The Chancellor of the New York City Board of Education discusses, in his testimony before a May 1974 public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights why the goal of integration in New York City, as in other inner city areas throughout the country, remained so elusive, noting that 66 percent of public school children in New York City…

This paper describes a school desegregation case, begun in 1978, in which housing segregation was a principal issue. The history of both residential and school segregation in Akron, Ohio, are outlined. It is held that public housing and credit policy greatly contributed to the maintenance of segregated neighborhoods in all United States…

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE GROWTH OF ALL-WHITE PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH WHICH HAS ACCOMPANIED FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION. IT IS REPORTED THAT VIRGINIA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI PROVIDE TUITION GRANTS, RANGING FROM $185 TO $360 A YEAR, TO WHITE STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, FEDERAL COURTS…

The 1965 Federal government publication reviews the status of school desegregation as of that year. It is said that "profound changes" were taking place in the desegregation process from 1963 to 1965. Information is presented about the situation in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, as well as the extent of…

This booklet is intended to encourage and aid local school boards in undertaking training programs that will enable them to function more effectively. Relying heavily on case studies of school boards in Chicago and Minneapolis, the author focuses on two major problems facing school board members today--the phenomenon of increasing…

Cause for alarm and need for remedial action is seen in the substantial and continuing increase in racial isolation in New York State schools. This cleavage which exists in other industrialized Northern states, border states and certain cities in the South is responsible for general social unrest as well as racial riots in the high schools. The…

An authority in the field of school law examines the developing attitudes of the courts relative to various legislative and executive approaches to defacto school segregation. The focus of analysis is completely objective--what the current status of the law is since the Brown decision. (NH)

This report is concerned with racial segregation or integration of both teachers and students in the public schools of Missouri during the period 1954 to 1964. The information was collected by questionnaires, and the data analyzed by the University of Missouri researchers. In the beginning of the report, a brief introductory history of the black…

This case study illustrates that the Supreme Court's effort to construe school cases narrowly should fail, and that policy-makers, whether they are concerned with housing, schools, or other domains, should cultivate a broad perspective on the unity of the nation's racial problems. Available from The American Academy of Political and Social…

Persons involved in developing a viable desegregation plan will have to take into account the diversity within the Latino community and will have to be aware of the diverse political goals and residential patterns of each Spanish speaking community. (Author/AM)

Progress on school racial desegregation has halted, yet states where segregation was law before 1954 are now more integrated than states that didn't practice racial segregation. Presents results from a study on school segregation in the 1980s. (MD)

Any "choice" plan that promotes vouchers could weaken the public education system and lead to racial, economic, and social isolation of children. Further, letting parents choose their child's school will not qualitatively enhance parental involvement. Rather, increased parental participation should be promoted through the PTA, tutoring,…

This paper examines the impact of ethnic segmentation in education on educational outcomes. Between 1991 and the late 1990s, the Albanian Kosovar population received education services in an informal system parallel to the official one. Using the 2000 Kosovo Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) data, this paper exploits cohort differences in…

Argues that "quality education" is used these days as a polite way to discuss matters relating to school desegregation and other interracial matters; the concept is discussed as it relates to how much is learned, and the manner in which children are socialized to become citizens of the society. (Author/JM)

Subjects for this study were Southern Negro high school seniors selected in the spring of 1969 from both segregated and desegregated high schools located in school systems that permitted students to choose which one of two high schools to attend. (JM)