This report misrepresents and then criticizes recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Education, a think tank and two independent study groups, each of which recently encouraged particular voluntary efforts to reduce concentrated poverty and achieve racial and socioeconomic integration in schools and housing in Minnesota. In building its…

The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Neighborhood Schools Initiative (NSI) appears to be making incremental progress towards its twin goals of increasing neighborhood capacity and reducing busing, although results are mixed in this 2002-2003 report, the third year of NSI implementation. Reported findings include: (1) Thirty-nine percent of all…

Attacks the concept of neighborhood schools as being unsuitable to educate in the twenty-first century. Argues that temporary busing is the quickest way to achieve genuine integrated education. (JF)

The transfer of students between city and suburban schools is a matter of debate. Includes comments from two Minnesota superintendents, a school board chairman, and a former school administrator. (MLF)

The policies and procedures described in this manual were developed to implement court-ordered desegregation transportation service for the interdistrict transfer plan. For the most part, these policies and procedures have been in effect since the beginning of the 1982-83 school year. The State Board of Education has acknowledged these policies…

Discusses legal and educational issues arising from the recent desegregation case, Bradley vs the School Board of the City of Richmond. The central theme of the analysis is that the Bradley decision expanded the white majority thesis -- the proposition that whites must be in the majority in all schools in order to achieve equality of educational…

Describes the following four successful programs used in Connecticut to achieve integrated schools: (1) improvement of the Hartford Public Schools; (2) busing program from Hartford schools to suburban schools; (3) Bloomfield, CT, program for equal education; and (4) Windsor, CT, program of Black and White cooperation to halt White flight. (PS)

The St. Paul, Minnesota, School Board proposes a plan to explore a voluntary metropolitan desegregation program. Addresses the widespread fear of, and opposition to, school desegregation and makes recommendations for metropolitan desegregation. (MLF)

In October 1983, the School District of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission signed a memorandum of understanding that resulted in a Modified Desegregation Plan. The plan itself consisted of three complementary initiatives: (1) an educational improvement component promising systemwide educational reforms, specialized…

The components of effective urban school desegregation are familiar to researchers. These are examined and explained. They include racial ratios, assignment policies, long term effects, school preparation, age to begin, faculty and staff desegregation, implementation, allocation of resources, and government policies. Social scientists can provide…

This brief digest reviews research findings on achieving racial integration in desegregated magnet schools. Studies show that resegregation tends to occur in most schools after desegregation as a result of tracking and ability grouping; furthermore, as the numbers of blacks rise in a school, the resegregation in classrooms tends to rise. A number…

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…

Investigates the myth of white flight in response to school desegregation. Using data from urban and suburban enrollment and overall demographic shifts, reveals a trend in population changes more complex than can be explained by "white flight." Concluding comments discuss the implications and relevance of these findings to education…

Although the physical separation of school-age children is less common since "Brown v. the Board of Education," the number of students attending racially isolated schools is increasing. Several factors are shaping resistance to true desegregation, including the limitations set by racism, legally mandated change, court focus, demographics, and…

Presents an historic overview of school desegregation court decisions. Discusses governmental and socioeconomic factors that have influenced school desegregation policy. Describes the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) school desegregation settlement based on voluntary interdistrict student transfers and efforts to remedy racial isolation by integrating…