A seminar designed to ease school integration tension reveals that teacher/student attitudes and concern can cause problems as well as solve them. The seminar also shows teachers that there is a difference between black and white culture. (Author/AM)

Notes that in the process of desegregation, the district has retained the neighborhood flavor of schools with expanded community, paired and clustered schools, and has used magnet type programs to encourage peripheral area white students to opt for programs in the central city. (Author/AM)

The special program component of the St. Louis desegregation plan is reviewed. Some of the nonintegrated schools have been improved in the following ways: (1) better instruction; (2) additional staff; (3) remedial, compensatory, and enrichment programs; (4) parent programs; and (5) parent staff seminars. Financial and legal support should increase…

Compares South Africa's apartheid with racial segregation in the southern United States during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Reviews current discrimination against Blacks in South Africa and examines the question of disinvestment. Concludes that the White South African government will fall. (JDH)

Analyzes the desegration plan of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as an example of a successful attempt at accomodating "freedom of choice" while at the same time meeting existing state and federal desegregation standards. Argues that the Cambridge plan has transfer value for other school systems. (KH)

Describes Kelly versus Board of Education in Nashville, Tennessee, a case that challenged the closing of predominantly Black schools in Black neighborhoods for the purpose of busing Black students to underenrolled, predominantly White schools in White neighborhoods. Suggests that racial balance is not necessary to improve Black children's academic…

Suggests that the most important aspect of successful school desegregation in Seattle was the quality of the political process. Identifies main participants and their organizations which comprise the public decision-making system. Discusses these in light of the political values which characterize Seattle's political culture. (Author/GC)

Explores and critiques policies for the education of guest-worker children in Germany. Contrasting Bavarian and Berlin (West) models are delineated and appraised. (RH)

Argues that the court case Missouri v. Jenkins III (1995) reflects a trend toward relaxation in the assurance of equal educational opportunities. This examination of Missouri's petition to end judicial oversight in its largest public school district has disturbing implications for educational equity. (SLD)

In 1994 the city of Tel Aviv replaced its existing school integration program based on inter-district busing, with a new program that allowed students to choose freely between schools in and out of district. This paper explores the impact of this program on high school outcomes while distinguishing the effect of choice on individual students from…

This report summarizes the response of a monitoring commission to the 1983-84 evaluation of the implementation of the Student Assignment Plan (SAP), that is part of a court-mandated school desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois). Under the SAP, the Board of Education was required to ensure that all schools have at least 30 percent minority…

An analysis of current and potential future problems facing efforts to desegregate Boston schools in which a number of suggestions are offered to facilitate the process of quality education for all by adequately preparing community, parent, and school personnel and nurturing student interracial initiatives. (EH)

This paper examines judicial developments in the wake of the Keyes decision, with particular emphasis on two recent Michigan cases. (Author)

The policies and procedures described in this manual were developed to implement court-ordered desegregation transportation service for the interdistrict transfer plan. For the most part, these policies and procedures have been in effect since the beginning of the 1982-83 school year. The State Board of Education has acknowledged these policies…

This paper outlines an alternative desegregation plan that would replace the one implemented in the East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) School District in 1981. Known as the Incentives Desegregation Plan, the alternative plan was designed to produce interracial contact comparable to the earlier plan, without incurring the attendant costs of…