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Maryland State Commission on Interracial Problems, Baltimore. – 1954
COMPULSORY RACIAL SEGREGATION IN BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ABOLISHED AT THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF MAY 1954. THE DESEGREGATION QUESTION WAS SETTLED ENTIRELY BY THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF BALTIMORE, AN UNPAID, NONPOLITICAL LAY GROUP APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND ENDOWED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Faculty Integration, Open Enrollment, Racial Attitudes
Solomon, Benjamin – Illinois Schools Journal, 1968
This document points out the link between racism and education as interrelated social institutions, analyzes educators' positions on the issue, and offers a concept of educational integration. Within a racist society the schools and its teachers will perforce reflect the dominant pattern in all the components of education. A racist attitude among…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education, Educational Responsibility, Racial Attitudes
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1968
This report contains basic data and procedural information about the 1967-68 Title I programs in Sacramento (proposed projects and components, professional duties, facilities and instructional materials, and policy statements on integration and the participation of nonpublic school children). It also gives information on (1) the progress of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data, Desegregation Plans, Disadvantaged Youth
Ozmon, Howard; Craver, Sam – 1972
This report discusses the current school busing crisis, examines the history of busing, and looks into the future of busing. In discussing the current crisis the authors examine recent court cases mandating busing to achieve desegregation. They go back into history to trace the tradition of busing, to obtain facts and figures, and to look at past…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Housing Discrimination
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Equity and Choice, 1986
Research on educational choice suggests that students do better in schools that their families choose, that this is especially true for lower income and disadvantaged students, and that permitting choice does not adversely affect racial balance but may actually promote racially balanced schools. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Low Income Groups
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Berger, Michael A. – Urban Education, 1983
Discusses the background and implications of a court decision resulting in the resegregation of public schools in metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, because of declining enrollment. Speculates whether the events indicate a trend back to the concept of neighborhood schools and an end to busing to achieve desegregation. (AOS)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Busing, Declining Enrollment, Desegregation Litigation
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Speelman, Diana; Hoffman, Charles D. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1980
Young White boys in three grade levels, across integrated and segregated classes, used greater projected personal space when they approached a Black child stimulus than when they approached a White child stimulus. Results agree with literature indicating racial attitudes are learned early. It is suggested that integrated classrooms, by themselves,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 3, Personal Space
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Friedman, Philip – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
The racial preferences and identifications of White children in both a White monoracial and a multiracial setting were examined, using a doll selection procedure. A majority of the children preferred White over comparable Black dolls. However, more Black doll selections were made in multiracial than in monoracial schools. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Primary Education, Racial Attitudes
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McDonald, Lauren E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1997
Investigates the myth of white flight in response to school desegregation. Using data from urban and suburban enrollment and overall demographic shifts, reveals a trend in population changes more complex than can be explained by "white flight." Concluding comments discuss the implications and relevance of these findings to education…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Migration
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Equal Educational Opportunities. – 1983
Two reports describing Ohio's efforts in the last 15 years to desegregate the public schools and provide quality education for all are presented in this document. In the first report, Ohio's increasing involvement in desegregation is traced and practices that have effectively reduced racial isolation or eliminated segregation in Ohio's schools are…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Teachers, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1987
This report examines the desegregation of students, teachers, and administrators in the Fayette County (Kentucky) Public Schools for the 1986-87 school year. It is based on counts of students and professional personnel made in September 1986. Findings show that racial polarization is intensifying in the Fayette County schools. More blacks and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Busing, Change Strategies, Educational Environment
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1987
School officials, civil rights advocates, and students and parents deserve praise for the success the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools integration program has had in placing almost all schools within the enrollment guidelines for the 1986-87 school year for the first time since school desegregation began. Recommendations made for…
Descriptors: Black Students, Busing, Change Strategies, Educational Environment
Hillman, Stephen B.; Davenport, G. Gregory – 1977
As part of a desegregation plan in Detroit, teachers in recently desegregated schools were involved in an in-service program designed to provide for equal instructional opportunity. One hundred fifty-eight elementary teachers, 99 middle school teachers, and 49 high school teachers in 306 classrooms participated in the program. Teacher -student…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education, Racial Differences, Racially Balanced Schools
Lacour, Bernard; Hixson, Judson – 1977
This document includes statements of the position of the Chicago Urban Leugue (CUL) on eight issues pertaining to the desegregation of the Chicago Public Schools. In the introduction, "The General Purposes and Goals for a Desegregation Plan," the CUL states its support for the racial integration of students, including some mandatory…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1979
This booklet records the opinion of the Supreme Court in this case, as well as one of the dissenting opinions. The Court upheld the charges brought by students of the Dayton, Ohio, school system that the Dayton Board of Education, the State Board of Education, and various local and State officials were operating a racially segregated school system…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
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