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Wilson, Franklin D. – 1982
This paper documents trends in school segregation in different geographical regions throughout the United States between 1968 and 1976. The avarage level of school segregation between whites and minorities (Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans) declined from a level of 42 to 21 points (on a scale of 0 to 100). Most of this reduction was due to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Epps, Edgar G. – 1977
The major obstacles to metropolitan school desegregation appear to be political rather than economic or educational. There are readily apparent economic and educational advantages to be obtained through interdistrict cooperation. In addition to increasing racial and ethnic contact and reducing minority isolation, other advantages involve…
Descriptors: Court Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdistrict Policies, Metropolitan Areas
Download full textPETTIGREW, THOMAS F. – 1967
TO EXAMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOOL RACIAL ISOLATION, THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE FINDINGS OF TWO RECENT FEDERAL SURVEYS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SEGREGATION, "RACIAL ISOLATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS" AND "EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY," AS WELL AS DATA FROM SEVERAL OTHER STUDIES. THE MATERIAL IS PRESENTED UNDER THE RUBRICS OF (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Classroom Desegregation, Compensatory Education
HENTOFF, NAT – 1967
REPORTED IS THE CONTROVERSY OVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 201 IN HARLEM--THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PARENTS TO THE SITE SELECTION, WHICH THEY FELT WOULD INSURE SEGREGATION, THE ROLE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO OPPOSE THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL. THE GRIEVANCES AND DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Role, Community Action, Community Involvement
Leeson, Jim – Southern Education Report, 1967
This article appraises the decision of Judge J. Skelly Wright in the "Hobsen v. Hansen" litigation invalidating de facto segregation in the schools in Washington, D.C. The "finding of fact" section of the decision attacked as discriminatory the schools' track system, the racial distribution of faculty, and the utilization of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Students, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Jacobson, Cardell K. – 1976
The racial attitudes of junior and senior high school students in Milwaukee were examined for students in integrated and segregated schools. Black, white, and Latin students in selected public schools were interviewed in the spring of 1974 and reinterviewed in the spring of 1975. Approach/avoidance and integration/separatism dimensions emerged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Falk, William W.; Cosby, Arthur G. – 1973
This study seeks an answer to one broad question, "Do black children who attend racially desegregated schools, have educational aspirations and expectations which are significantly different (either higher or lower) from black children who attend racially segregated schools?" To facilitate this, the study not only examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Attitudes
Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., Huntsville. – 1965
Evaluated is the adequacy of the General Statement of Policies under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to achieve the basic objective of Title VI in Alabama. Material in the report is presented under the rubrics of U.S. Office of Education (OE) strategy and policies, Alabama's reaction to the General Statement of Policies, and the effect of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Desegregation Methods, Faculty Integration, Federal Legislation
Heine, Lea; Mae, Hattie – 1969
The plight of many children of the Deep South, their personal and social problems, is revealed through the experiences of a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteer. The volunteer spent one academic year, 1966-67, in the VISTA program as a school tutor and then returned on her own in the summer of 1968 to offer additional educational…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
Henderson, Ronald D. – 1974
This study is designed to compare the school normative climate of white and black urban elementary schools relatively matched on socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement. With this design the researcher sought to: (1) find if there are differences in normative climate between white and black schools; and (2) generate further tentative insight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Scott, J. Irving E. – 1974
The contents of this book are organized into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 outlines the "Legal Background for Negro Schools in Florida." Chapter 2, "Early Neglect," discusses the establishment of the double-school system, focusing on the situation in Duval County. Chapter 3, "Philanthropic Groups," briefly discusses some…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
Swedner, Harald – 1971
This study of school segregation of pupils of various socioeconomic strata in urban environments in Sweden has the following arrangement: form of the study and theoretical background; housing segregation in Malmo; starting points for the study of school segregation by socioeconomic status in Malmo; methods used in the study; the decision processes…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, De Facto Segregation, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Beers, Joan S. – 1973
Do varying racial and social school mixtures significantly relate to self-esteem of black and white fifth-grade pupils? The purpose of the present study was to examine several facets of this question. Interrelationships were studied among pupil's self-esteem and the following demographic variables: school's racial composition, pupil's sex, pupil's…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Elementary School Students, Psychoeducational Methods
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
Prepared in response to growing criticism of South Africa's policies of apartheid, this report was designed to assess the effects of such policies within South Africa. The results of the investigation are carefully laid out under four general areas. The first section deals with education, covering its aims, administration and finance, enrollment,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, De Jure Segregation, Educational Objectives, Equal Education
Davis, Junius A.; Kerner, Susan E. – 1971
The levels of performance on tests of black versus white students in 15 North Carolina public universities were examined; the validities of test scores and high school grades for predicting performance in college were also studied. Experimental variables obtained for each student included, as predictors, the SAT-V and SAT-M scores, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
