The factor of metropolitanism affects both the issues of desegregation and decentralization of public school systems. Metropolitanism will encourage social integration in two ways: (1) busing of inner city Negro students to suburban schools, and (2) development of open housing sentiments in the suburbs. The growth rate of non-whites in the suburbs…

This report summarizes the findings of the 1969-70 evaluation of Project Follow Through in Wichita, Kansas. In the first year of the program, 186 Head Start graduates were bused from low income residential areas to four elementary schools located on the periphery of the city. The receiving schools varied in socioeconomic status of pupils from…

The sixth full year of Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act programs in Wichita, Kansas has just been completed. As in previous years, the major thrust of Title I or Project SPEEDY (Special Programs to Enhance the Education of Disadvantaged Youth) has been in the area of corrective reading and other programs designed to promote language…

Discusses the substance and implications of the recent United States Supreme Court decisions on two cases considered jointly: School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia, et al. vs. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia et al.; and Carolyn Bradley et al. vs. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. (JM)

The school bus plays a central role in helping this country achieve its social and educational goals. (Author)

Extracts from statements made on June 11-12, 1970, by the then candidate for the post of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Senate Finance Committee, relating to integration methods, objectives, and policies. (JM)

This essay explores the ethnic dimensions of Boston's school desegregation crisis in three ways: it analyzes the busing crisis in terms of Boston's peculiar mix of history, culture, and politics; it suggests an analytical distinction between ethnic conflict and racism; and it evaluates the busing crisis from the perspective of ethnicity in…

Maintains that even if the number of avoiders does not reach proportions great enough to cause resegregation, the phenomenon of avoidance may still pose real problems for school policy makers. (Author/AM)

In this report, six surveys dealing with attitudes towards integration of San Diego schools are presented. Groups surveyed were registered voters, parents, certificated personnel, classified personnel, secondary school students, and elementary school students. Field work for each separate survey is described. Survey questions are listed and…

THE STATISTICAL GUIDE FOR NEW YORK CITY SHOWS THAT, BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960, THERE WAS A NET LOSS OF WHITES WHO MOVED OUT OF THE CITY, AND A NET GAIN OF NONWHITES AND PUERTO RICANS WHO MOVED INTO THE CITY. THIS CHANGE IN ETHNIC COMPOSITION HAS CONTINUED INTO THE 1960'S AND HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY REFLECTED IN THE ETHNIC CHARACTER OF THE CHILD…

Anyone concerned with education or law must realize the significance of the search for ways to give equal educational opportunity to all of the nation's learners. While the desegregation movement has existed for two centuries, it is so complex that it is still on the frontier of the law. The cutting edge now touches the issues of multidistrict…

Contents of this final progress report of staff training programs funded under Title IV, Civil Rights Act of 1964 include: guidelines for progress report; the integration effort brought up-to-date; project proposal activities for the period being reported; evaluation; dissemination; program changes; personnel; and problem areas and…

This is the evaluation report of the fourth year of ESEA Title I programs in Wichita, Kansas called Project SPEEDY (Special Programs to Enhance the Education of Disadvantaged Youth). While the major thrust was in the area of corrective reading and other language development programs, other instructional offerings included mathematics, music, art,…

This report discusses the current school busing crisis, examines the history of busing, and looks into the future of busing. In discussing the current crisis the authors examine recent court cases mandating busing to achieve desegregation. They go back into history to trace the tradition of busing, to obtain facts and figures, and to look at past…

The same parents who send their children great distances to private schools espouse the sanctity of the neighborhood school and protest busing. The real issues are racism and poverty. Until we come to grips with the education of the poor, all desegregation plans become useless exercises. (Author/SJL)