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Download full textPalmer, James M., Sr. – 1971
In order to study the impact of integration on the racial balance of Mississippi school districts, questionnaires were mailed to 147 District School Superintendents resulting in a 95 percent response rate. School enrollments by race for 1970 were furnished for 90 percent of the districts by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare along…
Descriptors: Demography, Desegregation Effects, Enrollment, Faculty Integration
Gryphon, Marie; Meyer, Emily A. – 2003
This paper examines the American tradition of educational freedom, following its ebb and flow at various points in history. America's ethos of educational freedom has always been strong, tied to its values of pluralism, tolerance, and free inquiry. However, its legacy of freedom has suffered repeated assaults by individuals and groups who wish to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedMorris, Vivian G.; Morris, Curtis L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2002
Investigated factors that one small, African American community in Alabama perceived as making its school a good school. Data from interviews and surveys involving parents, teachers, administrators, alumni, and community members, and from various primary and secondary documents, indicated that caring, competent, committed teachers; a range of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedWare, Gilbert – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Provides an archival analysis of the relationship between the NAACP and its progeny, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., in their joint battle to end segregation in the United States, especially in its public schools. Legal efforts targeting NAACP operations in the aftermath of Brown are examined. (GR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Equal Education
Peer reviewedAlston, Reginald J.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Examines the potential impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the struggle initiated by Brown, namely, that of freeing the nation's schools and educational work places from the effects of racial discrimination. It also discusses the major components of the ADA and offers policy guidelines for implementing the ADA in schools and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation, Colleges
Direct linkWeber, Everard – Perspectives in Education, 2005
This article analyses the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS), an agreement reached in 2003 between the South African Education Department and the major teacher organisations in the country by using discourse analysis. The IQMS was scheduled to be implemented in public schools in 2004. Three discursive tensions are identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Accountability, Racial Segregation
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2004
In this article, the author discusses the 50th Anniversary Commission of the "Brown v. Board of Education" that draws both praise and criticism from nationally prominent figures in education, civil rights, and government--including its own commissioners. As the federal commission commemorates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Public Schools, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedAlexander, Kern – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1982
In reviewing court cases in education, the author focuses on the interrelationships among judicial decisions, educational administrators' prerogatives, and the economic welfare of public education. Cases are drawn from the areas of racial segregation, handicapped and bilingual education, state financing of schools, and church-state separation.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Peer reviewedHunter, Richard C.; Donahoo, Saran – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Discusses the political nature of urban school districts, the job of urban school superintendents, and the continuing impact of Brown v. Board of Education. Examines demographic changes experienced in many urban areas since Brown; highlights the impact of white flight, federal and state education policy, and school takeovers on urban districts;…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role
Peer reviewedHanushek, Eric Alan – Journal of Negro Education, 1997
E. A. Hanushek analyzed the possibility that the St. Louis (Missouri) school district could operate a quality school system with the resources it would get under the state's transition plan that would phase out state financial support for school desegregation. The witness projected no adverse effect on the quality of education in the city. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Desegregation Effects, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedByndloss, D. Crystal – Education and Urban Society, 2001
Examines how sociopolitical context influenced two school districts to pursue reform models that centered on persistent segregation, highlighting research on black mobilization around community control of New York City schools and black support of African American immersion schools in Milwaukee. Results reveal that using all-Black settings as a…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Students
Richard, Alan – Teacher Magazine, 2004
In this article, the author explains why segregation still lives in Summerton, the town where the Brown v. Board of Education struggle began. The author traces the history of how the desegregation, which was court-ordered in 1970, has placed the students in Summerton still at a disadvantage. The Briggs v. Eliott case was the earliest of the five…
Descriptors: School Buses, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Educational History
MASLOW, WILL – 1962
VARIOUS DEVICES ARE USED TO SEGREGATE SCHOOLS--GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS, IMPROPER SITE SELECTION, UNDER- OR OVER-UTILIZATION OF SCHOOLS, TRANSFER POLICIES, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CLASSES OR GRADES TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. BUT IN AREAS WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF MINORITY GROUP CONCENTRATION AND HIGH BIRTH RATE, DESEGREGATION CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE. AN…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Methods, Open Enrollment
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1979
This syllabus records the opinion of the Supreme Court and the concurring and dissenting opinions expressed by Supreme Court justices in this case. The opinion recorded upholds the charges brought in 1973 by students in the Columbus, Ohio school system that the Columbus Board of Education was causing and perpetuating racial segregation in the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Walden, Charles – 1972
A comparison of major city school systems in 10 Southern States shows clearly that Louisville has the worst record in both student and faculty segregation. And the very high ratio of black students to black teachers shows that Louisville trails all the other 11 systems in this study in the vital area of hiring black teachers. Four comparisons show…
Descriptors: Bias, Civil Rights, Educational Policy, Elementary School Teachers
