Offers guidelines to school districts with problems of racial isolation concerning eligibility for a grant under the Emergency School Aid Act. Sets down deadlines, eligibility deadlines and steps to take in applying. (Author/JN)

Analyzes the experiences of three midsize Michigan school districts in implementing school desegregation programs under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). Concludes that effective implementation requires clear goals and objectives, committed leadership, community support, and on-going political support. (FMW)

This paper analyzes the progress of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, school system toward meeting school desegregation requirements. It begins with a descriptive history and then explores issues and complications in the process of desegregating the local schools. These include: (1) federal funding; (2) racial balancing; and (3) policy formation. Various…

This study reports on eight projects funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) during 1977-1978 in seven districts in New Jersey and New York. The seven districts are described in terms of: (1) their demographic characteristics, such as racial/ethnic composition of the public schools, minority isolation, percentage of educationally or…

In 1979 the United States District Court ordered the Detroit Public Schools to transfer its teachers in such a way that each school in the system would have a faculty comprised of not more than 60% of one race. In order to effect this balance, the district had to involuntarily transfer 472 teachers. This application for Emergency School Aid Act…