IN THE DECADE SINCE THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF 1954 SOUTHERN STATES HAVE DEVISED SCHEMES TO PREVENT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION. MOST OF THEM ARE NOW ELIMINATED OR REJECTED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY FEDERAL COURTS. ONE PLAN TO EVADE INTEGRATION WHICH THE COURTS HAVE NOT YET OVERTHROWN IS THE TUITION GRANT OR "FREEDOM OF CHOICE" SCHEME. THIS…

Segregation in the schools contributes to inequality, while desegregation is a legitimate means of achieving equal educational opportunity. Not only is desegregation a constitutional right, but it is sound educational social policy. A commitment to desegregation by State officials is a prerequisite to the reduction of racial isolation and the…

In this speech, testing experts or clinical psychologists called to give evidence in court cases on segregation either in the school or the classroom are provided with guidelines in preparing their case in document form with sources ready at hand. It is suggested that as much information as possible be available to the lawyer for whom the…

A comparative study was undertaken of the self perceptions of disadvantaged children with those of advantaged children in grades four to eight. Each child's self concept, ideal concepts, and reflected values were measured. The result from an analysis of variance design, indicated more positive self images on all measures for disadvantaged children…

This paper presents two studies involving 97 teachers from six de facto segregated high schools in a large midwestern school district and their perceptions of the teacher attributes most essential for success in their school. The first study compares the responses of 47 teachers in white high schools with 50 teachers in black high schools on the…

This article argues that the implicit goals of public school practice are the following: (1) to persuade or compel subgroup members to adapt to cultural and structural interests of one or more of a society's dominant groups; and (2) to limit the dominated group's own need for altering the status quo. (Author/EB)

In 1895 a group of local black parents decided to act against Jamaica, Long Island's school segregation policies. That struggle is outlined in this article. Persons and events important in the history of black elementary and secondary education in the area are discussed. (Author/GC)

Concludes that current levels of racial residential segregation must be attributed to past actions and attitudes. If governmental policies could cut through the web of discrimination which keeps blacks out of white neighborhoods and could mitigate those racial fears which keep whites out of black neighborhoods, then racial residential segregation…

This collection of papers focuses on how to overcome challenges related to economic and racial school segregation through public school choice. The first section presents "Report of the Task Force" (the importance of school integration, overcoming challenges to integration, and case studies in integration). It also includes additional comments by…

The past and present situation of the segregation academy movement in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is discussed. (NQ)

The stenographic record of testimony by five students, one mother, and one former teacher before the House Committee on Education and Labor hearings on amendments to the National School Lunch Act. (JM)

This study compares the attitudes of black youth who have a favorable orientation toward the Black Panthers with those of black youth who appear to be oriented toward the NAACP, using data collected in five black segregated high schools. (Author/JM)

Report of an interview with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of the Atlanta, Georgia, Board of Education. (RJ)

Describes a study of the achievement of four hundred and fifty first graders in the Gulfport, Mississippi Separate School District in connection with a federally financed project to study the effect of improved Educational conditions. (JM)