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Gary Orfield; Ryan Pfleger – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2024
"Brown v. Board of Education" held that the educational systems of seventeen states that mandated segregated schools violated the Constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The decision helped set off the civil rights revolution. However, after so many years of backlash, schools of the South are dramatically less segregated than what…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Educational Change
Ayscue, Jennifer B. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
Maryland, as one of 17 states that had de jure segregation, has an intense history of school segregation. Following the 1954 Brown decision, school districts across the state employed various methods to desegregate their schools, including mandatory busing in Prince George's County, magnet schools in Montgomery County, and a freedom of choice plan…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Magnet Schools
Dougherty, Jack; Wanzer, Jesse; Ramsay, Christina – Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2007
By June 2007, at least 30 percent of the public school minority students residing in Hartford will have an educational experience with reduced isolation through three voluntary programs: (a) Interdistrict magnet schools; (b) Open Choice (also known as Project Choice); and (c) Interdistrict cooperative grants. Project Choice is a voluntary program…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation, Policy Analysis
Alves, Michael J. – Equity and Choice, 1984
Describes a policy adopted in 1981 in Cambridge public schools: No child is assigned to school on the basis of residence, and all parents and students are given the opportunity to gain admission to their preferred desegregated school within the city. Such systemwide, controlled open enrollment is working to prevent resegregation. (GC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrollment Trends, Magnet Schools, School Choice
San Diego Unified School District, CA. – 1978
Surveys dealing with school desegregation in San Diego, California and results are provided for the following areas: (1) registered voters; (2) parents whose children are not participating in the Magnet or Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment (VEEP) programs; (3) parents with children in VEEP; (4) parents with children enrolled in the Learning Center…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Magnet Schools
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Andre-Bechely, Lois – Equity and Excellence in Education, 2004
The article incorporates a critical theoretical and methodological framework to study a large urban district's implementation of a court-ordered voluntary integration program through magnet school choice. Drawing on the interview data from parents and district staff, the author analyzes the data as they relate to the district's magnet school…
Descriptors: School Choice, Magnet Schools, Voluntary Desegregation, Admission (School)
Stanley, Cheryl – 1982
A questionnaire survey of parents and students in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District (HISD) sought their assessment of the magnet schools program started by HISD in 1975 to comply with a court desegregation order. Respondents included 1,310 parents (of 20,000 surveyed) and 8,675 elementary and secondary students (of 12,000 surveyed).…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Parent Attitudes
Glenn, Charles L. – Equity and Choice, 1987
Race desegregation in Massachusetts is a major enterprise. Desegregation realigns school assignments to bring together students from residential areas that are racially different to establish a truly "common school." Programs in specific towns and cities are detailed. (BJV)
Descriptors: Assignments, Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Foreign Students
San Diego Unified School District, CA. – 1977
In this report, six surveys dealing with attitudes towards integration of San Diego schools are presented. Groups surveyed were registered voters, parents, certificated personnel, classified personnel, secondary school students, and elementary school students. Field work for each separate survey is described. Survey questions are listed and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bus Transportation, Community Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes
Mitchell, George A. – 1989
This study reviews the state-financed program of racial integration in metropolitan Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools. The integration program rested on the basic assumption that with enough time, state financial assistance, and new spending, racial integration would significantly improve academic achievement and close the gap between minority…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Effects
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Bureau of Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1986
This examination of parent choice among public schools in Massachusetts begins with an expanded version of remarks made by C. L. Glenn to the Board of the National Education Association describing the parent choice options available in Massachusetts and the ways in which they have developed. Approximately four of five minority students in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Magnet Schools
Stanley, Cheryl – 1989
This report evaluates the success of the magnet school program in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District for the 1987-88 school year. The following sections are included: (1) "Overview of the District"; (2) "History of Desegregation in Houston"; (3) "Development of Houston's Magnet School Program"; (4)…
Descriptors: Busing, Class Size, Compliance (Legal), Educational Opportunities
Stanley, Cheryl – 1990
This report evaluates the success of the magnet school program in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District for the 1988-89 school year. The following sections are included: (1) "Overview of the District"; (2) "History of Desegregation in Houston"; (3) "Development of Houston's Magnet School Program"; (4)…
Descriptors: Busing, Class Size, Compliance (Legal), Educational Opportunities
Foote, Edward T. – 1980
This second report of the Desegregation Monitoring and Advisory Committee examines the problems and procedures of a court-approved desegregation plan for the St. Louis, Missouri public schools. Regular and nonregular student assignments and enrollments are discussed with respect to the racial composition of the student population and the type of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Lissitz, Robert W. – 1992
This report summarizes an assessment effort that began in the summer of 1990 and completed its first year in the summer of 1991. It is the initial stage of a longitudinal study that focuses on the academic achievement and attitudes of students in the St. Louis (Missouri) metropolitan court-ordered desegregation program administered by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Data Collection, Desegregation Effects
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