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Giles, Michael W.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1975
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)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Racial Discrimination, Racial Distribution, Racial Relations
Scott, Allen W. – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Exploration, Desegregation Methods, Ethnic Distribution
NORDOS, WILBUR R. – 1967
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.…
Descriptors: Consultants, Equal Education, Inservice Education, Intergroup Relations
Pell, Terence J. – New Perspectives, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Desegregation Plans, Educational Quality
Neill, Shirley Boes – American Education, 1976
Whatever their preference in schools--Fundamental, Alternative, or something between--residents of this California city have it at hand. (Editor)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dress Codes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment
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Ravitch, Diane – American Scholar, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
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Poussaint, Alvin F.; Lewis, Toye Brown – School Review, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Psychological Evaluation
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Bullock, Charles S., III – School Review, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Federal Aid, Program Proposals
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Boykin, Arsene O. – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Community Role, Definitions, Minority Group Children
Lall, Bernard M.; Nicholas, Tony – Education Canada, 1972
Pros and cons of the controversial voucher plan now being tried in the United States. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
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Real, Manuel L. – Integrated Education, 1970
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)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
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Moody, Charles, Sr.; And Others – Integrated Education, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Children
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Moskowitz, Milton – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1994
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)
Descriptors: Black Education, Business Education, College Choice, College Faculty
Parker, Franklin – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Black Education, Civil Rights, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Raivetz, Mark J. – 1986
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…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
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