Describes the pattern of school segregation for five major ethnic groups in the city of Toronto, compares findings for Toronto with those for other North American cities, and describes the relationship between the extent of segregation and the percentage of students in special education classes. (Author/RK)

The real issue in this serious problem is not whether we should have physically mixed schools, but whether we are committed to creating an open society in which individuals can fully participate without regard to their ethnic, cultural, or social class identity. (Author)

The conflict which exists between supporters of segregation academies and supporters of the public school system is, it is said, destroying public education in much of the rural South. (NQ)

Historical review of the cautious or antagonistic posture of Southern State National Education Association affiliates regarding school desegregation in the past decade. (JM)

The problems surrounding the education of a major minority group and ways to surmount these difficulties are analyzed. (CK)

Tested the hypothesis that White graduates of racially integrated schools (N=42) would be more tolerant than White graduates of racially segregated schools (N=49) by comparing the groups on the Dogmatism Scale. Results showed the integrated school graduates were more tolerant on the Belief-Disbelief dimension but not on total dogmatism.…

Presents a historical study of music education in the segregated Black schools of Kansas City, Kansas, between 1904-1954. The discussion covers the educational leadership, organization, music curriculum, and activities in the public schools and at Western University. Black private music instructors and outstanding students of the period are…

Lists references to editorials, articles, theses, and books by Charles H. Thompson, Black educator and former editor of the "Journal of Negro Education." Discusses Thompson's writings on social issues that affect the education of Blacks. (GC)

Addressed whether Arizona charter schools were more ethnically segregated than traditional public schools by studying 55 urban and 57 rural charter schools. Nearly half showed evidence of substantial ethnic segregation, and charter schools were higher in white enrollment than other public schools. (SLD)

In the years following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision to integrate America's public schools, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, Hannah Arendt, Robert Penn Warren, and, to a lesser extent, C. Vann Woodward, provided intellectual sustenance to southern efforts to resist racial integration. Focuses on Faulkner's political…

This two-year ethnographic study examines the life stories of Muslim women holding mid- and high-level leadership positions in Israeli-Arab segregated schools. The women emerged from their gendered and ethnic/nationality oppression as pathfinders with strong ambitions to further their education and careers. Using strategies that entailed the…

In segregated societies such as Northern Ireland, schools may become sites of risk rather than sites of learning. This is particularly likely to be the case in interface areas, which are demarcated by peace-lines and other symbolic boundaries. Drawing on maps and focus group discussions with teenagers from interface areas in North Belfast, the…

In this review essay, Harvey Kantor and Robert Lowe explore the history of the culture wars in public education in the United States. Drawing on three books--David Tyack's "Seeking Common Ground," Jonathan Zimmerman's "Whose America?" and Amy Binder's "Contentious Curricula"--Kantor and Lowe review the history of…

An examination of the merits of integrated school systems with respect to academic impact, the potential for improving race relations and the likelihood of bettering life opportunities for black students. Recent critiques of school integration are also evaluated. The tentative evidence is that interracial education, especially when implemented…