Research on a random sample of white parents of school age children, interviewed in 1973, throughout 8 desegregated school districts in Florida, revealed that while school desegregation has produced a considerable amount of verbal protest, it has resulted in far less outright rejection. The impact of social class, racial attitudes, and busing on…

Twenty documents discussing the beneficial effects of school desegregation, particularly on black children, and thirteen studies finding desegregation harmful are cited and their major findings and research methods described briefly in this document. Essentially an annotated bibliography, the report concludes by summarizing briefly the results of…

IN APRIL 1961, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO MEMBERS OF MANY ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCOVER RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS. APPROXIMATELY 200 PERSONS WROTE OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN. ABSTRACTS OF THE REPORTED RESEARCH ARE PRESENTED UNDER ONE OF THREE HEADINGS--COMPLETED, CURRENT, AND PLANNED. COMPLETED AND CURRENT…

AN EXPANDED VERSION OF TESTIMONY GIVEN ON MARCH 21, 1964, BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS GIVEN. THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION UPON BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A…

THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DESEGREGATION AT THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM LEVEL WAS EXAMINED BY MEANS OF U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION DATA FROM THE 1965 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. USING THE 5,075 NINTH GRADE NEGRO STUDENTS FROM A SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS SELECTED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, WHO HAD ATTENDED…

THE FORD FOUNDATION SPONSORED A CONFERENCE INVOLVING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE STATE COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION FROM THREE STATES. LEADERS OF THREE NATIONAL NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS SERVED AS CONSULTANTS. MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO THE BASIC CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS PRESENTED PRESENTED BY DE FACTO…

DELEGATES TO THE CONFERENCE REACHED A CONSENSUS ON SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES. PROVISION FOR EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRES ACTION AT EVERY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION, FROM PREKINDERGARTEN TO POST-GRADUATE TRAINING. THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ACT IMMEDIATELY AND DECISIVELY TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND REMEDY ITS…

Racial and sexual distinctions in social schemata of 328 second grade children were examined in this study. Photographs of Black and White male and female children were presented in three-picture sets, and subjects were asked to pair two of the pictures and separate the third. All groups paired photographs more often on race than on sex. (SE)

This article focuses on the city of St. Louis and Ferguson-Florissant Reorganized School Districts and studies their implementation of desegregation programs. (Author/AM)

In general, the seven magnet high schools haven't worked as a way of keeping whites in Philadelphia's schools. Despite the millions spent on new magnet schools, nearly all of them are more segregated today than when they opened. (Author)

As part of a larger project, the authors tapped local elite and school officials' perceptions of the difficulties encountered in dismantling dual schools in Georgia school districts. (Author/AM)

Reports briefly on studies dealing with the roles of teachers, principals, school boards, and superintendents in making school desegregation succeed or fail. (Author/AM)

Whites on winning basketball teams with relatively equal scoring by blacks and whites have more favorable racial attitudes than blacks on winning teams and whites on losing teams. (DE)

A survey of the attitudes of 90 black high school students toward their school and its white counterpart points toward the significance of prior knowledge of black student experiences at the white high school as an explanatory variable for the failure of blacks, in substantial numbers, to choose to attend formerly all-white schools in…