The Missouri Constitution of 1875 specified that school districts were to maintain dual school systems. This provision was renewed in the 1945 constitution and was not repealed until 1976. In December 1950 black parents brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the dual school system. On February of 1975 the school board adopted…

Desegregation efforts in Little Rock span 19 years. Extensive and involved efforts have been carried out by the courts, the school board, national interest groups, and the citizens of Little Rock to achieve the goal of a unitary public school system. Instead of a comprehensive approach to desegregation, a variety of conflicting plans were…

Up until 1954 all Tulsa schools were totally segregated by race. In the fall of 1955, school attendance zones in Tulsa were redrawn, utilizing the neighborhood school concept, but without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The new zones placed some black children in previously all white schools, and some white children in…

The Raleigh County public school system, through several phases implemented over a period of more than 12 years, has effectively desegregated its student bodies in all schools. The leadership on the part of each of the superintendents involved was the key to making the changes peaceful. Other school personnel and the board of education provided…

The impetus for public school desegregation in Portland came through the efforts of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during the 1960's. The Portland Board of Education moved in 1963 to extablish a blue ribbon, independent committee on education and race. This citizen's committee recommended a series of…

This report is part of the evaluation of a program--Metropolitan Council on Educational Opportunity (METCO)-- for the academic year 1968-69, which provides screening, placement, and busing services for Negro children from predominantly Negro schools in Boston to predominantly white schools in the surrounding suburbs. In this evaluation, METCO and…

Different kinds of child care organizations (day care centers and homes, nurseries, and Head Start compensatory programs) are discussed. A description of the nursery program affiliated with the Berkeley Unified School District points out the delineation between classical or "social-emotional development" emphasis in child care, and the…

The traditional role of the personnel administrator is discussed, and the need for a new type of personnel worker who will be held accountable in working with black youth is pointed out. Traditionally, the role of the personnel administrator has been determined and defined by the chief school officer. They have been the officers of law and order…

This paper describes an experimental field study in which an integrated summer school was created for the purpose of producing interracial status equality. (Author/DE)

Racially mixed programs designed to encourage good relationships between black and white students as well as expand their cultural lives are described. (JD)

This is an interview with Carl Candoli, School Superintendent of the Lansing, Michigan, School System, and one of the chief authors of the Cluster Plan for desegregation, which emphasized busing. (Author/AM)

Describes an investigation of the attitudes and problems of upper-grade elementary children when Black and White students began attending the same school. The problems discussed in the paper focus on teacher student relationships, school work, and personal and interpersonal relationships. (Author)

This paper argues that social scientists serving as monitors and evaluators can help to implement school desegregation plans by encouraging citizen involvement and can serve as an independent yet sympathetic source of criticism for the school system. (Author)

A historical review of intergroup relations and school segregation in St. Louis is given. The present desegregation plan is reviewed and evaluated. Although some of the criticisms have merit, the plan in its entirety is a good one which, if properly implemented, can provide Blacks with a good education. (VM)

Notes that white flight is not universal: it depends upon the city as context. (Author)