Chapter one examines the constitutional context of the busing issue and focuses on the way courts have dealt with the problem. Attention is divided between the United States Supreme Court's rulings and the work of the lower courts. When courts have required busing for desegregation there has almost inevitably been considerable public opposition.…

FOLLOWING THE FORMAT OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, THIS STATEMENT OUTLINES POLICIES FOR SCHOOL DESEGREGATION FOR THE 1967-68 SCHOOL YEAR. THE POLICIES ARE PRESENTED UNDER THE RUBRICS OF (1) APPLICABILITY, (2) BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL VOLUNTARY DESEGREGATION PLANS, (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANS BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC ATTENDANCE ZONES,…

A survey of the attitudes of 90 black high school students toward their school and its white counterpart points toward the significance of prior knowledge of black student experiences at the white high school as an explanatory variable for the failure of blacks, in substantial numbers, to choose to attend formerly all-white schools in…

Describes recent court actions that have held segregation in northern schools to be in violation of the 14th Amendment. (JF)

This testimony, before the May 1974 public hearings of the New York City Commission on Human Rights by the Administrator, Urban-Suburban Transfer Program and Inter district Transfer Program, West Irondequoit School District, New York, reviews a program which began with 25 minority group youngsters from one racially-imbalanced Rochester school…

THIS REPORT PROVIDES ANSWERS TO A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS REGARDING FEDERAL SCHOOL DESEGREGATION POLICY UNDER TITLE VI OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. IT PRESENTS THE "REVISED STATEMENT OF POLICIES FOR SCHOOL DESEGREGATION PLANS," WHICH WAS ISSUED IN MARCH 1966 BY THE U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. THE STATEMENT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBES THE…

A rebuttal of a negative evaluation of busing programs published by David Armor, which focuses on the methodological shortcomings of an investigation of a voluntary busing program in metropolitan Boston called METCO done by Armor. (JM)

Attempts to answer the question: Why under the Freedom of Choice plans of school integration did so few black parents decide in favor of integration and then continue to enroll their children in segregated, black public schools? (RJ)

Reports the progress of court ordered desegregation of Mississippi public schools as observed during a week-long trip in Winter, 1969. (JM)

A reprint of material originally prepared as a staff memorandum for the Center for Urban Education, summarizing the results of a search of the literature on the bus transportation of students. (JM)

In September, 1973, a white principal in a predominantly black elementary school in Portland, Oregon gave an interview to the city's largest daily newspaper: the resulting controversy helps sharpen the focus of the debate concerning means of achieving school integration. (JM)

TOKEN INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH HAD ESSENTIALLY THE SAME GOAL THAT MASSIVE RESISTANCE HAD, IT TRIED TO PRESERVE THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED SEGREGATION. THOUGH IT MET THE DEMANDS OF THE SUPREME COURT BY ALLOWING SOME INTEGRATION, IT STILL MAINTAINED DE FACTO SEGREGATION. METHODS OF KEEPING SCHOOL INTEGRATION AT A TOKEN LEVEL INCLUDED PUPIL PLACEMENT…

A HANDBOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR REPORTERS WHO ARE COVERING THE DESEGREGATION OF ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO INFORM THE PRESS OF THE EFFORTS MADE BY CITIZENS IN THE FIGHT TO KEEP PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE GUIDE IS DEVOTED TO A DETAILED, CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BACKGROUND PERIOD (1954-61) LEADING TO SCHOOL…

The voluntary interdistrict transfer plan in St. Louis is one component of an overall desegregation effort. After three years, the plan has successfully provided equal access to quality educational programs. Findings are presented in the following areas: (1) demographic characteristics; (2) effects on students; (3) staff changes; and (4) school…