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Peer reviewedOrfield, Gary – Law and Contemporary Problems, 1978
Examines several obstacles to the effective use of social science research in school desegregation controversies and discusses the needs of judges, administrators, and elected officials who must make decisions concerning desegregation plans. Available from Duke University Press, Box 6697 College Station, Durham, NC 27708. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Busing, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Foote, Edward T. – 1980
This first report of the Desegregation Monitoring and Advisory Committee reviews school regulatory policies resulting from the implementation of court ordered desegregation in the St. Louis, Missouri public schools. These policies address these issues: (1) the safety and security of school children; (2) the transportation of children; (3) the…
Descriptors: Busing, Court Litigation, Court Role, Desegregation Effects
Download full textReynolds, William Bradford – 1981
This testimony was delivered by William Bradford Reynolds, the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, before the Subcommttee on Separation of Powers, Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. Reynold states that compulsory busing of students is not an acceptable remedy to achieve racial balance. He emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Willie, Charles V. – 1984
This paper presents a set of new ideas which support the value of school desegregation in the United States. First, school desegregation efforts have been almost universally effective, no matter what implementation strategy was employed. Even busing, although widely criticized, has been effective. Second, desegregation efforts have usually…
Descriptors: Busing, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Schumaker, Paul – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined 60 school board members' perceptions of school desegregation and other policies aimed at enhancing the educational attainment of minority groups. Interviews were conducted with school board members in 12 American cities--Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Green Bay,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boards of Education, Busing, Desegregation Methods
Schofield, Dee – 1976
To understand the controversy over busing, it is necessary to understand the relationship between busing and the issues that are actually at the root of the controversy: desegregation and freedom of choice. Much of the political activity surrounding busing is a subtle transfer of attention away from the basic issue of desegregation. Other…
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
