The school districts in these cases voluntarily adopted student assignment plans that rely upon race to determine which public schools certain children may attend. (caselaw.findlaw.com)
Willie was a court - appointed Master in the Boston School Desegregation Case in 1975 and was retained by the mayor to develop the Controlled Choice student assignment plan in 1989. (gse.harvard.edu)
He and colleague, Michael Alves, have developed a new student assignment plan called Controlled Choice that can be used in integrating all schools in a district - racially or ethnically, socioeconomically, and by gender - in a way that is fair to all students (including majority and minority students). (gse.harvard.edu)