The relationship between school racial composition and Black elementary students' attitudes toward desegregation was studied. Results indicate that attitudes are least favorable in school which are between 30 and 50 percent White. (Author/AM)

This paper presents data on racial segregation in public elementary schools in 60 cities for the 1967-68 year. As of fall 1967 few large school systems had been compelled by law to desegregate. These data represent the best available baseline prior to the major desegration efforts and controversies of recent years. (Author/RM)

Examining the widespread claims that private schools have high segregation levels and vouchers will lead to greater segregation, this study finds that both assertions are empirically unsupportable. Private schools participating in Cleveland's voucher program are much less segregated than Cleveland's public schools. This means that students using…

This report summarizes the results of achievement tests administered in the Spring of 1981 to students in court-identified minority-isolated schools in San Diego, California. An introduction outlines the court order and describes the tests and the participating schools. In 28 of the 36 subject-grade level instances analyzed, student achievement on…

For most children, the racial composition of their neighborhood determines the racial composition of their school. Segregated housing patterns translate into a highly segregated educational system, which can then result in disparities in educational opportunities and an institutionalized mechanism for the reproduction of racial inequality. To…

Data on the black subsample of Ohio State University's 1981 Longitudinal Surveys Youth Cohort were analyzed to investigate the relationship between attendance at segregated or desegregated high schools and the racial composition of one's subsequent occupational work group. The analysis indicated that: (1) controlling for the effects of other…

A number of policy studies on school segregation are reviewed in this article, intended for school district administrators and policy makers who must assess the segregative effects of their own school systems' policies and practices. Two types of studies are considered, the first concerning the racial/ethnic mix of pupils, and the second…

Examines the connection between housing discrimination and school segregation in the Chicago suburbs. Argues that school segregation is partly founded on racial discrimination within local government, and that a metropolitan school desegregation plan could reduce housing segregation. (KH)

Summarizes and analyzes constitutional doctrine dealing with school desegregation and reviews whether the courts have kept school desegregation law clear and understandable. (Author/JM)

Analysis of data on over 42,000 Louisiana 10-graders and their scores on the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination revealed that the proportion of African American students in a school was powerfully and negatively related to achievement, this influence was not explained by socioeconomic factors, and achievement of both Whites and African…

If one was an African-American student in a large Northern city 50 years ago, his public school, very likely, would have been segregated--even in New England. Only one year earlier, in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas," the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that legally sanctioned school segregation violated the 14th Amendment…

During spring 1983, approximately 12,000 students who were enrolled in the court-identified minority-isolated (MI) schools in the San Diego City Schools were administered the appropriate levels of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS). The content areas of reading, language, and mathematics were assessed. In Grades 5, 7, and 9, all…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE 1966 ARKANSAS SCHOOL ENUMERATION REPORT REQUIRED BY TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. IT REVEALS THAT OF A TOTAL OF 395 DISTRICTS THERE ARE 218 BIRACIAL, 171 ALL-WHITE, AND SIX ALL-NEGRO SYSTEMS. THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS IN EACH OF THESE GROUPS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN EACH COUNTY ARE LISTED. ALSO…

This compilation of selected social, demographic and economic characteristics of the Stamford population as these pertain to the current racial composition of the city's public schools, was part of a larger study of quality desegregated education conducted in the Stamford public schools. The data were derived from a number of sources, primarily…

This is a report on the progress (or lack of such) in the desegregation of Chicago's public schools through June, 1979. An addendum includes supplementary information through September, 1979. The history of school and social segregation in Chicago is reviewed, a chronology of the school desegregation controversy since 1961 is provided, and present…