Study reports findings excerpted from a broad study on social characteristics, attitudes, and behavior of inner-city students attending Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri in the Fall of 1970. It is held that the remarkable agreement on major issues of public policy shows the beneficial effects of integration. (SB)

Suggests that a reestablishment of separate school systems is reoccurring in the deep south. (JF)

Argues that the effect of a proposed tuition tax credit is school segregation, creating serious constitutional objections under the due process clause. A voucher system would avoid these constitutional objections. Available from the Yale Law Journal, 401A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. (Author/IRT)

Describes a study which compared academic achievement of White and Black students who participated in a busing experiment in Peoria (Illinois) public schools. Findings indicated that busing increased not only racial integration but also achievement for both Black and White students. (Author/DB)

Black, Chicano, and Anglo students from segregated and integrated schools perceived their ethnic groups as being less differentiated than outgroups. Students in integrated schools perceived outgroups as somewhat less differentiated than students in segregated schools. Intergroup contact, except between highly dissimilar groups, was not an…

Results of a study in 20 middle-class households indicate that middle-class mothers, perceived as liberals who believe in integrated and inclusive education, still support segregated and stratified school structures that mainly benefit the middle class. The study illustrates how ideology allows parents to deal with these contradictions. (SLD)

A Paterson (New Jersey) teacher criticizes well-meaning prescriptions for educating students for a civil society. Reforms based on skills-based instruction and test-driven assessment are failing. Inequality is the core issue. Schools cannot compensate for class and racial inequalities, particularly if inequitable funding mechanisms persist.…

Analyzes accountability and partnership in Northern Ireland's preservice elementary education, asserting that the real problem with school and teacher education is its segregated nature. Data from key partnership participants indicate that Northern Ireland's teacher education is simultaneously similar to and different from teacher education in the…

Describes two segregation indices, the index used by Stephen Gorard and John Fitz when examining the segregation of students eligible for free meals in Wales and England, and a version of the index of isolation. Uses both methods to present social segregation data in English Welsh secondary schools (1994-1999). (CMK)

The history of the Caswell County (North Carolina) Training School, a segregated African-American school, shows that the community and school supported each other in ways that do not fit current definitions of parent involvement. Adopting some of the methods of the Caswell School might help today's African-American parents and schools improve…

Describes four eras in Mexican-American education: (1) schooling in the Southwest, 1848-1890; (2) expansion of Mexican-American education, 1890-1930; (3) changing nature of public education, 1930-1960; and (4) the contemporary period. Explores such themes as exclusion, segregated and inferior schooling, and nativism. (SK)

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that special education does not constitute segregation in the same sense as racial segregation. Race is not relevant in determining educational service delivery, whereas disability may imply different kinds of teaching. In some cases, separation of students with disabilities can be protective of their rights to an…