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Download full textOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1979
This study examines Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program operations related to school desegregation in New York and New Jersey. Included are brief discussions of application submission, grant competition, and project monitoring and technical assistance. Information presented is based on Federal and State data, program records, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Magnet Schools, Program Evaluation
Raywid, Mary Anne – 1987
This paper discusses magnet schools generally and evaluates the other papers included with it in a single volume. Magnet schools have been fairly successful in meeting their stated goals, and in some cities, such as New York, they are so popular that parents must compete to gain their children's entrance. Still, magnets have tended to rely more on…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Program Design
Cunningham, Claude H.; Williams, Frank P. – 1976
The Magnet School Plan as presented to the court and subsequently approved in July, 1975, contained four action areas: (1) reduce the number of schools that are 90 percent or more white or combined black and brown, (2) reduce the number of students attending schools that are 90 percent or more white or combined black and brown, (3) provide free…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Magnet Schools
Blank, Rolf K. – 1987
This paper, based on a recent comparative study of magnet schools conducted by the Department of Education, describes the features of successfully designed magnet schools. First, the paper highlights some of the major findings from the study on which it is based. Although there is a wide degree of variation in the design, development, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Program Design, Program Development
Scott, Allen W. – 1980
The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) established an alternative education system to comply with a 1976 desegregation court order. This system was composed of vanguards (grades 4-6), academies (grades 7-8), and magnet high schools (grades 9-12). These schools were expected to attract a student population which would reflect the ethnic mix…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Exploration, Desegregation Methods, Ethnic Distribution
Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Szanton, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1979
The results of computer simulations of each of 17 variations on 4 prototypical desegregation plans applied to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are reported in this document. The prototypes, each representing a category of proposals offered at one point or another during the litigation of the desegregation issues are: (1) an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Szanton, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1980
This document reports the results of computer simulations of each of 19 variations on 4 prototypical desegregation plans applied to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Each prototype represents one of the following categories of proposals offered during the litigation of the desegregation issue in the California courts: (1) an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Hood, Donald E. – 1978
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas mandated that the report to the Court by the Dallas Independent School District describing its progress toward desegregation be reviewed by an external auditor. This report presents the auditor's findings for 1977-78. The auditor reviewed the accountability report submitted by the…
Descriptors: Busing, Compliance (Legal), Court Role, Desegregation Methods
Hood, Donald E. – 1979
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas mandated that the report to the Court by the Dallas Independent School District describing its progress toward desegregation be reviewed by an external auditor. This report presents the auditor's findings for 1978-79. The auditor reviewed the report and conducted on-site visits to…
Descriptors: Busing, Compliance (Legal), Court Role, Desegregation Methods
Hood, Donald E. – 1977
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas mandated that the report to the Court by the Dallas Independent School District describing its progress toward desegregation be reviewed by an external auditor. This report presents the auditor's findings for 1976-77. The auditor reviewed the accountability report submitted by the…
Descriptors: Busing, Compliance (Legal), Court Role, Desegregation Methods
Hood, Donald E. – 1980
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas mandated that the report to the Court by the Dallas Independent School District describing its progress toward desegregation be reviewed by an external auditor. This report presents the auditor's findings for 1979-80. The auditor reviewed the report and conducted on-site visits to…
Descriptors: Busing, Compliance (Legal), Court Role, Desegregation Methods
Poppell, Judith B.; Hague, Sally A. – 2001
The effectiveness of the magnet school program of the Duval County Public Schools, Florida, was studied. The magnet schools were established at approximately half of the district's 150 schools as part of a desegregation plan. The schools offered a variety of theme programs. In spring 1998, the program was evaluated by four subcommittees of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Blank, Rolf K., Ed.; Messier, Paul R., Ed. – 1987
This document consists of nine papers which discuss the planning and design, implementation and maintenance, and evaluation of magnet schools. They are based on practical experience with magnet schools, which first appeared in the early 1970s. By 1982, the movement had grown to include more than 1,200 schools in 140 urban school districts, and the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Program Design
Laws, Lee – 1987
This paper provides a case study of eight magnet schools in Austin, Texas, to illustrate the role of evaluation research in assessing the impact of the magnet school experience on students and parents. After an introduction, the paper describes the history of Austin's magnet schools at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels. Next,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Magnet Schools
Metz, Mary Haywood – 1987
This paper, based loosely on findings presented in the other papers collected with it in a single volume, discusses general issues in designing magnet schools, focusing on three main themes: (1) the interdependence of program design and recruitment issues; (2) school level practices which help to turn racial desegregation into racial integration;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Program Design, Program Evaluation
