More than thirty cases involving desegregation of public school systems handed down in the first 25 years after Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, by the U.S. Supreme Court are discussed. However, the last 25 years have resulted in a situation of having the nation taking one step forward and half a step backwards, due to the conditions…

This essay argues that Amherst County citizens and policy makers treated Monacan children differently than white, black, and even other Indian students in Virginia and were determined to keep this particular group of children out of "their" schools and out of "their" community. Even despite federal mandates to do otherwise,…

Outlines aims and program strategies for school districts to consider in attempting to cope with four problem areas associated with racial imbalance: imbalance in the black minority school population across a school district; segregation resulting from current school attendance boundaries; segregation or resegregation resulting from…

A review of the various actions, reactions, and social implications of various court decisions and decrees on the desegregation process. (EH)

Presents views of legislators and organizations who are opponents of busing school children to achieve racial balance in public schools. (SF)

Quantitative and qualitative research methods combining case study methodology with numerical analyses were used to investigate the desegregation of Hispanics in selected school districts. Survey responses were analyzed in the areas of English language instruction, special education programs, discipline, grade retention, and staffing patterns. It…

Segregation in the schools contributes to inequality, while desegregation is a legitimate means of achieving equal educational opportunity. Not only is desegregation a constitutional right, but it is sound educational social policy. A commitment to desegregation by State officials is a prerequisite to the reduction of racial isolation and the…

In this speech, testing experts or clinical psychologists called to give evidence in court cases on segregation either in the school or the classroom are provided with guidelines in preparing their case in document form with sources ready at hand. It is suggested that as much information as possible be available to the lawyer for whom the…

This collection of papers focuses on how to overcome challenges related to economic and racial school segregation through public school choice. The first section presents "Report of the Task Force" (the importance of school integration, overcoming challenges to integration, and case studies in integration). It also includes additional comments by…

The stenographic record of testimony by five students, one mother, and one former teacher before the House Committee on Education and Labor hearings on amendments to the National School Lunch Act. (JM)

Report of an interview with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of the Atlanta, Georgia, Board of Education. (RJ)

Describes a study of the achievement of four hundred and fifty first graders in the Gulfport, Mississippi Separate School District in connection with a federally financed project to study the effect of improved Educational conditions. (JM)

Examines a grassroots African American movement to reestablish a historically black high school closed during desegregation. Analysis of written documents and interviews with former students and community members indicates that establishment of the school was contentious. Highlights the paradox of desegregation for African American communities,…

May 17, 2004 marked the 50th anniversary of the most significant school segregation case: "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954). While the Brown decision eliminated the legal theory of "separate but equal," the success of the "Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District et al". (1946) case helped boost public sentiment against segregation, setting…