion. The 600 conference participants included educational administrators, school board members, civil rights leaders, government officials, university scholars, high school students, parents,…

Reassessment of reportedly important aspects of the school desegregation problem that have arisen since the "Brown decision" of 1954. (RJ)

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)

This essay explores the ethnic dimensions of Boston's school desegregation crisis in three ways: it analyzes the busing crisis in terms of Boston's peculiar mix of history, culture, and politics; it suggests an analytical distinction between ethnic conflict and racism; and it evaluates the busing crisis from the perspective of ethnicity in…

Reexamines certain points commonly made about desegregation providing a historical perspective of desegregation, a review of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, concluding with reform since 1964. (Author/RK)

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…

Contents of these hearings include the testimony of the following witnesses, as well as materials appended as pertinent to the hearings: (1) Dr. Francis Keppel, Chairman of the Board, General Learning Corp., New York, N.Y.; (2) Mr. Joel Berke, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., and Dr. Robert J. Goettel, Syracuse University Research…

To answer the question of who shall receive equal, quality education in America, the purpose of education as it is tied to the democratic philosophy of the United States should be examined. Most Americans give lip service to the principles of democracy in education, but resist their implementation. Yet, multiracial schools are essential if all…

Presented in this article are attitudes expressed by various individuals and actions taken by various states regarding school integration, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, and employment opportunities for minority groups. (EB)

Since the 1954 Brown decision, Dallas residents have engaged in avoidance, resistance, legal battles and, finally, cooperation and compromise in the desegregation of Dallas schools. It now appears that Dallas is making some progress toward desegregation. Except for some segments of the black community, who felt they had been betrayed because of a…

This report, funded under Title III of ESEA, describes the Berkeley Unified School District's search for a permanent solution to the problem of maintaining racial heterogeneity along with educational quality. Of the alternatives available, the educational park concept was found to be most promising. Early sections of the report deal exclusively…

This report provides (1) a summary of the 1972 National School Boards Association converntion proceedings, (2) the texts of principal addresses, and (3) the complete text of all resolutions enacted by the association's Delegate Assembly. The addresses deal with educational finance -- the Serrano vs Priest decision, revenue sharing, and State and…