A second annual report (1966) on the status of school integration in Dade County, Florida, includes data about every school department, and program in the school system as well as administrative and service personnel. The bulk of the document consists of nine tables which summarize the data. (NH)

The objectives of the program were to assist 24 teams averaging five leaders per team to plan the strategy and procedures of desegregation in their school systems. This was accomplished by being briefed on the provisions of the Civil Rights Bill, by analyzing the problems incident to desegregation in their own school system, and by formulating…

THE SUBCULTURE IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT IN THE CHILD'S STATE OF PREPAREDNESS FOR LEARNING AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO SCHOOL. HIS SELF-CONCEPT, LEVEL OF ASPIRATION, MOTIVATION, AND OVERALL APPRECIATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND ITS GOALS ARE PRODUCTS OF HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE SUBCULTURE OF THE NEGRO HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, CHARACTERIZED BY…

At these hearings, the following witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Thord M. Marshall, superintendent of education, Savannah, Georgia; Dr. Elbert D. Brooks, director, Metropolitan Public Schools, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Raymond Shelton, superintendent of schools, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida; Dr. John M. Franco, superintendent of schools,…

Illustrates the extent to which an insensitive administrative policy can disrupt the educational process and inhibit the development of viable learning situations with the case of an experimental social studies class observed during the first half of the school year 1969-70. (Author/JM)

A description of the process and outcomes of the integration of two high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida, by a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, which granted permission to reprint his series of three articles. (JM)

The main purpose of this study is to present documented facts concerning the operation of school desegregation in communities which are engaged in the process. The purpose of the Commission on Civil Rights is to identify problems which recur in school districts undergoing desegregation, and to describe how they have been met. Specifically, the…

Advocates of racial preferences from the Harvard Civil Rights Project have criticized an initiative designed to provide race-neutral admissions to universities in Florida. George La Noue rejects their criticism, which, he says, confuses the definitions of affirmative action, establishes nonexistent criteria, and ignores crucial elements that…

These reports on school integration in Pasadena (California), Tampa-Hillsborough (Florida), Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Winston-Salem/Forsyth (North Carolina), and Pontiac (Michigan) are based on interviews and material gathered by Commission on Civil Rights staff members from January 10, 1972, through March 29, 1972. In each school district staff…

The purpose of this assessment was to investigate the achievement patterns of black and white students in the Clark County School District since the implementation of the present desegregation plan. For this study, black students who are currently enrolled in the grade levels under study were used for comparison purposes. In addition, a sample of…

The purpose of this report is to examine what effect the increase in the number of schools obtaining unitary status has had on the racial balance of schools that were previously under court order. Specifically, the report examines whether levels of integration tend to erode as consent decrees are lifted. To that end, the Commission collected data…

Contents of these hearings include the testimony of the following witnesses, as well as materials appended as pertinent to the hearings: (1) Lloyd Lewis, Jr., Chairman, Dayton City Planning Board and member of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission's Housing and Human Resources Advisory Committee; (2) Dale F. Bertsch, Executive Director,…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a five-week program in affective education with emphasis on facilitating the integration of a large proportion of new students into a school. Specifically, the program was designed to: (1) reduce intergroup prejudice by modifying in a positive direction attitudes toward self and…

A study of seven school districts in Florida indicates that factors associated with large scale, area-wide desegregation stir negative sentiments among parents. These negative sentiments have relatively little influence over behavior but apparently undercut attitudinal support for school desegregation. Parents in the seven school districts can be…

Presentations at a seminar on systemwide tracking that grew out of efforts to promote implementation of South Carolina's desegregation plan are included. Two subjects were the focus: retention and the use of monitored developmental programs as a means of retention and of safeguarding quality. Essays include "Systemwide Student Tracking"…