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Peer reviewedRossell, Christine H. – Urban Affairs Review, 1995
Examines whether controlled choice is a superior desegregation tool for urban schools. A study of 20 school districts with minority populations above 30% revealed controlled choice to be as unpopular as mandatory reassignments, to produce greater white flight than magnet-voluntary plans, and to offer less interracial exposure than do voluntary…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Enrollment, Ethnic Groups, Magnet Schools
Download full textLarson, John C.; Kirshstein, Rita J. – 1986
The implementation of the elementary magnet school program in Montgomery County (Maryland) from 1983 through 1985 and the racial balance changes experienced in these schools are discussed. Ten elementary schools in Area 1 and four of seven elementary schools in Area 2 operate magnet programs; these 14 schools comprise the study sample. The…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Rossell, Christine H.; Clarke, Ruth C. – 1988
This study compares the long-term desegregation effectiveness of voluntary plans with magnet schools to mandatory reassignment plans with magnet schools. The introduction includes an extensive discussion of the problems of choosing dependent variables for use in desegregation studies. The potential study population was chosen based on the…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
