This document consists of a literature review and the description of a field study undertaken as part of a pilot research project focusing on improving education in desegregated public schools. The review documents the organization and successful programmatic strategies of school integration. Findings are presented in terms of administrative and…

A purposive sample of 20 school districts in 10 states was analyzed to determine patterns of change in segregation indices during 1968-1976 for blacks and Hispanics and to determine the extent to which segregation was attributable to mobility. No overall pattern could accurately describe school desegregation at the district level for Hispanics.…

Much evidence exists to show that white enrollment declines with the advent of desegregation. This study conducted in Jefferson County, Kentucky (Louisville) explains the causes of this decline in terms of birth rate decline, nonpublic school enrollment, and movement out of the county. A determination of the degree that each of these take place…

Prior to desegregation in 1970 and 1971, there had been minimal effort directed toward the reduction of racial isolation in the schools of Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Black students first enrolled in all white schools in 1965 after the school system began operating on a freedom of choice basis. In 1970 the Department of Health, Education…

The first requirement for educating a child in a desegregated school is for the instructional and administrative personnel of the school to become aware of the issues and problems incident to school desegregation and to seek alternatives which might be employed to reduce tensions and insecurity among children. Consequently, an inservice program…

In Cleveland, the reassignment of faculty and staff for the initial stages of school integration went smoothly. The desegregation of students however, is far more complicated and major plans are probably a year away. (Author/AM)

In this article, Judge Battisti of Cleveland, Ohio, chides the school board for creating the erroneous impression that the court has committed itself to a particular desegregation plan. (Author/AM)

Notes that the schools where desegregation went most smoothly were those where the administrators supported the idea. Desegregation seemed more of a problem in schools where the administration did not like the idea. (Author/AM)

This article describes a model which incorporates social, economic, and political variables to explain change in the level of white enrollment for a large number of cities for the period from 1968-1974, with special focus on the impact of school desegregation. (Author/AM)

The failure to attain a true synthesis of six ethnographic studies of interracial education in desegregated schools is examined. Detailed individual descriptions of desegregation processes were yielded but the failure of summary attempts is attributed to the lack of a theory of social explanation appropriate to interpretive social science, and a…

The desegregation of the Stamford public schools began in the 1960's with the construction of new schools to meet the needs of the growing student population. The board of education implemented a plan to desegregate the high schools in 1962, the middle schools in 1967 and '68, and the elementary schools in 1970 and '72. In desegregating its school…

THE PLAN OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS OUTLINED IN AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE WHICH BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF RACIAL DESEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN THE SCHOOLS. ONE SECTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES SOME REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF DESEGREGATION EFFORTS. A SECOND AND BRIEFER ONE BRINGS TOGETHER ARTICLES WHICH DEAL WITH THE LEGAL DECISIONS ON WHICH…

In 1968, a determination that de facto segregation was present in the Erie, Pennsylvania School System was made. This was made on the basis that there were six schools having an 80% or more black student population. These schools were located in black areas. There were also 16 schools with an 80% or more white student population located in white…

This study originated in 1968, when desegregation was being carried out mainly on a one-way basis, by busing minority pupils to predominantly white schools. Two of the districts studied, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Providence, Rhode Island, were then groping their way toward racial balance, primarily because of local pressures, and both had…

The Racine Unified School District in Wisconsin has worked to enhance the probability of positive outcomes for all students involved in the desegregation process through planning, community involvement, and school board responsibility. (Author/AM)