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Integrated Education, 1979
Examines the results of the Los Angeles School District's desegregation efforts during the first year (1978-79) of its court ordered desegregation plan. Also considers current desegregation programs in terms of the 1963 "Crawford" decision and the commitment made to racially isolated schools in the current plan. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
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Checkoway, Marjorie – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Analyzes the experiences of three midsize Michigan school districts in implementing school desegregation programs under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). Concludes that effective implementation requires clear goals and objectives, committed leadership, community support, and on-going political support. (FMW)
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Equal Education, Federal Programs, Politics of Education
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Haskins, Guy P.; Alessi Jr., Samuel J. – Teachers College Record, 1989
Buffalo's Early Childhood Centers, which grew out of court-ordered desegregation plans, are described and evaluated in this article in terms of student achievement, parental involvement, and racial balancing. (IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Plans, Early Childhood Education
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Das, Ajit K.; Harala, Mary Ann – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1989
Discusses the Multicultural Education Plan of the Duluth, Minnesota, school system and its response to a citation for noncompliance for excessive minority enrollments. Claims that in multicultural setting counselor plays a key role and must know about cultural background of students and assess the cultural climate of the school. (ABL)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Cultural Influences, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
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Goldberg, Steven S. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1988
In "Different by Design: The Context and Character of Three Magnet Schools," Mary Haywood Metz studied three magnet schools developed as a device for racial integration. A case study approach is used to understand how participants are affected by a plan's accomplishments and failures. (MLF)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Plans
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Rossell, Christine H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1988
The desegregation effectiveness of voluntary plans with magnet schools was compared to that of mandatory reassignment plans with magnet schools using a sample of 20 school districts. Results show that a voluntary magnet plan will provide more long-term interracial exposure than a mandatory plan with magnet components. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Jones, Thomas H., Jr. – School Business Affairs, 1998
Magnet schools, created, sponsored, and regulated by states and public school districts, embody a top-down organizational philosophy. Charter schools, started by parents and teachers with distinct minority educational views and sponsored by various agencies, represent bottom-up, innovative philosophies. Connecticut's 1996 law allows only local…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Desegregation Plans, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
King, A. L. – 1982
Summarizing a longer companion report, this paper outlines a study concerning educational components in court-ordered desegregation plans in six southwestern states. Twelve components were examined, including inservice education and multicultural education. Data were collected by examining desegregation court orders and district plans for 15…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Reville, Eugene T. – 1986
This report discusses improvements in Buffalo, New York, public schools since 1976, the first year of a court-ordered desegregation plan. Problems, solved and ongoing, are identified and programs addressing them are described. Recommendations are offered for further advancement, and projections about the future of Buffalo schools are also…
Descriptors: Black Students, Boards of Education, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
Alves, Michael – A Chronicle: Equal Education in Massachusetts, 1983
This paper provides an overview of the controversy concerning "freedom of choice" desegregation plans and presents a case study of the plan adopted by Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1981. Following the introduction, a short explanation of the plan's distinctive feature, controlled open enrollment, is given. (Under controlled open…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Education
Raivetz, Mark J. – 1985
The Philadelphia School District's desegregation expansion strategy seeks to achieve and maintain a diverse student population in 117 desegregated schools through providing incentives for voluntary student transfers. One type of transfer is the EH36, which occurs when a student wishes to transfer between a neighborhood school and another open…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Neighborhood Schools, Parent Attitudes
Briley, Kyle D. – 1985
This report describes housing desegregation gains in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, largely caused by school desegregation. The work of Judge James F. Gordon, who presided over the school desegregation plan, is cited as instrumental in aiding in this process. He ruled that no child in the minority in a neighborhood would be used for…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Black Students, Busing, Census Figures
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Weinstein, Jack B. – Integrated Education, 1974
Extensive excerpt from the U.S. District Court ruling on parents' charges that a junior high school in Brooklyn, New York was segregated. In addition to the school board being ordered to prepare a desegregation plan, housing and other municipal authorities were ordered to take steps which would have a favorable impact on school board efforts to…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Junior High Schools, Neighborhood Integration
Dorsey, Frederick; And Others – 1977
This document presents the Commission on Civil Rights' findings and recommendations on the desegregation process, specifically the planning phase, in Los Angeles, California. It is the result of Commission investigations in Los Angeles which began in October 1976 and ended in a three-day hearing beginning on December of 1976. The report also…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Role, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans
Bennett, David A. – 1978
The Milwaukee School System responded to a court finding of segregation by structuring a program of community involvement to help in the task of planning and implementing school desegregation. The city-wide planning group came to be called the Committee of 100. The central thesis of this paper is that the quality of community involvement is not…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
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