This article focuses on the relationship between the black/white ratio and white withdrawl from desegregated public schools in eight Florida school districts. Although a threshold was found at which the rate of rejection increased, their findings do not support the tipping point theory of resegregation. (Author/DE)

The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) established an alternative education system to comply with a 1976 desegregation court order. This system was composed of vanguards (grades 4-6), academies (grades 7-8), and magnet high schools (grades 9-12). These schools were expected to attract a student population which would reflect the ethnic mix…

THIS PAPER OUTLINES RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIVISION OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS UNDER THE EDUCATION PRACTICES ACT OF 1948. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE ACT WAS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATORY COLLEGE ADMISSION POLICIES, BUT IT HAS SINCE BEEN WIDENED TO INCLUDE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND RACIAL BALANCE AT ALL SCHOOL LEVELS.…

When the Norfolk, VA, school board voted to end mandatory busing to achieve racial integration, questions on the following issues were raised: (1) civil rights; (2) the property-based school tax system; and (3) impact on educational quality. (LHW)

Whatever their preference in schools--Fundamental, Alternative, or something between--residents of this California city have it at hand. (Editor)

How should society balance the needs of the common culture against the needs of particular groups? Is it possible to have an American community that is both integrated and pluralistic? Article considers these questions as they relate to the position of black citizens and students. (Author/RK)

The issue of school desegregation has become so explosive that some areas in the country have literally drawn "battle lines". Authors tried to define the exact nature of the problem of school desegregation through an examination of the economic, social and psychological reasons behind it. (Author/RK)

By 1970 the schools of the South were less segregated than were those of the North. This is due largely to the great progress in Southern rural districts. Can the same integration take place in Northern urban school districts? Probes the complexities in attempting such action. (Author/RK)

Suggests that one thing that can be done for the United States is to send black, white and other children to the same public school and defends this assertion. The last part of the paper considers whether the bus as a symbol of the position stated can be defended against serious objections. (Author/AM)

Pros and cons of the controversial voucher plan now being tried in the United States. (Author/MM)

Excerpts from an address by the U.S. District Judge who presided in the Pasadena, Calif., School case, to the Association of California Integroup Relations Educators on May 20, 1970. (JM)

Summarized in this paper is an examination of district segregation, the concentration of racial and ethnic minority group students in individual buildings within Michigan school districts. State, district, and building are used as units of analysis in showing the extent of racial segregation in Michigan public schools. (EB)

Addresses the issue of too few blacks in the nation's business schools and ultimately on business school faculties. It provides an analysis of the best business schools for blacks and points to the University of Michigan as the preeminent business school for blacks to consider. (GLR)

Views concerning the influence of the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown versus the Board of Education" which ended school segregation are discussed. Historian Raymond Wolters believes that while segregation was wrong and the Supreme Court's unanimous decision reversing the "separate but equal" interpretation was right, the…

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…