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Sowell, Thomas – 1976
Racial issues such as busing and affirmative action are not supported by most black people despite contrary insinuations by the media. Court ordered busing was not implicit in the 1954 Supreme Court decision which struck down state-imposed segregation. As a result we now have a situation that goes counter to the intent of the original decision.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bias, Blacks, Bus Transportation
Armor, David J.; Schwarzbach, Donna – 1978
Earlier studies of the effect of desegregation on white flight were in conflict, largely because of methodological differences in study design and analysis. More recent studies have used more comparable methodologies and tend to show that under certain conditions desegregation does have a significant effect on white loss, although there is still…
Descriptors: Blacks, Bus Transportation, Court Role, Demography
Coffin, Gregory C. – 1967
Discussed are the methods used by Evanston's Board of Education to desegregate the entire school system. In 1964 the Board resolved to eliminate defacto segregation and a citizen's commission was appointed to develop a plan. Aided by computer experts, a redistribution of students was worked out which used the schools more efficiently while…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation
LAPORTE, ROBERT; AND OTHERS – 1966
A MEDIUM-SIZED NORTHERN CITY WITH A NEGRO POPULATION OF ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT WAS EMBROILED IN A DISPUTE ABOUT DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION WHICH WAS PRECIPITATED BY BOUNDARY LINE REVISIONS FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IMPELLED BY THE PRESSURES OF CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, PLANS FOR RACIAL BALANCE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED--OPEN ENROLLMENT, BUSING,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Bus Transportation, Community Problems